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    Forever Changed

    The Existence EP

    (2003)

    Reviewed by Len Nash

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    Label Floodgate RecordsThe Phantom Tollbooth2004
    emopost-hardcore

    The Existence EP showcases a talented up-and-coming band named Forever Changed thanks to the talent of producer James Paul Wisner (Dashboard Confessional, UnderOATH). Wisner found driving rock undertones, classic guitar to accent the music, and Dan Cole's magnificently beautiful vocals. The sound of the band brings forward an intense flavor of driving rock with melody. On this EP are three songs: "Identical," talking about two church leaders fighting against each other but being identical, "Alone," telling of circumstances where his friend lifts his head and asks, "Where can I go, when I'm so alone?" and "Encounter," which tells how we encounter war in our lives. FC drives home the guitars and drums and provides a background of solid bass, with Dan Cole's vocals, and classic guitars to accent the songs at times. The Existence EP takes people on a journey, tells a story, and will impact whoever listens to it. A beautiful CD that one should seek out and find, before FC's full-length comes out in March of 2005 on Floodgate Records.

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    The Phantom Tollbooth 2003Reviewed by Len NashA band based around the Florida area, Forever Changed has music that can be classified as emo with passion that moves and accented hardcore yells thrown throughout. Along the vein of combining certain elements of early Juliana Theory (the energy), Plankeye, some Cool Hand Luke, and '80s guitar work in and out. This is amazing how good of a job the studio wizards did on this demo. If these tracks…

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