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Artist...: Tenfold
Album....: Ad Astra
Genre....: Hard Rock
Label....: 720 Records
Lang.....: English
Year.....: 2002
Source...: CD EP
Rip.date.: 01-31-2018
St.date..: 00-00-2002
Encoder..: FLAC 1.3.1
Quality..: 1122kbps Avg 44.1kHz 2 channels
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01 Zenith 3:05
02 Backseat Driver 3:30
03 Nosedive 3:05
04 Hold It Down 3:51
05 Standing Still 2:50
06 Part Of Me 2:48
Total Size.: 6 Files/161.5MB/19:09 min
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Tenfold's continual evolution over the years has seen them
amalgamate their once prevalent influences into what is now a
sound that is nearly all their own. Perhaps comparable to a band
like Chevelle with a faint Deftones influence, "Ad Astra" finds
this Sacramento, CA based quartet delving deep into the realm of
melodic modern metal and accentuating it with firm conviction
and the occasional prog rock styled flourish.
Vocally, band frontman Justin Butler elevates his restrained
harmonies and emotive mid range tones to new heights through
sharply focused verses and sweeping choruses that remain
fiercely on point. The guitar work is a bit edgier as a result,
adding a wealth of driving, distorted riffs that play heavily on
an interesting sense of timing which helps to set the band apart
from the pack. A few progressive scales and breakdowns are also
thrown into the mix, making the EP a surprisingly colorful
affair, while also providing a breather from the persistent riff
driven momentum. As such, the bass lines take heed of the
guitars lead and roll out their own forceful array of dense
slides and tumbling plucks to create a solid, yet forgiving
playing performance that greatly compliments the groups more low
key stylings. The percussion on the other hand is a bit sharper
and manages to establish a clever contrast with the low end,
slicing out pointed beats that thrive on off timed placement and
creative variations, all the while delivering that ever
necessary percussive punch.
From song to song, "Ad Astra" is easily Tenfold's most
accomplished work to date and its impressive to see them have
developed this far, smoothing their sound out from a once
disjointed display of emotional heaviness into a confidently
rounded package. The cognition of all the instruments is perhaps
one of the bands most praiseworthy achievements thus far, as
each member contributes his own substantially differing part and
yet they all connect together seamlessly to form a strong
multi-pronged push. In fact, the only thing that really holds
the band back now is their lack of pronounced dynamic. The songs
are well crafted and helplessly lure the listener in, but they
also tend to lumber forward at a continual pace that could
greatly benefit from more extreme highs and lows. All in all,
Tenfold are a band who are rapidly approaching their prime, and
when judging by the strength of this record, it's doesn't look
like it's going to be too long before they hit their stride and
break out of their native scene with a major label record
contract in hand.
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