Unearth - The Stings of Conscience
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Free Music Notes for The Stings of Conscience
Free Music Review: Their Solid Foundation
Hit: 5 Stars
Unearth is a band that has made a strong impact over the years with their breakthrough album, "The Oncoming Storm". However, they have also been making an impact on the underground metalcore scene as well three years earlier, with the release of their debut album, "The Stings of Conscience". During the last few years when metalcore was a stronger and not a generic overcrowded genre, a share of bands make groundbreaking albums, with acts including Converge, 7 Angels 7 Plagues, Prayer For Cleansing, and so forth. Unearth executes this style well with "The Stings of Conscience".
This band has a strong metal influence in their music, with leads in tracks like "One Step Away", plus, there's a semi-ballad in the beginning of the track "My Desire". Another thing I noticed about this band is that they can execute breakdowns perfectly and when they are needed. Listen to the intro to "My Heart Bleeds No Longer". Great, isn't it? The vocals, well, it takes a matter of getting used to. True, Trevor Phipps isn't the greatest vocalist of all time, but with excellent musicmanship on this CD, why does it matter?
I am happy to have this CD in my collection. It's a different sound from the Unearth you're familiar with today, but it's a refresher from most of the music out there today.
Free Music Review: Heavy stuff
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one awesome CD. I bought the Oncoming Storm before this one and I prefer The Stings of Conscience. This CD just plain rocks, heavy. Sweet for head banging, the guitars amaze me, drumming super fast, screaming is solid throughout and nothing is wrong with this CD. Perfect 5 stars. All metalheads must buy this.
Fav songs: One Step Away, Stings of Conscience, My Desire.
So just buy it already, and get ready to be annihilated.
Free Music Review: Talent And Lyrics Are Strong - Innovation And Vocals Are Weak
Hit: 1 Stars
"The Stings Of Conscience" will offer a wide range of things to it's listeners, whether it's the very distinct sound of two guitarists that actually stands out at all times, the very solid and precise drumming, or the great writing skills that come out in the lyrics; but along with those stand outs, this album also offers very bland and mediocre vocals which are overpowered by all the instruments at all times, and after listening to this album it's hard to sometimes pick out which song is which because this band didn't try being innovative and sticks to almost the same formula or flow.
Don't get me wrong, `Unearth' is a very talented band instrumentally, guitarists Buz McGrath and Ken Susi are very gifted with the guitar and you can tell they took the time on writing the songs... but ultimately it really gets boring after awhile. Mike Rudberg is truly an excellent drummer and his abilities really shine on this release, he is one of the more solid members in the band for this album. Bassist Chris Rybicki does his part, but that's about it, he never pulls himself in front of the guitars more than a couple times; which is typically him sliding notes.
Now, Trevor Phipps the vocalists... some great things can come from this man but also some terrible things. His lyrics are simply great and sometimes very inspiring. When reading them I rarely found myself lost or confused in his thoughts, as for the most part he is very straight forward. But what was most unsatisfying was his vocal abilites... his screams seem very held back and almost as though he was sick during the recording process. They in fact get really annoying to listen to and have absolutely no appeal on me. Maybe there is a reason why the instruments were over powering him throughout the album.
This album defiantly does have some memorable moments that stand out. This includes the intro/bridge breakdown of "My Heart Bleeds No Longer", which before the bridge Trevor yells "I know so many who would want to see you burn!" which goes along with the lyrics about someone or a group looking up to or following someone only to realize you've been betrayed by their lies and schemes. My personal favorite of the album "One Step Away" features very inspiring lyrics about how we have only one life and we need to get out there and live it, not to mention the incredible breakdown/chant at the end - "ONE STEP AWAY!" - which is the most memorable part of the album, and really great to see live.
This release could have had something, if they would have taken the time to really make each song sound completely different and be a little experimental. The talent shines but it grows tiring to listen to, and before I know it I'm actually sitting there getting bored. Hopefully with some maturity in the vocals, the powerful lyrics will be able to be listened to better! Which has happened on their latest release "The Oncoming Storm", so go out and pick that album up first, and if you really like that let a friend let you borrow this album. Unearth sits itself on the sideline bench with the rest of the typical and boring metalcore bands. While they seem to be getting very popular, almost `mainstream' (touring with Slipknot), they won't be getting off the bench anytime soon on my music field.
Free Music Review: \m/ UNEARTH KICK ASS \m/
Hit: 5 Stars
Firstly my name is ARRON CROWLE and to those who dont like Unearth if u like any of the following bands or anything like them ur ok CHIMAIRA,LAMB OF GOD,SHADOWS FALL,AS I LAY DYING,TRIVIUM,MACHINE HEAD,CALIBAN,REMEMBERING NEVER,THE RED CHORD,BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE,HEAVEN SHALL BURN,KILLSWITCH ENGAGE,ARCH ENEMY,ALL THAT REMAINS.If u like non of this then i dont know what the hell u listen to but it cant be good,to be fair its ur opinion but ur still an idiot and i dont like u!
To all those who are with me on this review u are legonds and please read on.This album makes u want to smash every little thing in ur room and when the album finishes ull think what the hell have i done!Also if u listen to it every day ur speakers dont last.This band can not produce a very bad song there are some better than others but on this album the more you listen to the songs the more you like them.The guitarists work beautifuly together,the singing goes perfectly with the music,the druming is fast and really gives the songs effect and the bassist well he just plays.This is the best UNEARTH album in my opinion but is followed closly by The Oncoming Storm.The best tracks on here are:
>ONE STEP AWAY
>ONLY THE PEOPLE
>MOTION
I recomend this album to any metal head and i hope this review helpful to you.
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Free Music Review: Amazing Debut From Unearth
Hit: 5 Stars
This album is jawbreaking, jaw-dropping, jaw-crushing, you name it. From the moment I first the album's first track, I felt like my headphones just sandwiched my skull in. This is what I love about Unearth, the ferocity of hardcore with the technicality of metalcore. While I personally would have preferred screaming vocals that weren't "typical sounding", it's still a pretty solid album. As you might have heard, you should believe it, this album has some awesome breakdowns. Some of the best you'll hear in a LONG while. This band's second effort "The Oncoming Storm" is really good...it's also starting to go down that boring sea of metalcore rubbish but they still stand out among the rest.