RISE TO REMAIN — Bridges Will Burn EP (review)

RISE TO REMAIN — Bridges Will Burn EP album cover EP · 2010 · Metalcore Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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Genre: modern metal (metalcore)

This EP by "Rise to Remain" is okay I think. Musically, it falls under the genre known as metalcore (a genre, I wish had a different name), and it has everything that a metalcore release is supposed to have. Austin Dickinson makes use of growled vocals, screamed vocals, and clean melodic vocals. There are the breakdowns and the shifts between melodic power metal derived fast riffs and aggressive thrash metal derived riffs, and then there are the quiet and very melodic parts. The drums are pounding, borrowing stylistic features from all over the metal universe. In other words, this is pretty generic metalcore.

That being said, I do not thin that "Burning Bridges" is a bad release. In fact, I think that, while a bit generic, it does stand out compared to a lot of other so-called metalcore acts in that I think that a lot of the guitar riffs on this album somehow click better with me than what I typically experience within this genre. This could be because the influences from traditional heavy metal and power metal really shine through in the music, which I personally appreciate, being a fan of good ole 80s heavy metal.

This EP should click with fans of so-called metalcore acts like Killswitch Engage and Shadows Fall. I don't know if fans of other metal genres will like this album - that really depends on how open-minded you are. If you categorically reject metalcore, then you will not like this EP, but if you can survive the metalcore tendencies, you migh enjoy a lot of the retrospective elements on this album. "Bridges Will Burn" is promising, and I think that, with some adjustments and a bit more originality, Rise To Remain may become a great name within modern heavy metal music.
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