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| Artist : Here Lies Affliction |
| Album : Catharsis |
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| Source : CDDA |
| Type : Extended Play |
| Label : iND |
| Year : 2010 |
| Genre : Hardcore |
| Rip date : 02-16-2011 |
| Street date : 00-00-2010 |
| Grabber : EAC 0.95 |
| Encoder : Lame 3.97 -V 2 --vbr-new |
| Quality : VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo |
| Size : 21.72MB |
| Tracks : 4 |
| Catalog # : N/A |
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| Tracklist: |
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| 01 Here Lies Affliction (Intro) 1:31 |
| 02 Figure Of Discontent 3:40 |
| 03 Our Honour Their Hate 3:49 |
| 04 No Balls (Man Up) 3:39 |
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| RUNTIME: 12:39 min |
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| The self titled intro song sets the tone nicely for this four track |
| E.P. it builds initially slowly before the second half of the song |
| will get you straight into headbanging territory. This flows |
| flawlessly into Figure Of Discontent which has an evil sounding |
| complex riff sequence intro before the main song kicks in with enough |
| force to smash your head through a brick wall and features an awesome |
| solo and great guitar work throughout. The standout track is Our |
| Honour Their Hate which is 4 and a half minutes of pure metal goodness |
| which has an absolutely brutal start and this continues for the next |
| four minutes including an awesome riff section around the one minute |
| mark and ferocious breakdown in the middle (if you hear this and can |
| resist the urge to headbang, IÆd be very surprised). Concluding track |
| No Balls (Man Up) aside from its quite brilliant tongue in cheek title |
| is the most Hardcore natured track on the E.P. full of blastbeats and |
| brutal vocals which is not normally my cup of tea at all but HLA |
| manage to pull it off very well. |
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| Here Lies AfflictionÆs sound has developed progressively in their 2 |
| 1/2 years together and Catharsis is a continuation of that |
| progression. They have moved slightly away from being a Hardcore band |
| (a good thing in my opinion) to being more of a straight metal band |
| along the lines of fellow Rocksins favourites Malefice (who they will |
| be touring with in May), but it is metal that will grab you by the |
| balls and squeeze very hard. There are still blastbeats and breakdowns |
| to satisfy the hardcore element of the bands following, but the |
| musicianship and technical level of the band has progressed |
| considerably on all levels, from Jon Farley and Chris HillÆs guitar |
| work, Dom LamÆs bass playing, Nick SearleÆs punishing drumming and |
| particularly Kyle DempseyÆs vocals, which show a marked improvement |
| from their early demos. |
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| The only thing stopping this E.P. getting a higher rating is the fact |
| it is only a four track e.p. A full length album based on the evidence |
| here would win a lot of fans. Here Lies Affliction are a band on the |
| up and Catharsis proves it. Get out and see them if you can! |
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| For Fans Of: Malefice, Sylosis, Despised Icon, Beneath The Massacre, |
| Hatebreed, Bleeding Through. |
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| URL: http://www.myspace.com/hereliesaffliction |
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