A Review for a Second Release by Riversleem
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| Riversleem - "A Second Release by Riversleem" Label: Zegema Beach Records |
I digged RIVERSLEEM's debut EP from 2021, but I dig their "Second Release" even more. They stay true to their formula with slightly chaotic and also pretty moshy 2000s-Metalcore with a solid Punk-backbone and shrieky vocals. No wonder why this came out on Zegema Beach!
They heavily call to mind CONVERGE somewhere between "When forever comes crashing" and "Jane Doe". However, the Canadians are pretty straight in their approach and that's a good thing, as I always liked CONVERGE the most when they were like "let's fuck it all up in two and a half minutes". Three of the four songs are in this kind of fashion, only the closer "Antispore" sees them ride the midtempo, but eventually they find their way to the uptempo in the final stretch of the song. Apart from the more streamlined songwriting, the biggest upside -compared to their debut- is the production. Everything sounds powerful and mean, though still rough enough to give it a lovely oldschool vibe.
With "A Second Release" RIVERSLEEM reached a new level of confidence. This EP is 11 minutes of no-thrills-and-no-bullshit-action. And that's all a HC-record sometimes has got to be.
Klingt ziemlich nach Axe To Fall.
ReplyDeleteJa? Könnte sein?! Ich weiß nicht, "Axe to Fall" hab ich nicht viel gehört, ging mir nicht so gut rein damals.
DeleteDie cheesy Metal Guitar Leads erinnern mich an Axe To Fall. Ironischerweise klingt es gleichzeitig punkig, wie Axe To Fall. Und die "chaotischen" Strukturen und der Sänger erinnern natürlich an Converge.
DeleteIch mag inzwischen Axe To Fall mehr als No Hereos, was doch ein bisschen zu sehr wie ne schlechtere Kopie von Jane Doe wirkt.
Ich mag von Converge alles zwischen Petitioning und You fail me und ab No Heroes war ich dann so ein bisschen raus. Vielleicht liegt's auch daran, dass sich mein Geschmack geändert hat?!
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