This is a year old hardcore album from Eleven Hours Down. The band at that time consisted of Marshall, Tracy (who produced the album) and Dave. On There's Hope...they present fifteen songs with uncompromising hardcore. The songs feature fast parts as well as slowed down stuff. In some songs there's singing together (Morning) but this doesn't sound very good, to my idea. Pure And Simple however does give a good representation of the band. Here there are those hoarse screams you hear so often on this kind of CDs. The music is good in this song. I think this is a band with perspective for the future if they have a little more guts to doing something different, something renewing. I will not lie awake at night because of some excitement listening to this CD. But there may be hope in the darkness.
Other coverage for this album
HM Magazine #84Reviewed by Tim McCreadyReading that their tastes included bands like Training for Utopia, Quicksand, and Zao, my hopes were high. I can't say they were fulfilled. Though I can see the comparisons, the album just lacks the intensity and complexity to get me really excited about them. I'm not totally writing these guys off, though. The recording sounds good, and the songs are good, just not great. There's always the next…Dead Zine 1999Reviewed by D_ListerEvery time I listen to this CD I get reminded of two bands that are no longer around. Strongarm and Everdown. Now this is not a bad thing, seeing how I'm a huge fan of both of them. Yet at the same time Eleven Hours Down has a distinct element that is all their own. Influenced by the ever growing aggro-rock/metal scene they blend all these styles of music together to create a really nice and…Dead Zine 1999Reviewed by SORGOklahoma has certainly impressed this reviewer with their debut cd on Kirk Campbell's (Eternal Decision) Godfather Records. One thing I love about this disc is the originality and diversity between songs. The songs are varied and all sound independent from each other (which is the opposite of typical hardcore where a band's songs tend to all sound the same). The music is non-stop relentless…Similar sounding releases
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