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█ ARTIST: No Bragging Rights █
█ TITLE: Illuminator █
█ LABEL: BlkHeart Group █
█ GENRE: Punk █
█ BITRATE: 235kbps avg █
█ PLAYTIME: 0h 37min total █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2011-01-11 █
█ RIP DATE: 2011-01-11 █
█ URL: http://www.myspace.com/nobraggingrights █
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█ 01. Beautiful And Spineless 3:19 █
█ 02. 6th & Main 4:16 █
█ 03. Weeding Out The Weak 3:37 █
█ 04. Cease Fire (Interlude) 1:18 █
█ 05. Illuminator 3:37 █
█ 06. Empire Disarray 3:31 █
█ 07. The Prospect 3:55 █
█ 08. Blind Faith 4:00 █
█ 09. Recognition 2:33 █
█ 10. And They Threatened Us With Fire (Ft. Evan Foxx Of Destruction 2:59 █
█ Of A Rose) █
█ 11. Death Of An Era 4:09 █
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█ This has felt like a long wait for fans, but the No Bragging Rights █
█ label debut is finally here. Illuminator is everything this bandÆs █
█ followers could have expected and wished for. Melodic hardcore anthems? █
█ Check. Soaring vocal choruses and tremendous screaming verses? Check. █
█ Brutal breakdowns that get your blood pumping? Check. Overall, solid █
█ album flow? Check. On paper, this formula should be enough to entice new █
█ listeners to check this band out, but letÆs take this review a bit █
█ further, shall we? While the opener, ôBeautiful And Spinelessö, is a █
█ great well-rounded track to kick things off with, itÆs the song that █
█ follows that truly gets the energy flowing. ô6th & Mainö immediately █
█ sounds like a frantic escape accompanied by some great vocal work and █
█ suitable lyrics (ôWe burned this place to the groundö), making it an █
█ instant favorite. It is then followed by the energetic and exciting █
█ ôWeeding Out The Weakö, a track that will prove very useful in waking █
█ oneÆs self up in the morning. As Illuminator plays through, youÆre █
█ welcomed by a bevy of genre samplings to keep things from becoming █
█ stale. This includes the obvious hardcore melds and punk boosts, but No █
█ Bragging Rights do branch out a bit more than that (check out the █
█ instrumental interlude, ôCease Fireö). Sure, this disc probably couldnÆt █
█ be labeled as ôuniqueö or ôextremely variedö, but it is certainly █
█ expansive enough that you wonÆt catch yourself thinking ôIÆve been █
█ hearing this same thing over and overö. With this being a big problem of █
█ most bands these days, especially in the hardcore scene, itÆs nice to █
█ hear bands like No Bragging Rights keeping it fresh and fun. If given █
█ the chance, Illuminator will likely make new fans easily. It definitely █
█ has the capability of becoming a winner. █
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