The titletrack that begins this six song EP sounds rather pleasantly, calm, and builds up a bit. This is only the prelude to five heavy hardcore songs. Silence The Foe was started only a year ago, March 2000, and that surprises me, hearing their music. I guess the members have a past in other bands as they sound too well experienced. Their music is raw, aggressive hardcore with hoarse screams. It sometimes reminds me of early Training For Utopia. Other moments are quite straight forward, raging rock. Tommy Akerholdt from Silver took care of the production and this resulted in a very fine debut release.
Other coverage for this album
HM Magazine #90Reviewed by Earl CampbellNorway's Silence the Foe screw with us (in a good way) quite a bit on their new 6-song CD EP, When Summer Turns to Sand. They come out of the box with a Don Caballero-ish building instrumental, and then, without any tracking space, launch into track 2 screaming, screeching, and thundering. But even when the metal enters, the indie-rock flair never really dissipates. In fact, their song writing is…Similar sounding releases
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