Here we go. TO THE METALS!
Alesana - The Decade EP
Never heard these guys before.
First track is called Praeludium. Obviously an intro track clocking in at 2:25. Let's see where this goes. Starts off with radio static and a siren. Immediately after the siren starts, some dude starts giving a pretentious speech about "true music" and "true art". The narrator sounds like you went to sixth street in Austin and picked out the most douchy looking hipster you could find and then handed him a script and a microphone. The probability of this being one of the band members speaking makes the probability of this sucking terribly very high.
Once he finally shuts up the guitars come in to an actually decent little riff with building screamy vocals in the background. Breakdown into an old school Blind Guardian style riff? Alright.
Into first real track. Double Or Nothing.
Whiney ass screamo vocals mixed with random death growls? Lost me. Bye. The music itself is way too cookie cutter to make up for the horrible vocals. Although I did like the intro riffs. These guys might have some potential if they'd ditch their whiney ass vocalist, stopped with the wanna be death growls, and just hired a real vocalist.
And this is how these reviews will work.
-Kevin @MrBrutal666
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