This band, along with Crimson Thorn, is on Morphine records (thank you, Burrito). To say it lightly, this band has a serious groove that never quits. The only song that I really didn't like is the first song because the vocals were just too spoken with a dirty feel attached to them. The rest of the album just plain kicks. The drums are fantastic, ripping the beat up and keeping the groove never ending. After the first song, the vocals go to a lower pitch scream, which I really can't relate to any other voice. The drums are hard and heavy, with their own, solid type of punch. All the rhythms are felt and not calculated. You can tell that this band has used their heart and not tried to become just another act. Songs like "Untitled," "Wretch," "Alone," "Unglued," and "Plastic Soul" make this album all but untouchable. "Wretch," the fourth song on this ten song album, starts out with this crushing guitar opening and then kicks in with the rest of the band. The song uses many inventive riffs that bring the song to life and never lets it rest until the final beat. To go with the unreal music, the vocals just get better and better throughout the album, and to go along with this is the fact that the guitarist plays and sings. Yes, plays and sings. Can you say, Machine Head? OK, these guys are Christians, but if you like Machine Head you will love ERASE. The music is just as complex and tight as any secular music that I've heard. I especially love the part in "Trust" when the guitars break down with one of the most unreal riffs; then, out of nowhere, the guitars turn clean and change the whole mood. This is a complicated move that many bands can't pull off, since they lose their power during the clean part before finally moving back to the distortion pieces of the song. ERASE shows no complications when going from bass, guitar, and drum breaks back into the song, which goes to show that Christian music is on the rise and is bringing more talented inventive musicians to the studio. I can't say enough about this band - they are now one of my favorite metal/groove bands ever. You'll love 'em.
8.5/10
Other Staff Member Ratings
Ceeb: 8.5/10
Much: 7/10
D_Lister: 8/10
HadeSlayeR: 7/10
Fletch: 8/10
Other coverage for this album
Garlic Press #6Reviewed by tedcoreerase are a hard/metalcore outfit from langley, b.c. canada, headed up by jason campbell, who did a stint playing gtr with mortification in their primitive rhythm machine era. the album leans more towards the metal than the hardcore side. a lot of power chords and simplistic rhythms and structure make up the majority of songs. i can see a lot of people at a show bobbing their heads to the chugga…Similar sounding releases
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