The Black Crown

I love metal. But every now and then, I do tend to get burnt out on it, as some people do with any genre. But then I turn on some Suicide Silence, and bam; back into it all. I like my fair share of metal, from that good ol' thrash metal from the 80s, to glam metal, and then to today's modern metal trends like death metal, hardcore metal, and etc. I'm not too big on death metal, but I like a few bands i.e. Chelsea Grin, Suicide Silence and Killwhitneydead. But it was SS that really started me on it. I remember dabbling in a few tracks from The Cleansing and No Time to Bleed a few years back and I enjoyed what I heard but wasn't huge on it. Then a few months ago I picked up the new album, The Black Crown, and got the full versions of their previous efforts, and I am glad I did.

Everything that these guys did on the last two cds was solid. Grinding guitars, seriously badass drum work and an amazing singer. But when the Black Crown came along, everything from those two cds was perfected even more somehow. Mitch's vocals really come screaming and growling into your eardrums, but with such a force that he could be rivaled by Chris Motionless from Motionless in White, or the singer for Chelsea Grin. The guitar work is fantastic as usual, combining deathcore riffs with Slayer-esque solos and rhythms, while the drum work sonicly blasts with such force you'd think the drum kit was going to fall apart. While I love every track on here, the only one I dislike remotely is the one featuring Jon Davis from KoRn, but even then some would still love it even if they aren't a fan of SS. Alot of the song's breakdowns are flat-out brain smashing. The one in Human Violence is so badass, it reminds me of Puppets (The First Snow) by MiW. They really took elements from the last two cds and tightened them up, added some more force, and just kick your ass full force. This one is to be reckoned with. *** 1/2.