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Not satisfied just to have the potent sickness of The Black Dahlia Murder (TBDM) in their stable of artists, Metal Blade Records has gone across the pond and plucked Germany's version thereof. Neaera, besides having an unusual name (look it up at Google or Wikipedia), play a brand of Metalcore that has more in common with Black and Death Metal than anything by Killswitch Engage or Shadows Fall, though the latter claims to be just a Thrash band having eschewed much of their own Death Metal heritage. That said, Let the Tempest Come is a competent and well polished album that crushes, pummels, and shreds while maintaining a touch or two of melody, thick grooves, and grinding breakdowns. The vocals are primarily of the higher pitched screech variety though ultra guttural bellowing is interspersed throughout the album -- pretty much like TBDM. Occasionally an almost Agnostic Front bark is presented and some great lead guitars appear, too. If you really enjoy catchy, groovy, grindy Metalcore without the now hackneyed clean singing thing, by all means check out Neaera. Their instrumental prowess alone commands your attention, if not the ability to write solid spngs. In fact, there is enough Death Metal here, including a Suffocation sounding bass, to negate the labeling of the band as Metalcore, though that seems to be all the rage these days. Hmph, kids these days. Put this on your sonic shelf right between Unearth and The Black Dahlia Murder. Sounds like a Metal Blade hat trick.... Bonus round: the instrumental "Life Damages the Living" recalls the mighty Testament circa 1988 but with better production.
| Tracklist |
| 1. Mechanisms Of Standstill |
| 2. Let The Tempest Come |
| 3. PlagueHeritage |
| 4. God-Forsaken Soil |
| 5. HeavenHell |
| 6. Desecrators |
| 7. The Crimson Void |
| 8. I Love The World |
| 9. Paradigm Lost |
| 10. Life Damages The Living |
| 11. Scars Of Gray |
: 50.35
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