Friday, June 21, 2013

Armed For Apocalypse/The Road Will End/Inronclad Recordings/2013 CD Review


  Armed  For  Apocalypse  are  a  band  from  California  that  plays  a  mixture  of  sludge,  hardcore,  groove  and  death/thrash  and  this  is  is  a  review  of t heir  2013  album  "The  Road  Will  ENd"  which  was  released  by  Ironclad  Recordings.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  used  at  times,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording,  as  for  the  sound effects  when  they  are  utilized  bring  elements  of  noise  to  the  music.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  sludge,  hardcore,  groove  metal  and  death/thrash  to create  a  sound  of  their  own  along  with  a  brief  use  of  clean  playing,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  dark  sounding  sludge/groove  metal  guitar  solos  and  leads.

  Vocals  are  mostly  groove/death  metal  style  screams  and  growls  along  with  a  brief  use  of  clean  singing,  while  the  lyrics  cover  Apocalypse  and  Armageddon  themes,  as  for t he  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  dark  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording.

  In  my  opinion  Armed  For  Apocalypse  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  sludge,  hardcore,  groove  metal  and  death/thrash  and  if  you are  a  fan  of  those  musical  genre's,  you  should  check  out this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "The  Starting  Line  Is  A  Trip  Wire"  "Built  To  Kill"   "Drawing  A  Line"  and  "Ends  Meet".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.


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