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Once I gave my mum a lift in my car and she forced me to turn Jawbreaker off, calling it \u201cmeaningless noise\u201d. This is almost how I feel reviewing this album; it\u2019s not that I don\u2019t like it, more that I don\u2019t really understand it.\u00a0 What I know about Deathcore could be written on the underside of a fingernail, so with that in mind I\u2019ll try to be objective as possible.<\/p>\n
This album doesn\u2019t fuck around, exploding into action from the very first second. Bolting out the gate with heavy riffs and pounding drums, \u2019Ivivo[Exvivo]\u2019\u00a0<\/em>continues at the same pace over its 40 minute span. It feels like one long, intricate song only broken up by a few moments of near silence \u2013 there\u2019s a point during the middle of \u2018Ego Death\u2019<\/em> where I thought the album had finished, only for it to kick back into life.<\/p>\n This is an angry, venomous album, there\u2019s no doubt about it, but it lacks the chug-chug, breakdown pattern that I\u2019ve come to expect from newer metal releases. The Last Ten Seconds of Life<\/strong> are no Suicide Silence thankfully; in fact songs such as \u2018Haste Makes Waste\u2019<\/em> and \u2018Deadfast\u2019<\/em> recall early Slipknot, not just in musical style but also in delivery and lyrics. I imagine these call-backs to early nu-metal won\u2019t be appreciated by every listener, but I find they\u2019re a nice addition.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n What I like about this album is the small intelligent touches, there\u2019s a great lengthy quotation from ‘1984’<\/em> during \u2018Morality\u2019 <\/em>and some of the lyrics are beautifully deep and poetic (and too long to be quoted verbatim). Storm Strope (isn\u2019t that the most metal frontman name you\u2019ve ever heard?) is adept at wordplay, and shouted lines such as \u201crespect is earned though it\u2019s expected in return\u201d<\/em> are given life through their intense delivery. It takes a few listens to uncover these details, but I quite liked being challenged in this way. I also like to think that The Last Ten Seconds of Life<\/strong>\u2019s name is a reference to The Smiths, though it\u2019s probably not.<\/p>\n Overall, I won\u2019t be rushing to dump a load of Deathcore on my IPod, and I\u2019m unlikely to be spotted seeing The Last Ten Seconds of Life<\/strong> live anytime soon, but this album is solid, with some brilliantly thought out touches. For those who are a fan of the genre – be sure to pick this up.<\/p>\n 3.5\/5<\/p>\n \u2019Invivo[Exvivo]\u2019<\/em> by\u00a0The Last Ten Seconds of Life<\/strong>\u00a0is out now via Destiny Records \/ Workhorse<\/strong> Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Last Ten Seconds of Life<\/strong>\u00a0links: Bandcamp<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n Words by Jay Sullivan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Once I gave my mum a lift in my car and she forced me to turn Jawbreaker off, calling it \u201cmeaningless noise\u201d. This is almost how I feel reviewing this album; it\u2019s not that I don\u2019t like it, more that I don\u2019t really understand it.\u00a0 What I know about Deathcore could be written on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,8181],"tags":[5879,784,11068,2662,9075],"class_list":["post-25188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-post","tag-album-reviews","tag-destiny-records","tag-invivoexvivo","tag-the-last-ten-seconds-of-life","tag-workhorse-music"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n