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THE ALL SHALL PERISH STORM IS A-BREWIN’

 Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 at 12:15pm by

We’ve now heard All Shall Perish’s latest, Awaken the Dreamers, in its entirety, and all we can say is – it’s different. The band has introduced a lot more melodic elements and made an album that, while still heavy, is a far cry from the unbridled brutality of Hate.Malice.Revenge and The Price of Existence. The resulting material took a few spins to grow on me, but at least one of you has already e-mailed us to express severe disappointment in the record.

The album doesn’t officially drop ’til September, so whether the band’s fans ultimately embrace the new aural flavors or declare All Shall Perish the new Cryptopsy remains to be seen. So while you’re waiting, head over to the band’s MySpace page to hear two more new tracks from the album, “When Life Meant More…” and “Stabbing to Purge Dissimulation.”

Fans should notice a sonic difference right off the bat – these are actually two of the heavier tracks from the album, and they’re already less likely to rip you a new asshole than anything from the band’s prior offerings. Still, I think this album deserves a fair listen before anyone gets too worked up about it – for one thing, a less-heavy All Shall Perish is still about ten times heavier than almost anything else out there, and for another thing, these guys are talented enough that they still blow most of their peers in the deathcore genre out of the water.

But like I said, we’ll have to wait and see how the fans react to this one. In the meantime, let us know what you think of the new tracks below.

-AR

[Thanks to MetalSucks maniac Francisco Sauceda for the tip. For the record, Francisco thinks the new tracks are "nothing short of AWESOMENESS!!!"]

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  • matt

    These new tracks fucking shred.

    Albums should be evaluated independently, not compared to a band’s previous works. If you’re always looking backwards, you never give the band a chance to evolve. (e.g. all the In Flames fans who refuse to acknowledge anything after Whoracle) I think Awaken The Dreamers is shaping up to be an album that can stand on its own.

  • Ippo-kun

    Gotta say that I will more than likely give this a shot. It seems more cleaned up and less spastic than previous albums. I never really cared for their previous releases, but this sounds interesting.

  • gamma sperm

    Got the leak a few days ago. All i have to say is that im fucking amazed! The guitars (while toned down) are still tech as fuck and there is more of an emphasis on storey’s riffs this time around instead of repetitious breakdowns. They wern’t going to make the price of existence v. 2.0 beta which i think would have been pointless. I wouldn’t go as far as saying they sold out ala cryptopsy (they kicked the can a while ago), they just progressed and it feels natural. Fuck the haters this album is incredible

  • cpo

    im on the fence, ive been looking forawrd to the most ballsy album ever, then i hear they decided to soften up a bit, which is extremly evident in songs like “never again” but they are and will remain one of my favorite bands. album is really cool but not waht you expect if you can accept that then your a step ahead of the game and will probably love this album

  • Steve

    Amazing album!

  • Will

    I think it’s a pretty good album. Not as good as “The Price of Existance” but close. I did notice that there was only one pig squeal (if you can even call it that) on this album, which was a huge departure from TPOE.

    I REALLY liked TPOE because of it’s scathing subject matter and it had a certain urgency in the songs/mood that I really picked up on. This album is missing that a bit, but there are some great songs on this one too. All in all, they are a great band and I’m glad that they didn’t make the same album.

  • http://www.SilentNotes.com LD

    One of the best albums in 2008, for me…

  • metal_as_fuck

    awesome album haven’t listened to the whole thing yet but the stuff i’ve heard so far is sweet
    looks like the new trend in deathcore after this comes out you will see a lot of bands coming out trying to do the same thing

  • http://www.myspace.com/discipleoftorment Rohit

    it sounds awesome its more progressive than previous albums but I still love it. Maybe even more then TPOE

  • ZY

    The album is more polished than TPOE but with that, it loses some of the grit that made TPOE so nasty.
    Awaken The Dreamers:
    -lacks the ferocity of TPOE
    -Feels short with a few songs being primarily progressive and instrumental.
    -lacks the groove of TPOE (which sucks because ASP are a gym favorite of mine)
    -Takes the band to another level technically.
    -Is a better example of song writng maturity and talent than TPOE was but lacks the song to song flow.

    Overall its a great album..and if TPOE didn’t exist I would probably hold Awaken The Dreamers in higher regard. As it stands, I was hoping for groove-laden tech/death, but got a very talented band experimenting with their sound…