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I Was the Red Wine of 1955

I Was Death, I Was a Young Man
2008
self-released

I Was the Red Wine of 1955 - I Was Death, I Was a Young Man (Cover Artwork)


Review by: lvOutlaw13
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Published on September 2nd 2008

Upon hearing this band's self-titled demo, I soon had high expectations of what they would come to be. I loved the sounds they were putting together, to make something new and fresh. I myself have always been a big fan of screamo music, such as Saetia. But this band took elements from screamo and added it with progressive rock, blues, noise rock and more. It was almost an epiphany, I might say.

But I had never dreamed I would hear such a wonderful EP come from the band. I Was Death, I Was a Young Man is weird, but in a good way. The vocals are at some points just creepy, coming from lead vocalist Hunter Mann, who I might add is still in high school, which surprises me. But I might have to mention that there are plenty of varied vocals on this EP. Every minute of each song is filled with tons of dual vocals coming from Hunter and guitarist D.J. Richardson. Each song is filled with emotion like no other, coming straight from the emo/screamo genre. And other parts remind me of the Blood Brothers, the Mars Volta, the Fall of Troy, and some of the guitar riffs are similar to that of As Cities Burn or Circa Survive. There is a lot packed into this EP, definitely.

Did I mention every song starts with the letter 'W'? I suppose that was an inside joke that started near the beginning of the band, considering the demo tracks were also named after 'W's.

The band also caught me with their jazz and blues inserts. The progressive side of this band shines through, and the blues side, while it's a little faint, is there. They also experiment with metalcore breakdowns, such as their song "Who What When... What?" which starts and ends with a chugga breakdown. They refer to that song as the "song that sounds like everyone else," though I would have to say that it doesn't. At the end of "We Were Young Men" (their theme song, practically), they have a breakdown similar to that of Underoath, which I normally wouldn't care for too much, but their style is so...unique, that I can't help but love it.

I'm very excited to see what else comes from this band. If this was only their first attempt at good music, well... Who knows what else they could accomplish over the next couple of years. The band recently announced they would be experimenting with math-rock and techno in their next release. I'm highly anticipating it.






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    Posted by SkramsFan111 on 2008-10-16 21:09:35
    My Score:

    I saw the name and just had to listen to them... after going into some serious searching, I finally found the EP.

    It's actually pretty good. I definitely heard some As Cities Burn and Fall of Troy type stuff, and some Underoath stuff going on... but yeah... this band is skrams underneath all that other crap.

    get's an 8/10 for me. it's raw. it's powerful. it could be better. but good first try.

    Posted by john_stone on 2008-09-04 14:02:47

    Does anybody know what name-dropping is? It doesn't mean just naming people, it means dropping a famous name into casual conversation to brag about association with them, i.e. "I was eating lunch with my friend Arnold Schwarzenegger, and I had the tuna salad..." NOT "this band sounds like the Mars Volta" or whatever the reviewer said.

    Posted by SilentStorms on 2008-09-03 10:30:46

    Ahhhh shit.

    "As (at least the song I heard) doesn't really sound like any of those bands."

    As it doesn't really sound like any of those bands. I'm a freaking englishee teacher, I shouldn't make those mistakes.

    Score is for my proofreading.

    Posted by SilentStorms on 2008-09-03 10:29:03
    My Score:

    P.S. you name dropped way too much. As (at least the song I heard) doesn't really sound like any of those bands.

    But this score is for the name.

    Posted by SilentStorms on 2008-09-03 10:27:49
    My Score:

    I, on the other hand, like the band name. But the song on their myspace page was a little ... raw sounding. Too much so. It's like an early Fear Before the March of Flames demo that they put in the trash. Not terrible, but not good. Score is for the song.

    Posted by mikexdude on 2008-09-02 23:14:09
    My Score:

    I can't stand when people say "I myself"; the redundancy is just so pretentious and unnecessary. It's almost as annoying as when people try to sound smart and say "such as myself" or "including myself" when it's grammatically incorrect.

    Good review.

    Score is for my rant.

    Posted by softcoreseizure on 2008-09-02 21:00:21

    Power violence.

    Posted by nocigar on 2008-09-02 19:35:09

    Well, great...hop in the Delorean with Doc Brown and these guys and don't come back.

    Posted by billnye on 2008-09-02 19:20:09

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    Posted by Hey_ska on 2008-09-02 16:12:54

    I agree with nocigar. That band name sucks.

    Posted by Michael_Berryman on 2008-09-02 14:06:34

    as a fan of both red wine and Back to the Future, i think it's one of the best band names ever.

    Posted by nocigar on 2008-09-02 13:10:02

    this is one of the worst band names i've seen in a while. what the fuck were they thinking?

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