Thine Eyes Bleed – “In the Wake of Separation”
1. “Cold Victim”: very tight, intense thrashing, in the spirit of Slayer/Kreator. The screaming is very Kreator/Petrozza-ish. A good beginning. Good, but short solo. 2. “Without Warning”: Not as fast. Overall, less impressive, though good. 3. “And Since Forgotten”: By now the sound has moved more into Killswitch Engage-ish territory. Somewhat more metalcore-ish, but still thrashy. The metalcore/breakdown element is more present. The drumming is now less intense. 4. “Live to Die”: The vocals are slightly different, more metalcore-ish screaming. Up until 1:30 into the song, thrashy; after that, slower, metalcore; at about 2:20 the thrash returns and alternates with metalcore riffing. At about 3:35, clean singing comes in. Sounds chic and trendy. 5. “Corpse You up”: first :35 is uninteresting riffing, but things get better after :45. Solos come in, rescuing the song from facelessness. At about 2:00 metalcore returns; things get worse. At 2:45 things get a lot better with some cool, thrashy, catchy riffing. At 3:18 the metalcore returns; it’s slower with screaming over it. 6. “Innocent Mind”: Much better. Thrashy, memorable. The riffing is much better; the solos are good and fit the song really well. 7. “Sliver”: A midpaced, thrashy number. I find the vocals annoying with the midtempo riffing. Overall, this sounds like filler material to me. Not much personality. 8. “Consequence Unknown”: The guitar work sounds Arch Enemy-ish. Not bad. The solos are good, if short, but the song is just too monotonous. 9. “Regret Your Fear”: The vocals are more metalcore. The last slow, melodic solo is good, but too little, too late.