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“SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE”: BURY YOUR DEAD PISS ALL OVER KURT VONNEGUT’S GRAVE

 Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 at 10:30am by

Would Kurt Vonnegut have appreciated Bury Your Dead naming their new song, “Slaughterhouse Five,” after his legendary novel? I have a hard time believing he would. Vonnegut’s writing was punctuated by wit, imagination, and a healthy dose of wry cynicism; BYD’s music is punctuated by the desire to make breakdowns even more prevalent, and somehow simpler, than they already were. In other words, they are neither imaginative nor witty. Their version of “Slaughterhouse Five” sounds exactly like every other song they’ve written, except the riff isn’t even as catchy as some of their more tolerable material.

I know that lots of people are excited about this new material, especially in light of the fact that vocalist Mat Bruso has now returned to the fold; you’re gonna hafta explain to me in the comments section why you’re so excited though, just this just sounds like the same ol’ same ol’ generic metalcore to me. I’ve been told by people who know what they’re talking about that Brendan “Slim” MacDonald is a really talented rhythm guitarist who can actually play all this staccato shit like a machine, without the aid of in-studio chicanery, and that’s great for him. Now if he’d just take some songwriting lessons…

Bury Your Dead’s new album, Mosh N’ Roll, comes out August 2 on Mediaskare, the label where boring core music goes to die.

-AR

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  • builtforsin

    So it goes…

    • Bach

      YES i wanted to comment this but you beat me to it you fucker!!

  • luvmus

    Maybe ol’ D would of appreciated this more than axl.

  • Barry Von Breetalstein

    BURY YOUR FUCKING DEAD. ‘nough said.

  • fantasyoosh

    All I hear was chu chu chug chu chu chug and “Fuck this shit!/Come on!”

    • the_dglgmut13

      This is exactly what I heard and was thinking!

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Geoffrey-Hays/100001712105502 Geoffrey Hays

        you obviously don’t get the challenge in chugs. they way this band plays takes constant chugging which is incredible hard. Plus it is so fucking heavy.

        what ever happened to really heavy metal. hugh drum sounds. the sound of like a wall of guitars and that just pissed of angry singer. I missed that so much and i found it again in this band.

        BURY YOUR DEAD!!!!!!!

        • Ryan

          I sure as hell hope you’re kidding. they’re talented to an extent but open Ab chords aren’t exactly straining. Still love BYD but from what I’m hearing right now I feel some disappointment coming.

  • blahblah

    sounds like every other “core” band out right now. vocals were good until he yells “come on!”. riffs are very repetitive… sounds like a second rate Crowbar. what a shame i was actually hoping for something better from them since i enjoyed “Cover Your Tracks”. hopefully the rest of the album won’t sound as weak.

    check out the new weekend nachos instead.

    • Brah

      New Weekend Nachos is awesome, but BYD has never been anything like that. This is one of the weaker tracks on the album.

  • http://Thymetal.com Ian from thy?

    Yep never understood the whole breakdown karate thing… :| METAL!!!

  • Walker

    I know people do not like this band. I understand and completly agree with you. One of my biggest guilty pleasures and that one song alone was already better than anything off the last two records. So happy to hear Matt yelling again but I don’t get the drinking lyric since he is a well known strait edge

  • Fuso

    anyone else notice that the band Betrayal (that is shown to be support for BYD on their euro tour) totally ripped off Behemoth’s font ?!?! scummmmmmBAGS

    • A normal human like the rest of you

      If the font ain’t copyrighted than they can use it.

      • Fuso

        obviously … just shows lack of character !

        • Krang10

          I can’t believe you actually care about that.

        • A normal human like the rest of you

          My band uses the same font as Nickelodeon.

          • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tristan-Zemtseff/1122873053 Tristan Zemtseff

            I bet Nickelodeon has theirs copyrighted though.

  • Purple Reign

    Band is just one of those guilty pleasures. Tough shit. Gets me hyped up in the gym.

    I second the previous Weekend Nachos comment.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Collin-Gabriel/731342336 Collin Gabriel

    BYD was one of the first bands with this sound back in the day and tons of bands since then have closely copied and tweaked the formula. Sure, if BYD has no old-school significance to you then I guess you’d probably rather jam a For the Fallen Dreams, Legend, Betrayal, Frontlines, etc. song instead and not care that the breakdowns and vocals are trying hard to be what Bruso/BYD was years ago. anyways I’m stoked they’re back and don’t get why ppl were expecting something groundbreaking from a band who was always about being as straight-forward as possible.

    • stu1

      This band wasn’t the originators of anything.

  • MeesterDerp

    These have to be some of the most un-creative lyrics I’ve ever heard, along with the most boring riffs.

  • A2James

    Bury Your Dead is a straight-up high energy band, nothing more (kind of like Hatebreed). If you’re looking for technical guitar playing and deep lyrics, you won’t be a fan of the BYD sound. I, for one, am glad to see Mat Bruso back to deliver some more BYD beatdowns! New stuff picks up exactly where Beauty And The Breakdown left off

    • luvmus

      word.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Geoffrey-Hays/100001712105502 Geoffrey Hays

      I am excited to see what bruso can do with this band now , but im also sad since there last 2 cds were amazing the singer they kick out of the band was really good and is there best work to date.

  • orbital

    always been a fan,

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nico-Cervantes/1281091549 Nico Cervantes

    They aren’t an amazing band, but they’re nostalgic for me since they’re one of the first heavy bands I got into. Very excited about this!

  • key

    epic book. deserves better.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Harper-Lewis/100001748263922 Harper Lewis

    As a Vonnegut fan, I’m offended.

    • Aghast

      Seconded.

    • sonas76

      St. Kurt never did anything to deserve this.

