Bury Tomorrow - Earthbound - Review

I'm not exactly sure what to say first about this.  Either how much I love this album, or how much I love Bury Tomorrow in general.  I know I often start talking about bands first when I talk to people about albums or write these few reviews that I have so far.  So I'm going to do that once more.

I'm, as I said just as you were previously reading, a huge fan of Bury Tomorrow.  I got into them quite a while ago, I believe, with The Union of Crowns.  They're a brilliant melodic metalcore band, adding in a little bit of melodic death metal riffs here and there.  But they also have incorporated sounds of bands such as As I Lay Dying and Killswitch Engage, but keeping it original, which makes them even more awesome in my eyes and many other peoples'.  There will probably be some that disagree on the melodic death metal part, and that's perfectly fine.  I did say a little bit.

Now, onto the album part!  As I also said in the start, Earthbound is an amazing album,  I loved The Union of Crowns, and Runes, but to myself, this album steps up Bury Tomorrow.  The first track, The Eternal, grips the listener by the ears eagerly and pulls them on this magnificent roller coaster of an album,  I didn't really find any weak tracks, each of the songs was engaging and some had me putting them on repeat just so that I could hear them again. This can be greatly said for songs like The Burden, catchy lyrics like "Hail no hero, fear no evil,"  had me silently mouthing, and then singing as I walked down the street to where ever I was headed that day  The same with when I wasn't listening to the song.

For anyone who complained about Runes, don't give up on Bury Tomorrow yet.  The vocals were perfected, (not that I didn't think that they were excellent in past albums,) and work towards the advantage of the sound of the album.  Daniel and Janes are amazing, with the growls and screams as prominent as the cleans.  Add Kristan to it and the guitars are amazing as well.  Last but totally not least, because I love rhythm, Adam is masterful in drums.  Without drums, of course, it could be hard to keep it all together.  So they all make a great team as a band, and this is a fantastic album.

So,  what are you waiting for?  If you haven't listened to this album yet, go listen to it!

10/10

Before Their Eyes - Midwest Modesty - Review

 Last time I heard a Before Their Eyes album, it was 2012 and Redemption had came out.  I loved each album before that but Redemption had claimed a whole new spot in my heart, even though I hadn't thought it to be the best idea to bring Breathe Carolina in for vocals on Dream at first, in my opinion they proved to be a great effort in their discography.  Then after, I was waiting for the next Before Their Eyes album, but nothing.  I wasn't upset.  I was just wondering what was going on.

This year, however, a new light was brought into fruition when later in the end of last year, news of an album, formerly called "II" was talked of.  I was so excited that I wanted to hear the first single that came out.  But earlier last year, news came out that the new album was still coming out, under a different, more creative name, Midwest Modesty.  and I was excited as I had ever been.  I didn't know what to expect, but that was the point.  Before Their Eyes always steps up and brings something new out for the fans to listen to, and they do that straight from the heart.  So as soon as I saw that it was out, I immediately wanted to listen to it.

Well, that's enough of past ramblings for now.  Midwest Modesty is an amazing album, there's no doubt about that.  Nick Moore's vocals have grown since Resemption, and from the starting track, "It's Dark Inside With You", his vocals soar into the fruition that I was hoping for.   It doesnt feel exactly as heavy as Redemption, but that's okay.  Midwest Modesty is certainly an album with a different sound and that's wonderful.

It's wonderful to know that Craig Owens co-wrote and helped produce this album, knowing that he has such an awesome sound to whatever he does, be it Chiodos or Solo Stuff, plus D.R.U.G.S., so him doing this album is perfect.

The instrumentals are amazing as well.  As I said in the previous parts of this review, they aren't as heavy in some parts, but that doesn't matter.  The guitars are at their prime, as well as the drums, and they can only get more and more awesome when the next album comes out.  Of course, adding Nick's well known singing adds to the life of the album.  From track to track, different sounds are heard and a sound can be found for each listener if they give the album a chance. I'm quite sure you will get one of these catchy songs stuck in your head, and probably love this album from beginning to end.  I know that I did.

8/10