Sure, this album is nothing absolutely amazing, but it's not a bad release either. He gets the job done effectively without stepping too far outside of his comfort zone.
Eddie is a far superior vocalist to Craig, but Craig is still fairly talented albeit slightly generic. However, is he as good a vocalist as Hernan "Eddie" Hermida? The answer is no. Craig Betit does have a noticeably decent range, and can go from low growls, to higher-pitched screams, to squeals.
#ALL SHALL PERISH HATE MALICE REVENGE FULL#
They are full of hate, malice, and revenge (see what I did there?). While the guitar riffing is standard melodic death metal mixed with fairly uninspired metalcore breakdowns, the vocals are purely death metal. The closest thing to a solo is a short melodic bit on "Laid to Rest", and that still cannot be classified as a guitar solo. On the band's following albums, they incorporated a fair amount of great guitar solos and this album is completely void of that. Unfortunately, there are no guitar solos to be heard anywhere on this album, and that's a crying shame. Some of the guitars on this album borrow a lot of similar ideas used by the bands At the Gates, Dark Tranquillity, and In Flames, mostly these bands' early recordings. "Laid to Rest" also contains some of the most melodic riffing on the entire album that shows evident influence of the Gothenburg melodic death metal movement. They aren't necessarily unique or anything, but they're effective with what they do.
The breakdowns on the second track "Laid to Rest" are probably my favorite throughout the record. At worst, these breakdowns are listenable but repetitive and boring. But at the same time, they do get tiring when they're implemented in every track on the album. They are pretty much what makes deathcore, well, deathcore. Yes, I am well aware that breakdowns are a definitive formulaic principle in deathcore. However, these moments are always interrupted by simplistic breakdowns. Sure, when the band is playing tightly and everything sounds effectively heavy and brutal, this album comes across as a solid death metal release with hints of melody here and there. Barbaric riffing with drumming that sounds like a deranged gorilla with ADD is sitting behind the kit. However, like each of the 8 songs on here, the structure of this track is extremely predictable. This song begins with some kickass death metal riffing and a ferocious blast beat, which definitely is one of the album's shining moments. Fear not, though! There are still some fair moments of extreme metal goodness to be found during this album's 36 minutes.īeginning with the aggressive "Deconstruction", it becomes clear what this Californian quintet was trying to achieve.
But just because something is influential doesn't mean it's good, does it? This album certainly is not a bad release, but it's not all that good either, and is certainly the most lackluster album All Shall Perish has released throughout their career thus far. This isn't the absolute first deathcore album, but considering the genre was still in its new-born stage in 2003, it is one of the first influential albums in the scene. This album was released in 2003, two years before Job For a Cowboy even released their monumental "Doom" EP, but also a half year after Despised Icon debuted with "Consumed by Your Poison" in 2002. Hailing from Oakland, California, All Shall Perish are, without a doubt, originators of the deathcore genre.
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