GENERIC METALCORE JAM OF THE DAY: HASTE THE DAY – “PRESSURE THE HINGES”
Wednesday, November 21st, 2007 at 12:32pm by Vince Neilstein
As far as “metalcore by numbers” goes, Haste the Day is pretty much Exhibit A (and Christian metalcore, to boot!). But who the fuck cares when you’ve got riffs as irresistible as the main riff in this song? Well actually, that’s kind of the only redeeming quality of this album, and I kind of want to stick pins in my ears when they start clean singing, but that opening riff… damn!
Haste the Day – “Pressure the Hinges”
-VN
Not bad. Not as good as AS I LAY DYING, though
I think MetalSucks.net are closet metalcore fans.
Witness the evidence:
http://www.metalsucks.net/?s=metalcore
As someone who was a fan of their previous records, this song (and very few others) are the only reason I have this album. Sweet riff!
These guys are actually halfway decent. Nothing special, they aren’t reinventing the wheel and/or breakdown.
But decent enough.
The first time i listened to Haste the Day, i was pretty stunned….that is until the singing started. If they switched to a less Panic at the Disco! singing, they’d be set.
[...] Christian music, or Christian metalcore — but I have to hand it to Haste the Day for writing one of the tastiest riffs metalcore has ever seen (”Pressure the Hinges,” off the album of the same name). It was of interest to me, [...]
i dont hear anything special or tastie about any riff in this song