It’s time to pull that gas mask out of your closet again. Not to be confused with any songs previously sung by U2 (or any that were covered by Evergreen Terrace), Bloody Sunday breaks out onto the hardcore/metal scene again, this time with their second full length, To Sentence the Dead. After reeling in so many listeners from their first album, this one is sure to impress even more. It starts off by throwing a punch with “There’s Nothing Relative About Family;” and the second track, “The Best of Me,” sounds like a continuation. With every song that follows, the anxiety keeps building up until you finally just get that urge to become lost in a sea of fists. Even though To Sentence the Dead barely makes it past the 30-minute mark, it packs quite a lot into such a short amount of time. With each track comes a brutally honest story for everyone who listens. And even though Bloody Sunday may sound remotely like other bands in their genre, these guys still get the job done. From screaming to yelling to growling to a few people shouting out the lyrics, there’s no doubt that this album will pick up even more fans along the way than did the debut. And if just listening to the album can make you want to form a circle pit, there’s no telling what these guys will make you want to do when you see them live!
Ratings – Doug Van Pelt 3.5/5, Bethany Johnson 3.5/5
Other coverage for this album
Decapolis June 2005Reviewed by Chaz MurphyBloody Sunday is on Facedown Records. So if you put that together with their band name you can probably guess that they are really brutal Christian metal/hardcore. It's not really rocket science. I really hate reviewing a record that had the potential of being really good but the band shot themselves in the foot with the recording quality, mainly the vocals. It all sounds like I'm listening to…Similar sounding releases
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