{"id":32953,"date":"2012-09-18T13:29:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T13:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-gallows-gallows\/"},"modified":"2018-03-11T01:27:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T01:27:12","slug":"album-review-gallows-gallows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-gallows-gallows\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Gallows – Gallows"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"From the viewpoints of the many, losing an iconic frontman such as Frank Carter could be seen as paralysing the foundations of a band like Gallows<\/strong>. However such a ludicrous statement is turned upside down by the extended middle finger and grab by the throat testament of Gallows<\/strong>\u2019 third full length.<\/span><\/p>\n

After finding their feet with new vocalist Wade MacNeil (Canadian punk veteran of Alexisonfire and Black Lungs fame) on the \u2018Death Is Birth\u2019<\/em> EP the band have now returned with their self-titled offering, a concrete 32 minute slab\u00a0 engraved with their most focused and most resilient battle hardened anthems.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Harpooning your ears with Stu\u2019s thick coiling basslines, Wade\u2019s guttery bile filled vocals, the fantastic dirty snake like riffery from Steph and Lags, and Lee\u2019s steady trudging drum beats, \u2018Gallows\u2019 shoots an adrenaline bullet into all five senses causing the body to malfunction into an unwakeable seizure that\u2019ll leave your lifeless corpse smiling. <\/span><\/p>\n

Circle pit inducing \u00a0songs like \u2018Vapid Adolescent Blues\u2019<\/em> will drive you cannibalistic till your limbs fall off, while the likes of songs such as \u2018Austere\u2019<\/em> are so infectious that they will cause your blood cells to go rabid and give you a sharp heart attack.\u00a0 Through all this vicious mayhem, the sudden quieter and eerie moments found on \u2018Depravers\u2019<\/em> and \u2018Everybody Loves You (When You\u2019re Dead)\u2019<\/em> keep you on your tense toes until the teeth of the band\u2019s gaping jaws latch on again.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Although the lyrics of this record aren\u2019t ground breaking, they are short, simple and have enough of a fiery delivery to make you feel inspired to run towards the toughest of walls regardless of the pain and agony that such a seemingly foolish act may bring upon you because at the end of the day all that matters is that the primary goal can be achieved. The huge littering of gang vocals that envelope this record are pleasurably addictive from \u201cA.C.A.B.!\u201d<\/em> on \u2018Last June\u2019 to \u201cIn us we trust!\u201d<\/em> on \u2018Victim Culture\u2019<\/em> to the never ending woahs found on \u2018Outsider Art\u2019<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

What we have here is a note filled with the boldest of statements; in fact not a statement, but a warning. This third full length from Gallows<\/strong> shows a band who are not yet dead, in fact they are a band that have only just begun.<\/span><\/p>\n

4\/5<\/span><\/p>\n

‘Gallows’<\/em> by Gallows<\/strong> is out now on Venn Records<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(UK)\/Bridge Nine<\/strong>\u00a0(US).<\/p>\n

Gallows<\/strong> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Youtube<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Aaron Lohan (@ooran_looran<\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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