The Danville, New Hampshire based quintet known as Mercury Switch thankfully quit sporadically emitting eccentric samples and synths for their second album, Time To Shine. Instead they appropriately focused and used them to compliment the band’s trademark blend of metal, hardcore, and melodic anthems. Complete with a song about a werewolf (“Altered beast”), the band wields their arena-rock power and marks an impressive strike. If this nostalgic reference is supposed to be ironic or not, we may never know.
Ratings – Doug Van Pelt 3/5, Dan Frazier 3/5
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Decapolis June 2005Reviewed by Chaz MurphyYes...yes...yes, just what we needed another sucky metal core band. BUT WAIT...there is more! This band is different (I guess). They mask their really bad version of metal core behind every influence they have ever had. They try to throw some key boards in the mix to try to bring out their darker side but it's just lame. There is nothing original here. Bad and boring vocals...not to mention at…Similar sounding releases
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