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HOLD THE SPINESHANK, MAKE IT SILENT CIVILIAN

 Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 at 11:58am by

silent civilianSilent Civilian’s 2006 debut Rebirth of the Temple was a really fucking solid record, a shining example of metalcore done right at the peak of the genre’s popularity. The riffs crushed, melding American core and Swedish shred with the now infamous Decibel-named “good cop / bad cop” vocal style, only at the time it hadn’t been beaten to death yet. Who woulda thunk that any member of Spineshank could shred so hard? Rebirth also benefitted from ginoromous Logan Mader production (Gojira, Psycroptic, Cavalera Conspiracy). I remember really digging the record at the time, so I was elated to hear that from a press release that Silent Civilian are working on a new record, Ghost Stories, for release this October.

The band has a new song from the upcoming record entitled “The Last One Standing” streaming on their MySpace page. It’s… a little bit meh. It ain’t bad by any means, but it doesn’t seem to have the same power or hooks as anything on Ghost Stories, and this time around the clean-singing feels forced. After hearing the song I questioned whether perhaps my musical tastes had evolved that much since 2006, but I continued listening to the rest of the songs on the MySpace page and those are still pretty awesome. I guess the new song just isn’t all that, but there’s still hope; it’s just one song, and bands rarely release their best one 6 months ahead of an album release.

In any case, another Silent Civilian record is at the very least good news in that it’ll keep Spineshank from polluting the ears of metalheads until 2011 at the earliest.

-VN

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  • Ben

    The fact that you enjoy Silent Civilian, another run of the mill project more than Spineshank, who actually had their own sound and a lot of good music, is retarded. You are, from this point on, null and void.

  • bearbomb

    I like Spineshank. There I said it.

  • DemonicLemming

    What’s wrong with Spineshank, no ________core sound to them? No severed-vocal-cords grunting? No generic zomgwtffast drumming?

    No, they’re not great, but they’re not horrible either.

  • RayRay

    I bought the last Silent Civilian. It is catchy and I kept it on my ipod for a long time. Tell me Ben, am I null and void too? Do you own their record? Have you listened to it through? Another case of GO fuck yourself and have a nice day.

  • timmah

    i like spineshank too…i still pop in “the height of callousness” now and then

  • fearo

    Spineshank is a gazillion times better than Silent Civilian could ever be, although I like them also.

  • pacomon

    I saw Spineshank in a bar in ’03 in Madison WI and they where opening for PM5K and Adema. Spineshank stole the show and just destroyed the place, ranks up there as one of the most intense concerts I’ve ever experienced.

    I enjoy Height of Callousness for its intensity but some of the songs lack focus, I enjoy Self Destructive Pattern for its cohesiveness and solid songs, but it lacks the intensity of HoC. I enjoyed the debut from SC, nothing wow, solid album. I agree though, the new SC is meh and the new Spineshank is meh… I’ll give’em both a spin when they both come out!

  • bearbomb

    ^^ Adema. Now THERE”S a band I can give the finger to.

  • sinistatroy

    funny, Spineshank just played a show in CO that i did not attend. i was there buying a pizza from the venue though and couldn’t help noticing a band playing with no people there. they guy said the pre sold 16 tickets! i dont even think they all showed up. hilarious

  • ryan

    this blog is starting to disgust me with the inconsistency in your guys taste. Spineshank are very awesome; one of the few good new metal sounds to emerge in the early millenium

  • ferocious_fetus

    they both suck.

  • bombs away

    Rebirth of the temple was real solid and worth multiple listens, the song structures were pretty nice, doesn’t get too boring. Spineshank was one of the few nu metal/alternative metal bands I could enjoy, so I guess that means I like them too.

  • iolanach

    Jesus Tittyfucking Christ. You guys just blow me away every single fucking day. Neurosis? Isis? Bah, pretty crappy in your opinion. Now Chimaira and Spineshank?!? They’re the fucking deal.

  • Ozzstein

    Spineshank are still together ?

    HA!

    GGGarth still is the best producer ever though!

  • rObERtO

    Spineshank!!!!!!!!!!!

  • borden

    I’ve gotta agree with “iolanach”!!! what the fuck is going on. giving ISIS , ZAO , NEUROSIS weak comments and reviews, but talking about chimaira and silent civilian like we’re missing out by not listening to these guys. Hard to find the credibilaty in that. Who the fuck writes this shit. I know every one is entitled to there own opinion, but I’m going to go out on limb here and say yours is wrong, mine is right! Silent civilian….. give me a fucking break.

  • Ben

    RayRay, yes you are null and void because you’re totally jumping to conclusions. Yes, in fact, I do own the album. Yes, in fact, I have listened to it all the way through many times(I actually do that with albums still). I enjoy the album. I do still however think Spineshank is better and that they have a much more original sound.

    So, how about that. Instead of fucking myself, I fucked your stupid ass comment right up the ass with a chainsaw. Now, I WILL have a nice day, knowing that I’m right and you are… yes… that’s right… null and void.

  • Ben

    Borden and iolanach, you’re surprised that the opinions of the metalsucks bloggers are lame? Really? How long have you been coming here? Because it gets obvious pretty quickly that they really have their heads up their asses. I, personally, only come here for the actual news and the “oh so witty banter” with complete toolbags like RayRay.

    For the record, I enjoy Isis, Zao, Neurosis, Silent Civilian and Spineshank.

  • Dannibal

    Spineshank being good? And yet you guy’s hated on COLD? Eat a fucking fart…

  • Blackthorned

    ^

    What he said, except the fart part.

  • rob-209

    i had a fun time going back in forth with them thru email,they are big k(generic kroger soda)metal.i cant believe you would maybe trick someone into having to know aboout them,for shame

  • groverXIII

    I really liked Height Of Callousness when it came out… I think I kinda liked Self-Destructive Pattern. Silent Civilian didn’t really stick with me.

  • Ben

    Dannibal, don’t know who you were aiming that at, but add Cold to that list of bands I enjoy.

  • niggaplease

    Corrections:

    By ’06 metalcore was already a good two years past its peak and a year into it becoming so widely, and deservedly, like most dying genres, maligned that it had to become deathcore just to limp forward another two years.

    Two, this band was always terrible and represented everything wrong with metalcore at that point in the decade. Cliches upon cliches, lack of talent upon lack of talent, etc.