OathbreakerMaelstrom LP / CD
Deathwish Inc.
I remember the first time I listened to Oathbreaker's debut 7" two years ago... It shook & twisted all my body. What a blast... The record was released by the British label Thirty Days Of Night, and... I immediately sent a message to Oathbreaker inviting them to play in Greece (in the Positively Positive Hardcore Fest #2 if I remember correctly...). That never happened, though... Airtickets are fucking expensive and besides that the people in this goddamn country that have ever heard of Oathbreaker can be counted on the fingers of one hand...
Nevermind... Here we are in mid 2011 and I'm listening to Maelstrom (a title that To Kill used for their EP, as well), that was just released by Deathwish Inc.
Oathbreaker managed to sign to the most hyped hardcore label nowadays with just one EP and almost 3 years of existence... On the other hand, they have played countless shows all over Europe, sharing the stage with bands like Blacklisted, Entombed, Trap Them, Rise & Fall and more... It seems that hard-working touring bands always get what they deserve in the end...
So, back to Maelstrom...
I have to mention that Oathbreaker share a member with Amen Ra, and moreover the screams that are haunting you during the record come from a female.
I know that this is a bit of a sexist comment to differentiate the genders of the band members, and also it's fucking pathetic to write down every now & then that this or that band has a female singer or bassist or whatever, like it's something totally weird or totally alienated with the hardcore / punk scene... Fuck...
Enough with the antisexist preaching...
Well, Maelstrom is a fucking masterpiece, a helluva of a perfect debut album of dark metallic hardcore, in the vein of Cursed, From Ashes Rise, Rise & Fall and Integrity (of course). Oathbreaker are also influenced by Entombed and -I dare to say- Celtic Frost...
The whole atmosphere that the record unfolds and unleashes will drown us in a chaotic planet far away from the misery reality we have to cope with every single day.
The self-titled song is an acoustic opus / elegy, like the calm after the storm...
Honestly, if you are into dark metallic / apocalyptic hardcore, get this masterpiece.
Nevermind... Here we are in mid 2011 and I'm listening to Maelstrom (a title that To Kill used for their EP, as well), that was just released by Deathwish Inc.
Oathbreaker managed to sign to the most hyped hardcore label nowadays with just one EP and almost 3 years of existence... On the other hand, they have played countless shows all over Europe, sharing the stage with bands like Blacklisted, Entombed, Trap Them, Rise & Fall and more... It seems that hard-working touring bands always get what they deserve in the end...
So, back to Maelstrom...
I have to mention that Oathbreaker share a member with Amen Ra, and moreover the screams that are haunting you during the record come from a female.
I know that this is a bit of a sexist comment to differentiate the genders of the band members, and also it's fucking pathetic to write down every now & then that this or that band has a female singer or bassist or whatever, like it's something totally weird or totally alienated with the hardcore / punk scene... Fuck...
Enough with the antisexist preaching...
Well, Maelstrom is a fucking masterpiece, a helluva of a perfect debut album of dark metallic hardcore, in the vein of Cursed, From Ashes Rise, Rise & Fall and Integrity (of course). Oathbreaker are also influenced by Entombed and -I dare to say- Celtic Frost...
The whole atmosphere that the record unfolds and unleashes will drown us in a chaotic planet far away from the misery reality we have to cope with every single day.
The self-titled song is an acoustic opus / elegy, like the calm after the storm...
Honestly, if you are into dark metallic / apocalyptic hardcore, get this masterpiece.
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