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║ ARTiST......: The Last Ten Seconds Of Life ║
║ ALBUM.......: The Violent Sound ║
║ TYPE........: Album ║
║ LABEL.......: Siege Music ║
║ GENRE.......: Metal ║
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║ LANGUAGE....: English SOURCE.....: CDDA ║
║ RiP.DATE....: 11-12-2016 GRABBER....: EAC 1.0beta3 (Secure Mode) ║
║ RETAiL.DATE.: 10-21-2016 ENCODER....: LAME3.98.4 with preset -V0 ║
║ CATALOG.....: n/a QUALiTY....: 282kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo ║
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║ URL.........: http://thelasttensecondsoflife.bandcamp.com/ ║
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║ Ever since their inception, Pennsylvanian publishers The Last Ten ║
║ Seconds of Life have had a sound as distinct as their name. Be it on ║
║ the belligerent and straightforward Warpath EP, their debut full ║
║ length effort Know Your Exits, the groovy, catchy and punchy Invivo ║
║ [Exvivo] or, last but certainly not least, Soulless Hymns, which ║
║ took 2015 by stormùthe point is simple, The Last Ten Seconds of Life ║
║ have always had a sound that is distinctly theirs. So when they ║
║ announced a new album right on the heels of Soulless Hymns featuring ║
║ a relatively revised lineup, listeners were both excited and ║
║ skeptical. ║
║ ║
║ Rest assured, if itÆs a unique, one-of-a-kind heavy music experience ║
║ youÆre after, The Last Ten certainly provide it with The Violent ║
║ Sound. However, fans expecting a ôSoulless Hymns 2.0ö better abandon ║
║ that notion immediatelyùas he bandÆs Siege Records debut is ║
║ absolutely like nothing the listener has ever heard beforeùbe it by ║
║ these Mansfield Mauraders or from any other conventional ô-coreö ║
║ band. Equal parts ruthless, straight-for-the-throat deathcore, ║
║ nu-metal infused hardcore and heavy, gloomy southern-tinged sludge, ║
║ The Violent Sound is many thingsùviolent, yesùbut also inventive, ║
║ catchy and crushing. ║
║ ║
║ ôAre you trying to tell me that The Last Ten Seconds of Life arenÆt ║
║ heavy anymore?!ö The frantic and skeptical listener may ask. No, ║
║ rest assured, songs like ôCasanovaö and ôBag of Bonesö will still ║
║ send even the most hardened fans of heavy music running to their ║
║ mommiesùbut those are only small brush strokes in the bigger picture ║
║ that is The Violent Sound. While still ruthless from start to ║
║ finish, there is more to The Last TenÆs dynamic than downtuned riffs ║
║ and mountains of monotonous chugging. Percussionist Christian Fisher ║
║ is as energetic as he ever wasûin fact, even more soùas songs like ║
║ ôBag of Bonesö see him amplifying and intensifying his speed and ║
║ technicality, while catchier and less outright aggressive songs like ║
║ ôLittle Black Lineö see him moving at a slightly more moderate pace, ║
║ incorporating a hefty, thick bounce into his playing that is ║
║ amplified tenfold by bassist Mike Menocker (who some may know from ║
║ New York band Towers). Together, Fisher and Menocker are merciless, ║
║ providing a lurid, gritty low end that crawls in the listenerÆs head ║
║ and spews filth and tripe, painting the entire inside of their skull ║
║ a dark, lightless black. While the low end on ôheavy balladsö like ║
║ ôLittle Black Lineö is still low and raunchy (as are the grooves and ║
║ drum lines on ôCasanovaö and ôBloodlust,ö sans any sense of ║
║ ethereality), itÆs Wyatt McLaughlinÆs lacerating guitar that sees ║
║ the most marked instrumental departure from the bandÆs previous ║
║ works. While still featuring the intangible and distinct tone ║
║ thatùin my mindùmade Soulless Hymns, his fretwork Is home to a sharp ║
║ kick of southern-inspired sludge-meets-straight-up-rock-and-roll. ║
║ ôLittle Black Line,ö again, shows this off excellentlyûas does ôBag ║
║ of Bonesö and ôThe Violent Sound,ö both of which bring riffsùboth ║
║ heavy and catchyùby the boatload. McLaughlin catches the listener ║
║ off guard right from the opening seconds of The Violent Soundùa ║
║ sensation that lasts for the albumÆs duration. ║
║ ║
║ To speak of being caught off guard is to define almost the entirety ║
║ of The Violent Soundùbut especially the opening seconds. I believe I ║
║ speak for a great majority of The Last Ten Seconds of LifeÆs ║
║ sprawling fan base when I say I would have never expected the first ║
║ words (or any words) on one of their albums to be cleanly sung. ║
║ However, at the onset of the opening track, ôLittle Black Line,ö ║
║ thatÆs exactly what the listener getsùa few seconds of softly ║
║ crooned misdirection before frontman John Robert C descends into ║
║ roars that drop into grisly, gut wrenching bellows. Assisted by ║
║ guitarist McLaughlin, Robert dominates throughout the entirety of ║
║ The Violent Sound, combining off the wall clean vocal harmonies that ║
║ sound like Manson-meets-Mastodon with harsh vocals that instantly ║
║ alleviate any longing for the bandÆs former frontmanÆs distinct ║
║ voice. Gritty, girthy tracks like ôBag of Bonesö or ôSwitchö see ║
║ Robert combining catchiness and crushing, awe-inspiring aggression ║
║ in almost equal parts, just as ôCasanovaö appeals more heartily to ║
║ fans of the bandÆs back catalogue and ôLittle Black Lineö is a more ║
║ adventurous display of The Last TenÆs newfound dynamic. The Violent ║
║ Sound may seem a little scattered and ôall over the place,ö but in ║
║ reality, with a couple repeated listens, the listener begins to get ║
║ the lay of the land as Robert and McLaughlin wind their way deep ║
║ inside the listenerÆs skull, staying stuck there indefinitely. ║
║ ║
║ This is where things get a little tough; actually summarizing the ║
║ album. I could spend another two paragraphs attempting to capture ║
║ the ways in which The Last Ten Seconds of Life have leapt outside ║
║ their figurative ôboxö (pun intended), but I still wouldnÆt begin to ║
║ get close to capturing the haunting-but-heavy nature of the record. ║
║ The Violent Soundùlike Soulless Hymns has an intangible element to ║
║ it that makes it captivating; but unlike Soulless Hymns, this ║
║ intangible element isnÆt simply build around earth-splitting ║
║ heaviness. Fear notùôBloodlust,ö ôSwitchö and ôCasanovaö still hold ║
║ down the bandÆs penchant for punishmentùbut ôLittle Black Lineö and ║
║ ôThe Violent Soundö are different animals altogether, which, like ║
║ the album itself, will swallow the listener whole if they let it. ║
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║ FFO: Traitors, Circuit of Suns, Oceano ║
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║ 01 Little Black Line 2:58 ║
║ 02 The Drip 3:17 ║
║ 03 Bloodlust 2:41 ║
║ 04 Six Feet 3:58 ║
║ 05 The Violent Sound 3:23 ║
║ 06 Casanova 3:17 ║
║ 07 Bag Of Bones 3:33 ║
║ 08 Switch 3:15 ║
║ 09 Blind Faith 3:41 ║
║ 10 Wise Blood 3:47 ║
║ 11 Social Suicide 3:11 ║
║ 12 Last Words 3:08 ║
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║ TOTAL SiZE.: 12 Files/85.54MB/40:09 min ║
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