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Diecast - Day Of Reckoning
2001 Now Or Never
Track
Listing:
1. Intro
2. Disrepair
3. In The Shocks
4. Singled Out
5. Plague
6. Exacting My Revenge
7. Remember The Fallen
8. Desensitized
9. Invent The Truth
10. Solace
11. Day Of Reckoning
Line-Up:
Vocals: Colin
Schleifer
Guitar: Jonathon Kita, Kirk Kolatis
Bass: Jeremy Wooden
Drums: Jason Costa
Website: www.bhcdiecast.com
Skin Splitter's Rating:
A
Average Album Rating: A |
Skin Splitter's Review:
Information on this band is slim. From what I can gather, they are
Boston-based and formed in 1997. Oh yeah, they play hardcore and
they are damn good at it! To most people, hardcore all sounds the
same to them. Diecast is different. They can sing,
riff, drum, and combine it all to create one good album that people who
don't like hardcore can appreciate and people who do can appreciate it
more. No joke, this is probably one of the best semi-hardcore
releases out there. It won't compare to true hardcore (Blood for
Blood, Hatebreed, Sworn Enemy, etc), but it's a great
combination of heavy music with hardcore backings. How do they do
this? By changing the two things that most people don't like about
hardcore. The drumming and the vocals. Most drumming on any
hardcore band is pretty simple. Not Diecast. The
drummer uses a lot of double bass and drum rolls to get his point
across. However, this drumming is not the typical speed, speed,
speed, drumming. Instead, the double bass is fast, but controlled
and very tight. The drumming is right up there with Fear Factory
in terms of speed and accuracy. The guitar work is good and isn't
too complicated, but then again it's hardcore and it's more important to
put out meaningful chords then try to be complicated.
Musically
they are a very good hardcore band. They go all over the place as well
as change tempos, sound, and feeling. Plus they can probably play most
other hardcore bands out of the room. The vocals are great.
There are grunts, screams, singing, and emotion. Although Colin
Schleifer doesn't have the commanding vocals of a Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed)
and his screams are a little more high pitched than Jasta's, what he has to
say is just as meaningful. Not only that but because he can sing and
change his vocals to go along with the guitars, he provides a bigger range
that the band can use. If this band can stay together (many lineup
changes they have gone through and they are currently looking for a singer)
and maybe put up a website, they could be the next big underground band to
hit it big (like Hatebreed). This is definitely one to listen
to if you can find it. It's not complete straight hardcore like Hatebreed,
Sworn Enemy, or Biohazard (Uncivilized), but it's got
enough hardcore tendencies to be labeled so. Like all hardcore, be
sure to play it really loud or it won't be as effective.
Song Summaries:
- Intro - It's nothing at
all. Maybe a Church bell can barely be heard. (no
grade)
- Disrepair
- Great
intro. Double bass and drums all over the place. 45
seconds into the song it breaks down into some hardcore beat down
time. Then comes more speed and then more hardcore
beatdown. At 2:12 all hell in the pit breaks out. This
song has it all. Build up to beat down. A
- In the Shocks - More good
drumming. Guitars work with it very well. There's also
singing on this one. The hardcore part is the chorus. You
get to hear it first at 1:15. Another good song. B+
- Singled Out
- Watch the hell
out and don't let the singing intro fool you. This is fast paced
pit music all the way. It even has a groove to it that makes you
want to move around and run into things. A+
- Plague
- This is another one
of those hardcore songs with singing, speed, breakdown, I mean hell I
can't even describe this stuff! You really have to listen to it
to understand. A
- Exacting My Revenge
- More
double bass! Then straight into a hardcore style. If you
listen to the words, they are beautiful if there is someone you don't
like. A-
- Remember The Fallen
- Interesting
acoustic intro. The beginning of this song is slow and about
war. However, it makes the transition that much better and
powerful (even if it simple). There's a little singing half way
but it makes the song even better. At 4:46, the outro has
probably some of the fastest double bass I have heard ever in
hardcore! A+
- Desensitized
- This one is a
standard straight up hardcore song. It's good for hardcore but
it doesn't seem to fit into the album very well. C+
- Invent The Truth
- Good intro
with good double bass buildup. 1:17 the pit circle must be
intense for this. It goes back to the intro part until
2:27. Then it breaks down into raw beats and single note guitar
(you'll know it because he screams "YOU CANNOT BREAK ME!"),
but coming from that much build-up would cause the pit to go absolutely
insane. By far the best breakdown into a hardcore riff on the
album. There's more stuff after but it should have ended there
because it gets a little weak near the end, but makes up for it at the
end. B+
- Solace
- Intro like an
outro. Straight up hardcore all the way through, you'll know
what I mean when you hear the riff. It's a song about
Jesus/religion and it's sacrilegious so of course I love it, but sacrilege
with a hardcore beat just makes it that much more fun for me to break
a face to. A
- Day Of Reckoning
- Another
great hardcore song. This time double bass with a combination of
hardcore guitar work and group chanting. No punches pulled or
singing here. Just straight to your head. A
Skin
Splitter's Rating: A
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