Out
of Hand- Visions of Death EP review
These guys have two parts of a
traditional hardcore song down- the riff, and the breakdown. The problem is that that’s all their songs
are, a killer riff played over a minute long breakdown (90 seconds, whatever). Imagine a rubric for some kind of school
project- there are five areas judged on this rubric, and this band completes
three of them, passing with flying colors (the vocals are pretty good, lyrics
are alright). But the other two are
just… absent. It’s like they aren’t
there. I’m all for asymmetrical song
structure, but I can’t help but feel like there’s a verse or chorus missing
here. It reminds me of forgetting to
videotape something but remembering midway through the show and having to catch
up on what you missed, or maybe a mixtape that gets cut off mid-song because
the tape ends. Three out of five
elements are there and good, but it’s incomplete, and I can’t shake that
feeling. Keep writing those heavy metal
riffs, though.
-Aunty Social
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