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Published on August 12th 2005
There are a few musical trends that have been overly prevalent in the last few years that are thankfully starting to run their course. Boy bands all but have their casket closed, nü-metal and rap rock have two feet firmly planted in their burial plot, and bands whosmushtheirbandname like that are inching ever closer to the graveyard. Alove For Enemies, however, are attempting to squeak past the shelf life on the trend by releasing The Harvest by way of Facedown Records.
This is my truth, this is our victory / The blood will flow down from the sky, angels reaping all of you, faithful or not / The moon will turn to fire, the sky to ash, sickles reaping all of us, faithful or not / And we will wait here, swords drawn, ready to fight for you / It’s time to rise and fight for life, it’s time to rise and fight for Christ.The combination of apocalyptic imagery and religious overtones are probably sure to turn some people off to the music. The rest of the lyrics, where there’s no religious context, read much like Throwdown’s liner notes, with various testaments to fighting, unifying, and similar themes. Metallic hardcore sound aside, this is where Alove For Enemies deviates in style from a band like Skycamefalling, who had a very intelligent, poetic way about their lyrics. So if you’re able to steer clear of an opinion on the band's religious affiliation, the punishing vocals could very well be right up your alley. For better or worse, the lyrics very well might be the only noteworthy item in the album, as instrumentally this is very standard fare. Thick, chugging guitars with some melodic undertones and sporadic breakdowns to change things up a bit, tempo-wise. For what’s here, it’s at least executed well, although through the eleven songs I can’t tell you that any one sticks out above the next. If metallic hardcore is your thing, you probably have ten dollars and a space on your shelf for this album. Everyone else can start hoping this is the next trend to meet its death. Please login or register to post comments. What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
this band is fucking horrible. if they wanted to preach so bad, they should have all become priests. I'm so relieved and happy to know that BSD is 17. "And to the GUYS below...yall are fucking gay" "And to the GUYS below...yall are fucking gay" "I wish people would try a little harder on punknews sometimes. That is fucking pathetic." To the guy below... don't be such a wack MC. thirtysec, different strokes for different folks. "help. i am not a funny person at all, but i so desperately want to be. instead of actually writing things that are humorous, i will just write a bunch of crap that makes no sense and call it "absurdism" and pretend it is both creative and funny. but its not." "If you read Slippy's posts backwards they say "help, my appreciation for absurdism is a fish."" If you read Slippy's posts backwards they say "help, my appreciation for absurdism is a fish." "If you read Slippy's posts backwards they say "help, I'm trapped in a Chinese fortune cookie factory." Wow. Thanks Alove. Now I understand your message. I'm gonna go buy a big fucking sword, put on the manowar and start killing heretics. I am here Alove and I will fight for you. If you like metal, you're my friend. Most of the time I hate my enemies. seriously though. alove? If you read Slippy's posts backwards they say "help, I'm trapped in a Chinese fortune cookie factory." "If you read BSD's posts backward they say "emo is great, I like Dashboard Confessional." If you read BSD's posts backward they say "emo is great, I like Dashboard Confessional." WOOT! Way to go Facedown! Glad to know that in this age of rampant polytheism, where one can't walk down the street without falling prey to some some jewish/islamic/pagan ritual, that you have the bravery to release music by these brave Christian warriors! And the music? I'm stunned with the originality and thought that went into copying early 90's crapmetal... Mindblowing, to say the least... The apocalyptic overtones are a firm reminder who of who's going to be taken to heaven above, and who's going to be, well... "Left Below". alove? yuck. this band is no good. whaddup throwdown. |
