WALLS OF JERICHO — With Devils Amongst Us All (review)

WALLS OF JERICHO — With Devils Amongst Us All album cover Album · 2006 · Metalcore Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Unitron
With Devils Amongst Us All is the third studio album from metalcore/hardcore punk band Walls of Jericho.

The band reached a new height with their comeback album, All Hail the Dead, which showed a perfect balance between blistering thrash metal and punchy metalcore/hardcore of the Hatebreed variety. With Devils Amongst Us All continues mixing the two, although it's not as balanced as it was.

Walls of Jericho keeps delivering a brutal slab of thrashing and sometimes groovy hardcore/metalcore with punishing breakdowns for the most part. Just one listen to "I Know Hollywood and You Ain't It" will give you a brutal thrashing that you'll never forget, while the breakdown in "The Haunted" will hit you over the head like a sledgehammer after an ominous beginning. "And the Dead Walk Again" is another brutal thrasher, armed with dissonance making it sound a bit like a mix of a groovier Voivod.

There is less thrash metal here than All Hail the Dead, which is disappointing because the band's great blend of blistering Slayer-esque thrash and punishing hardcore/metalcore is what made All Hail the Dead and The Bound Feed the Gagged such masterpieces. The metalcore is up front more here instead of a balance, and there is also a "Nothing Else Matters"-esque power ballad with "No Saving Me" which just sounds out of place on an album like this. A lot of the songs are also quite forgettable.

While there are some winners here, it's quite a step down from All Hail the Dead which I see as one of the greatest Metalcore albums ever made. It's worth a listen, but don't expect a masterpiece.

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Unitron wrote:
more than 2 years ago
No problem, that's one reason I write reviews, to get other people to check out the music that I love. :-)
siLLy puPPy wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Ironically i really loved the debut The Bound Feed The Gagged when a friend turned me onto them but i never kept up after that and thanks Unitron for keeping reminding me that i need to check out their other albums. Glad they're still around
Unitron wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Yeah, All Hail the Dead is essential listening. The Bound Feed the Gagged is really great too. None of their albums are bad, but those first two are definitely the best imo.
Bosh66 wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I've never actually listened to Walls Of Jericho - oddly just one of those bigger bands in the genre I've never got around to. I assume you'd recommend All Hail the Dead as a starting point?

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