EMMURE’S THE RESPECT ISSUE – A SHORT, SWEET SLAB OF CONNECTICUT BREAKDOWNCORE
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 at 11:58am by Vince Neilstein
I don’t usually don’t go for this kind of tuff-guy br00tal breakdowncore — at all — but for some reason I’ve found myself liking Emmure’s latest, The Respect Issue (May 13th, Victory Records). Maybe it’s because Emmure sprinkle subtle guitar atmospherics, pinched harmonics and short spurts of shred throughout this 28.9 minute, ten track breakdown assault. Varied vocal techniques, Vinnie Paul-style drum production, and constant rhythm and tempo shifts from Agnostic Front-style gallops to near-Crowbar levels of sludge keep things interesting throughout this quick burst of hardcore bruisers. Emmure reeeeally loooove chugging on that one open low note and the one other note that’s a half-step higher, but damn, they’re pretty fucking good at playing those two notes in a whole bunch of different patterns. Even “Chicago’s Finest,” the band’s stab at a commercial, radio-friendly track, literally uses two notes as the basis for the entire song. I don’t know whether to lambast or applaud that decision… but I think I’m going to go with “applaud” since that takes some real balls. “Rough Justice” veers a bit too close to by-the-numbers metalcore for my taste, but makes up for it with some tasty, jarring dissonance later on. Best of all about The Respect Issue; with such a short album there really isn’t enough time to get bored.
-VN
(three and a half out of five horns)
i was actually pretty disappointed with this one (which isn’t released officially for another week). Goodbye to Gallows was much more diverse and energetic. But the singer’s growl pretty much always makes me want to slam my head through a wall its so heavy.
“But for some reason”
You mean your constantly shitty taste in music? Check.
Clyde Smith Says:
May 8th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
“But for some reason”
You mean your constantly shitty taste in music? Check.
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This comes from the guy that said “Wicked Wisdom>Last two Lamb of God albums.”
Way to show off that taste in music. Putting what could possibly be the worst band in existence above one of the best. How can anyone possibly rip on “Ashes of the Wake”? Sacrament, I can see it getting some shit talk, but Ashes was easily their best album ever.
I’d never heard Emmure til 5 minutes ago, but I do have to say, for the sound they have(the thunderous, drop tuned, 2 note sound) I really can’t find too much to complain about. At least it’s not an hour and a half of the same thing. They just keep it short and sweet, just like old school Hatebreed.
Yeah these guys are nasty. I wish there were a couple more tracks though. I’m sure a Japanese import or something will surface soon with a couple “bonus tracks”.
These guys are cookie cutter metal with nothing interesting to offer. And watching their live show makes you laugh as they are all synchronized doing exercise moves in their marshmallow white high tops… trust me, you need to youtube this band to understand.
I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw them.
breakdowncore:
reason #63 to NOT be proud of living in connecticut.
Because Lamb of God suck. Please don’t shit your limited edition colored pressing Meshuggah diapers upon having a fact relayed to you.
Dumbass.
wow what a horrible attempt at humor, clyde
What dumb shits you are, metalsucks readers.
Your canon is hollow. Get an education.