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Published on February 13th 2004
After six months of inactivity, Hopeless Records breaks their own silence with Near Life Experience, the debut record from Chicago quintet Break The Silence. Hyping the record for months, I can't help but feel just a little bit cheated. People who liked this also liked:           Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
You guys are FAGS!!! this cd is so awsome. its like unbelievable. it sounds like old thrice and avenged sevenfold I got this record for two bucks, and I still felt cheated. "Iris" is the only bearable song on this wretched disc. But if you like the token Epifat ('96) sound, then by all means, partake in this wad of plastic. Well, of course this is nothing " really new"... It' s more a mix of many things out in punk/hc, bit of metal... this is a good cd. it is what it is... who's expecting the next sgt. peppers? if you like "the unraveling", there's no reason not to like this.... this album rocks my fucking socks off. i love fast hard hitting music and this my friends is exactly that. to say this album sucks must mean you dont know a fucking thing. you probably LOVE the new coheed and you probably think that sing the sorrow is better than black sails in the sunset. if you read this BTS, you fucking rock. I cant wait to get my copy of this I ordered and be like, yep its good just like I thought. All the rats on punknews.org didnt ruin in for me. i didn't like this cd either. it seems like it was missing an entire person contributing to it, mostly another guitarist. I saw these dudes w/ Divide by Zero @ Tower last week. DBZ was good as usual, but these guys played forever and were kinda boring after the first couple songs. No offense to Dan, but he's gotta get rid of that mess on his head. Punknews censors can suck my dick!!! hahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha Oh, Hopeless, its been a week now since this album's street date and about three weeks since I pre-ordered it...PLEASE send it to me soon! I'm anticipating a Top 10 Album with this one. It took approximately one minute to do.... and it needed to by said (or typed, whatever). wow...thats ambition...and wasted time. "This band is nothing new. It's the same repetitive bullshit that has been overplayed on labels like Hopeless and Fat Wreck Chords and Epitaph." Plus, the palm muting part in the first verse of the mp3 is off beat with the drums. This score is for bands who can actually play the music they try to. I understand slip-ups at shows, but completly unforgivable on an album. What you people don't realize is that the point of being a reviewer is to give good reviews to good bands and bad reviews to bad bands. Just because the band made the disc doesn't mean that he should give them respect or recognize hard work that went into it. Bad albums are bad albums, and I personally don't think Scott was mean enough. You're just lucky I didn't do this review. It sounds like thrice and rise against. But just alot more MEH. despite my tolerance for other people's opinions (no matter how off they are), I can't help but NOT comment on this review. nothing great. nothing terrible. mediocre. score is for the hype surrounding the album. I still think your review blows.. but I got this cd from hopeless for 6.99 Dude, your review blows. These guys kick ass. As I think is ALWAYS important, why don't you give it a listen before believing one person's opinion. I know it's tough to form your own independent thoughts but I promise it will pay off in the long run. i hate this band cause they're on hopeless. "Potential is here, though - unfortunately it won't ever be realized as long as Break The Silence is referred to as "that band with Mr. Precision in it." I GET IT!!! The album is called Break The Silence, and you said hopless records broke their silence with this release!!!! HAHAHAHA FUCKING HILARIOUS!!! WOW!! You're parents sent you away to college and you return with that? Break The Silence IS Propagandhi. Nothing different between "them". anyone who thinks this band sounds like propaghandi must have never heard prop.they sound nothing alike "Score is for the singer, Dan. I went to high school with him, and he's a fucking douche. I was just looking through this guys reviews. And let me tell you there are some crazy reviews. 8stars for the fucking all-american retards dvd and fucking 9 for BrandNew. I'm not talking shit, but let somebody who likes good music do reviews. Let's not forget 10 stars for jimmy eat world live. Break the silence is fucking BOSS. I'm going to chime in on the side of loving this band. I don't hear stiff or boring anywhere on here. Not to mention I do really like this guy's voice, both singing and screaming. Don't be stupid and compare his singing voice to whiny pop punk vocals, because it's nothing like that, though the recent-tony-sly reference does fit a bit better. My only complaint is that some songs didn't need screaming but they put them in there anyway.. I'd chalk that up to inexperience. I know it's a long time off but I really look forward to seeing what these guys do their next time around. Im suprised by the shit this records taking, Im with the guy who said the Mp3 slays, cause it does. Im gonna see how the rest of the record goes. Maybe it will only have 5 or 6 good songs but who cares. Still 100 times better than say.... Coheed and Cambria, fuck I hate that band right now, overhyped and overannoying. Now what, I'm gonna step to youu bitch......Get over yourself... the killing tree is the shit. there i said it. now what. Dillinger Fucking Four "was" a Hopeless band. If you don't think that they're worth hearing then your not gettting a Valentine from me Falling sickness was a great live band. "Question: Besides AAA and Musard Plug are any Hopeless Bands worth hearing?" the score is for the review. This band will knock you on your ass....if the music was really slow you emo bitches would be eating it up! Fuck you all...this band is still better then yours! Why do discs suck if they aren't groundbreaking? Groundbreaking cds rarely come along. At that rate it seems people are only encouraged to purchase cds like every 3-5 years. This score is for Heckle - I haven't listened to the disk in a while, but it's f'in awesome. For fans of Fury 66... but better! Score is for the singer, Dan. I went to high school with him, and he's a fucking douche. I might pick this up. Six Foot Revolver is a decent song, and they were entertaining live. Hopefully it'll be cheap Good review. score is for the city of chicago. "Besides AAA and Mustard Plug are any hopeless bands worth hearing?" I have to agree with Scott that there's too many screams on this one. And the Thrice reference in some of these comments is also at place I guess. There's some amazing guitars indeed on this one, but I have to agree with Scott that there's nothing groundbreaking in this much hyped album. This band = lame. do everything you can to check out the HECKLE disc on Hopeless. It's possibly the most underrated punk/hardcore disc ever. - Jordan Pastepunk Question: Besides AAA and Musard Plug are any Hopeless Bands worth hearing? hi, i'm the guy who always shits on reviewers anonymously. but i must say, this is a good review. I like No Use a ton, and sadly enough I like Thrice. So call me lame, but I'll probably appreciate this album way more than Scott. And I bought it off the Hopeless site for $6.99 with no shipping, still waiting for it to arrive. Booya! but the fact that they cover at the gates is pretty cool, but unfourtanley, they do not do it very well, it just sounds like bad swedish nu-metal. so, i just went out and bought this cd, and yes, i'm aware that this is clicheed, but it sounds like thrice. alot. and the softer parts sounds exactly like no use for a name. this review is fucking dissapointing. I acutally dig this record, no it's nothing remarkable, but it's decent. I didn't think this album was *that* bad, infact there are some pretty solid songs like at war with instinct, a piece of mind, and iris. I'm not sure where some of those other bands references come from, good riddance and propaghandi? They don't sound anything like Break the Silence. I love when people throw out seemingly random bands for comparison. Anyway, not a great cd, but its worth a listen. Damn that was a good review Break The Silence's name reminds me of farts. Kinda fitting really, like a warning you of the shit you'll get if you put on the cd. |
