Here's another album that took a while to grow on me, but gets me rollicking around the office in mock hardcore air guitar jumps and mosh lurches. Kurt and Joey of The Trauma Team certainly dialed in some killer guitar, bass and drum sounds. Heck, the vocals sound fuller than any punk album, too. The tunes "Shelter" and "Two" both start off with punk blasts before muscling into a more metallic groove.
I knew I'd love this band's debut album back when their first demo as Dry Bones came out. Sometimes there's bands who write great songs, and sometimes there's bands that write good songs, but they write 10 in a row. I think I might like these guys on record song for song better than The Crucified's albums -- although they've yet to write a tune bigger 'n' badder than "Mindbender," nor have they mesmerized me with their intensity live like the Cruc used to every time. I find this album a good listen all the way through, thanks to exceptional songwriting and tough, tough riffs.
If these songs won't get a crowd moshing, they're dead! Like The Crucified, these guys know how to write real lyrics that hit home and preach harder than blunt "preachy" lyrics. "He seals his fate and his destiny without God/ his shelter is sin." ("Shelter") Although most all the grooves are great, the riffs in "Sicken" and "Shelter" are most memorable.
Everdown kicks butt.
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