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IF YOU CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEW BTBAM ALBUM, JUST LISTEN TO SENECA INSTEAD

 Monday, August 24th, 2009 at 3:00pm by

senecaIf there’s such a thing as “the North Carolina sound” Seneca have got it; think Between the Buried and Me, Glass Casket, even Bloodjinn. No surprise then that Reflections was produced by fellow North Carolinian Jamie King who also produced the former two of the above three bands. Seneca have actually been around since 2002, but their March release Reflections is their first for Lifeforce Records, and it’s a surprisingly solid listen. Seneca actually sound a whole lot like BTBAM in particular — at times a little bit too much — but manage to modify BTBAM’s prog-core sound just enough to be original. Where BTBAM go big and epic with 8 or soon-to-be 6-song albums full of long songs Seneca somehow manage to cram all of their epic structures, song-changes and shred into much shorter templates, with most songs on Reflections coming in at under 4 minutes and many even under 3. There are a few too many deathcore-skirting breakdowns on Reflections for my tastes, but the band still manages to keep it interesting most of the time. Call them the working man’s Between the Buried and Me.

Check out Seneca on MySpace and let us know what you think.

-VN

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  • http://www.myspace.com/uglydirge aaron m.

    never heard of this band before. will check them out now.

    • http://www.myspace.com/uglydirge aaron m.

      christ. how can dudes who are so obviously talented think that it’s a good idea in any way to put that many breakdowns in their songs? it sounds so monumentally stupid in contrast to the rest of the music that it’s almost offensive. there’s one kind of cool breakdown in “black gold” around the 1:35 mark, but if you’re trying to have any sort of legitimacy as an artist, why in the fuck would you include them at all? oh, that’s right. they’re for the kids. well, fuck the kids, that’s what i say. the kids are a bunch of shits.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hakli/885670392 Richard Hakli

    Going to check them out. Also, your tag for Glass Casket actually says Glass Caskey.

    • Biff Tannen

      I love metal suck <3

  • http://john@metalsucks.gov John

    No.

  • John

    I agree with the other John

  • dlux

    seneca is pretty sweet. though other than the same producer and homestate, i don’t see the BTBAM connection. they’re like BTBAM for the mallcore dbags. but they’re good.

  • http://infinitybasement.wordpress.com billybob

    Meh. Not different enough.

  • pariah

    i thought these dudes had some btbam guys in the lineup, but i guess not?

  • Mynamesucks

    Sound like Between the Buried and Me’s Self titled album and to make thing even more like BTBAM they are signed on the same label that BTBAM were once on.

    • Except BTBAM is actually good

      Although it’s my least favorite by BTBAM, at least there was some innovation in their self titled album. These Seneca guys just can’t do it [music] right.

  • Brutalizer

    BTBAM is gross.

    • Jimmy

      You’re gross.

    • Vlad

      ROFL WAT

  • http://www.taptheory.com thb

    I hear a lot more Glass Casket than BTBAM, which isn’t necessarily bad, just my opinion which doesn’t mean jack shit.

  • Except BTBAM is actually good

    This sounds like a terrible band I’d have to sit through in order to see Between the Buried and Me. Probably one of the most generic core bands I’ve heard in a long time. To make things worse, there really isn’t that much talent here. The breakdowns aren’t even in time signatures that make them interesting. These guys leave everything to ask for, technically, and simply from a casual listeners perspective. The chord progressions are predictable to say the least, with the exception of one or two that just didn’t belong in the song at all. You would think after listening to the terrible breecore breakdowns, the clean vocals would be a welcomed change, but no. Not when they sound like the guy from Linkin Park. The lyrics are pretty brilliant, too. “You’ll never take me alive! You’ll never take me alive! You’ll never take me alive…” This stuff is terrible. Please don’t mention it in the same sentence as BTBAM again. That’s what gives them a bad name.

  • Biff Tannen

    Why the hell would ANYONE listen to this garbage??? Just LOOK at the goddamn band picture!!! Holy shit!, what is wrong with you morons??? Are you all trendy 15 years olds???? Jeezzus Christ, you are all morons.

    • derek

      dude your calling everyone trendy 15 year olds but the first thing you comment on is their image. your the one sounding like a scene kid. btw im not just trying to defend this band cause i didnt like them either. fuck i hate people like you who bring negativity into every post on this blog. if you dont like the music fine, leave it at that and shut the fuck up.

  • Matt

    look up OLD Seneca. my friend, Paul, is the old bassist for this band. check out Dirty South Revolutionaries. he just joined that band as their bass player. their new shit is bad ass.

  • http://www.myspace.com/ncmetalandhardcorescene Martin

    This is a good band and Reflections is a pretty decent album , even though their first album wasn’t under a big label but has a great sound and a bunch of good songs. I still remember the good all day at the brewery in Raleigh, NC.