WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH 36 CRAZYFISTS?
Friday, March 14th, 2008 at 12:49pm by Vince Neilstein
Alaska (now Portland, OR) metalcore band 36 Crazyfists have certainly had a rough go of it. Their last three albums (including the soon-to-be-released The Tide and Its Takers) have all been released on different record labels — Roadrunner, DRT and now Ferret. Their last album Rest Inside the Flames was released by Roadrunner in Europe but the label declined to release it stateside. Makeshift label DRT swooped in and picked it up for release in the U.S. a few months later, not a fate I’d wish on any band, and the results were disappointing. Though the album achieved moderate success in the UK, it shifted only 1,858 copies in the U.S. during its first week of sales.
So the band has just posted a new song “Absent Are the Saints” on their MySpace page. As far as metalcore goes it certainly isn’t bad and it’s miles above retreads like all the bands on Tooth & Nail, Solid State, etc. But there’s nothing about 36 Crazyfists that has ever really stood out to me. At Download Festival 2006 they were one of the bands that Kerrang declared a “must see,” so see we did, and “must” is certainly not how we felt.
The new song is… OK. I feel like 9 out of 10 pieces I read about 36 Crazyfists mention that the band is from Alaska. Part of me feels like no one would be nearly as interested in this band if they were from somewhere more plebian like, say, Columbus, Ohio. Will Ferret be able to resurrect the career of 36 Crazyfists they way they did with In Flames? The Tide And Its Takers comes out May 18th.
-VN
[Photo credit: Brian Lee]
I do enjoy listening and recommend Snow Capped Romance album. I’ve seen these guys live, not in a arena stage but in a bar and I must say they were pretty good live. I’m enjoying the new song, but it better be better than their last cd. I found Rest Inside the Flame hit and miss with some of the songs. But, I still support these guys!
I’ve always really liked these guys. Each album has a couple of songs that I don’t really like, but their songs that I do like I listen to pretty frequently.
Brock’s voice has always been my favorite part, he’s got this cool quiver that stands out from a lot of other singers.
I don’t think the new song is their best, but it’s far from bad. I’m looking forward to this cd
They were a great post-hardcore band. A Snowcapped Romance is one of my favorite albums. But after that, they wanted to be Everytime I Die and just scream bad metalcore. This band is going further downhill with that new track. The vocalist has a terrible scream and while he’s not an amazing singer, his voice is different and interesting. Imagine if Daryl Palumbo had Parkinson’s. Something like that.
“plebian”??? Damn fine wordsmithin’ there!
A Snow Capped Romance is still one of my favourite albums and although Rest Inside the Flames took some time to grow on me, I think it’s a great album now, too.
This new song is nothing special… I’ll give it a few more chances, but it’s not grabbing me like Arsis’s new track.
Awesome, I didn’t think you’d make a post about them, glad I stuck the new song under your noses XD
to me, these guys were always like the good local band that opens up for the really great national/international act that actually makes you stay in the room and not trail off somewhere trying to bang the ‘I just got divorced and am at this youngsters show to show everyone that I am still cool’ chick in the ass in the sweat and vomit smelling john before the real show starts.
It looks like the dude in the blue hoodie is totally wearing a cape.