  • http://seasofdreck.wordpress.com aaron m.

    i had no idea it took a lot of talent to go DUNDUN DUNDUN DUNDUN. i’m pretty sure helmet had that ground covered years ago and then decided to do other things. like play electric banjo.

  • HorizonsOfChaos

    I absolutely loved the previous albums they did with Mat. Something about those albums just click with me. Sure, they’re not some epic masterpieces by any means but they’re still fun albums to me. Never liked any of their stuff after Mat left though. I’ll probably end up checking out this cd just because he’s on it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Raymond-Owen/1128740822 Raymond Owen

    I’d say about 95% of the views I’ve read on this are about as trite as you think the music is. As that one guy said above “I don’t get why people were expecting something groundbreaking from a band who was always about being as straight-forward as possible.”

    I love how everyone has this idealism that things need to be technical or something that they feel is “new” in order to be good but I’ve never really believed that to be true and I’m sure if you really look into most of these peoples album collections there would be quite a few examples of why that’s not true spanning all across various genre’s of metal.

    I’d say, more than anything it’s the elitist hate for the breakdown and straightforward music in general and not because it’s all bad but because it’s easy to identify. Alot of different styles do the exact same thing as each other but it’s not as easy to identify and as far as the average joe is concerned it doesn’t really have a name. “Man I really hate that one thingy..You know that thing they do thats all..Yeah.” It’s hard to pick on something that doesn’t have an identifier but it’s out there in mass.

    Being fully against breakdown driven music is just as played out and silly a being completely for it all day everyday. Some of it’s good and some of it…not so much. As far as this goes it’s quality stuff and I think BYD will be back in a big way.

    • footface

      If a song has poor composition, then it’s just a shitty song. Plain and simple. Riff salad “tech” bands irk me just as much as this does.

    • CJLsky

      I was gonna say something along these lines, but you guys beat me to it. I’d listen to this all day over all those wankedy-wank tech bands, because this is actually memorable. I had this stuck in my head from the first time I listened to it, and I still can’t remember anything about Origin except the stupid face the singer made in the beginning of their video.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sean-Wright/1365416981 Sean Wright

    Wow….they’re even worse than before. I thought they were annoying when they first had their 15 minutes of fame with “The Color of Money” on Headbanger’s Ball back when everyone and their grandmother thought Metalcore was the bee’s knees…..but this is some straight-up Jersey Shore douchebag roid rage music.

    “Tonight I drink myself into a coma. Fuck this shit.”

    Shakespeare eat your heart out. May be they can go back to naming all their songs Tom Cruise movie titles while doing the lamest tough guy BS. Makes me want to don my military cap and Unearth shirt and “fuck shit up in da pit” at New England’s Hardcore & Metal fest watching Sworn Enemy.

    • Brah

      “Tonight I drank myself into a fucking coma.
      Fuck this shit world. Each day I am growing colder.”

      Yeah this song is about becoming jaded, mistrusting everything, and I’m pretty sure breaking his commitment to straightedge, not about getting hammered to five finger death punch at a bar and smashing some kid’s head by the jukebox.

  • d.o.g.o.b.g.y.n.

    Whoever wrote this song doesn’t know the first thing about Kurt Vonnegut.

  • OLD MAN DOOM

    Fuck. The book deserves better. I doubt the band even read it. Oh well, so it goes…

  • http://heavymetalist.com theheavymetalist

    I love these guys… I mean yeah some songs sound a bit samey,but they are a lot ‘heavier’ than all the teen metalcore bands…

    Seen em live? Fucking awesome! Especially with Mat Bruso back…

  • http://www.schenkeltown.com SchenkelTown

    fun live band. not everything has to be noodle guitar riffs and 10,000,000 bpm.

    bury your fucking dead!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Geoffrey-Hays/100001712105502 Geoffrey Hays

    this song is pretty badass i have listen to it like ten times off this site. i was worried but i like it so far.

  • VyceVictus

    I will buy this record.
    I will spend what little time I have with my wife to see them in a live show.
    I will likely get drunk and juggernaut headcrush a little white kid to death in the mosh pit.
    I am going to make all these terrible life choices because they will be extremely fun. I’ve been finding more and more its as important to appreciate fine art as it is to revel in absolutely dumb shit you enjoy. if you don’t take advantage of fun times you just end up a bitter old curmudgeon with a stick up your ass.

    Also, I am curious to see if Myke Terry will be doing more music in the near future. I liked Cassius and really enjoyed the sound that BYD developed in the last 2 records; his vocals were pretty solid and his singing got better.

  • basshole

    Cover Your Tracks imo is THE best hardcore-metalish album ever. and its AMAZING for the gym.. other than that, yea, mostly shit band.

  • turdsandwhiches

    Wouldn’t expect anyone that hasnt had fun at a bury your dead show with mat bruso to understand. This music has and always will be meant for insane live shows. Bruso has said that himself. and anyone that thinks this isnt as good as the last two records is straight up on meth.

  • Pissed Off Metal Dude

    Barry You’re Dead

  • beery y. dedd

    ok, i’m not blown away by the new single. it’s not common for me to think one of their songs is average. it’ll prob grow on me like Myke’s stuff did. glad to have Mat back. and i’m really looking forward to the new album.

  • Brah

    All the songs on the albums are named after Vonnegut novels, the same way Cover Your Tracks was all Tom Cruise movies, and Beauty and the Breakdown was all fairy tales.

    Also seriously “take songwriting lessons”? All Bury Your Dead does is write catchy hardcore, and the other 2 albums they did with Bruso were by far their best work.

    Then again this review is coming from some 40 year old dude who thinks Nikki Sixx is a great songwriter…