{"id":1932,"date":"2017-06-15T12:30:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T12:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-volumes-different-animals\/"},"modified":"2017-06-15T12:30:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T12:30:06","slug":"review-volumes-different-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-volumes-different-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Volumes –\u00a0Different Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Los Angeles metal outfit, Volumes<\/b> have been pumping out bouncy djent for the last seven years, even though the style is arguably well past its sell-by date. On their third album, ‘Different Animals’<\/i>, they fully embrace their nu-metal leanings, ditching a lot of the technicality that was sometimes prominent on earlier releases.<\/p>\n

Combining two largely played-out genres may not sound all that intriguing, and Volumes<\/b> don’t exactly shake things up on ‘Different Animals’<\/i>. To their credit, though, the album is immensely fun in places. There are bouncy riffs galore, combined with earth-shattering heaviness on ‘Waves Control’<\/i>, and this is complimented by the anthemic chorus of ‘Feels Good’<\/i>.<\/p>\n

‘Different Animals’<\/i> is fun when it sticks to simple songwriting and big, dumb riffs, like on the aforementioned tracks, ‘Finite’<\/i>, or ‘Left For Dead’<\/i>. Less fun are the monotonous, mid-paced ‘Pieces’<\/i> and the cringeworthy attempt at getting political on ‘Disaster Vehicle’<\/i>.<\/p>\n

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Later on, they widen their sonic palette, with varying results. For example, ‘Hope’<\/i> incorporates a heavily pop-influenced pre-chorus well, and the rapping on this track is fairly competent, which is uncommon in nu-metal. Elsewhere, in a bizarre pairing, ‘On Her Mind’<\/i> features cloud rapper Pouya, and is a fun nu-metal throwback despite a weak guest verse from the aforementioned MC. Gus Farias’ attempt at rapping on this track is barely even worth mentioning.<\/p>\n

The album tails off with slower tracks ‘Heavy Silence’<\/i> and ‘Pullin’ Shades’<\/i>, which take Volumes<\/b> a step back towards stale metalcore and djent sounds. The former manages to grate despite being less than two-and-a-half minutes long, while the latter tries to implement strings but ends up coming off as a chore.<\/p>\n

Despite the more pronounced nu-metal influences and some left-field ideas, ‘Different Animals’<\/i> is pretty unoriginal and not particularly inspiring. But for fans of either djent or nu-metal, there’s some fun to be had on the surface of the album. <\/p>\n

2.5\/5<\/p>\n

‘Different Animals’<\/i> by Volumes<\/i> is out now on Fearless Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Volumes<\/b> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Alan Cunningham (@funeral_polis<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles metal outfit, Volumes have been pumping out bouncy djent for the last seven years, even though the style is arguably well past its sell-by date. On their third album, ‘Different Animals’, they fully embrace their nu-metal leanings, ditching a lot of the technicality that was sometimes prominent on earlier releases. 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