Norway's Silence the Foe screw with us (in a good way) quite a bit on their new 6-song CD EP, When Summer Turns to Sand. They come out of the box with a Don Caballero-ish building instrumental, and then, without any tracking space, launch into track 2 screaming, screeching, and thundering. But even when the metal enters, the indie-rock flair never really dissipates. In fact, their song writing is quite mathematic and loyal to rock and roll, no matter how much double-kick they throw in to fool you. Think Nobstreater or A Minor Forest playing ZAO songs.
"Weak But Strong" is organized chaos set to a cocky bass line that sits out front until relegated to the back by equally self-confident drums. "Fashion Creates Falseness" is their most ZAO-like number, bearing very familiar guitar riffs and breakdowns. "Monophonic Sound of Revolution" breaks into its own a bit, and has dynamic low-end soaked in distortion. "New Songs" stands out as both creative and unique, and features a progressive, story-telling instrumental intro that doesn't over stay its welcome. Just when you think they are about to get self-indulgent, they tear into variable choruses and frantic bridges that lull you and then destroy you. "Victory" is a straight hardcore punk number soaked with bravado.
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Art for the Ears 2001Reviewed by Marco PovervestThe titletrack that begins this six song EP sounds rather pleasantly, calm, and builds up a bit. This is only the prelude to five heavy hardcore songs. Silence The Foe was started only a year ago, March 2000, and that surprises me, hearing their music. I guess the members have a past in other bands as they sound too well experienced. Their music is raw, aggressive hardcore with hoarse screams. It…Similar sounding releases
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