| When I first heard Found Dead Hanging, I despised their music. I didn't understand it.
It was slow groggy and for the most part weird. Many also seemed to follow suit with this
feeling too as they viewed the band's less than stellar performance on the Hellfest DVD
(I think 2002). As for Word as A Virus, I had never heard about them other than the tragedy
of their singer. But lets face it, Architect doesn't want to get big with what happened in
previous efforts riding on their coat-tails and I really don't think any of that matters
with this band.
Architect is a technical hardcore metal band that has a sound comparable to Ed Gein, Animosity,
Premonitions of War, and even Pig Destroyer at times. Their unique sound really runs off on it's
own tangent, giving the band a very fun and original sound while still maintaining the complete
heaviness they set out intending to make. From the very beginning of the effort, Architect bust
out some agressive tunes at breakneck speeds and odd time signatures with harmonic scales and
fast paced chugging riffage. The drumming alone proves to be a major part of what makes this album
so good, the various different fills and beats used follow unique drawn out patterns while the
guitars and vocals compliment eachother with distorted sounds. With "Sic Semper Tyrannis,"
"Trepanning For Oil," and "Collapse of the War Engine" holding up the faster end of the album,
the album also is found giving examples of reciperical musical behavior as "Broke Dick Dog,"
"The Awakening," "The End of it," and "The Giving Tree" prove to be prime examples of a better
put together Found Dead Hanging.
When listneing to "All is Not Lost" don't expect a typical metalcore or death metal effort. Instead
Metalblade records offer an album that could fit well amongst Ed Gein, Yakuza, Premonitions of War,
and Kylesa. It has a heavy metal sound mixed with the spasticness of Ed Gein and the dirtiness of
Kylesa plus a better developed reminder of what Found Dead Hanging produced. Overall a completely
unique metal album. But it's something that may not draw a wide array of listeners to it.
~ Drew
March 02 2007 |
