Holy shit, HORSE the Band are talented.

Sift through all the early Nintendo worship, outwardly goofy tactics and a keyboard player bearing a striking resemblance to Napoleon Dynamite and you have one of the more creative and ambitious bands doing this current, terribly bastardized style called metalcore. Nowhere has their talent been more prevalent, however, than on A Natural Death, an accomplished effort that, despite a few flaws running through it, might be the band's best and most mature album yet. [more]