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A LONG OVERDUE POST ABOUT AS WE DRAW

 Thursday, November 4th, 2010 at 11:00am by

As We Draw - Lines Breaking Circles

We’ve gotten as many emails about French post-hardcore/metal outfit As We Draw over the past month as we received about Journal, so it’s about time I showed them a little love. I haven’t been into post-hardcore lately as much as I was a few years ago, but this trio of 21-year olds shows a helluva lot of promise.

They’re At The Drive In for the ’10s but without the emo-y vocals, alternately crushing and artsy with both fits of hardcore rage and post-metal soundscapery. Their songs are just straight-forward enough to follow but just technical enough to keep things from sounding stale, a tough balance to strike. They’ve got a really good mix of sounds that seems suited to please most metal fans, and what’s more their new album is completely self-recorded.

Their debut album Lines Breaking Circles just came out via Throatruiner Records; you can listen to two songs on their MySpace to see what I’m talking about, and then since I’m pretty sure you’ll be impressed you can go on and download the entire album for free right here.

-VN

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  • SP420

    Hmm, not bad. Sounds like an edgier Isis/Cult of Luna. Like how the bass mids are turned up to give it more of a meaty sound.

  • John

    This is not bad, at all

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brian-Thompson/524390192 Brian Thompson

    Thank you MS for introducing me to a fantastic album. I downloaded it, listened and I just now bought it online. Fantastic stuff

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Alexandre-Perrault/545955672 Alexandre Perrault

    Their label e-mailed us. I’m two listens in, but I enjoy it quite a bit. The description is spot-on. I hope they stick together, because they’ve got a ton of potential.

  • http://www.myspace.com/thestarsthrewdowntheirspears Tim

    My 19 month old niece loves this album (lots of smiling and jumping), which is a good indicator. She’s also a big fan of Converge and The Dillinger Escape Plan.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Throatruiner-ecords/100000765111282 Throatruiner Ṙecords

    Thanks for the kind words! We just noticed that the As We Draw LP+CD pre-order wasn’t available for non-french people, it should work properly right now. Sorry for the inconvenience to our thousands of foreign customers.

  • Aaron

    I liked this a lot! Sounds kind of 90ish metal but with a pregressive twist, but not in a too flashy BTBAM way. Album was over before I reralized I listened to the whole thing.