{"id":422,"date":"2018-01-16T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T21:17:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T21:17:54","slug":"review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Review:\u00a0Giver – Where the Cycle Breaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/figure>\n

Germany’s Giver<\/b> have been on a hard graft for the last couple of years, that has seen them put out two thunderous EPs as they hone their melodic hardcore sound. Their debut album, ‘Where the Cycle Breaks’<\/i>, sees the band delve deeper into the hardcore subgenre to keep it burning bright, and the results are impressive.<\/p>\n

It becomes abundantly clear who Giver<\/b>’s influences are on ‘Where the Cycle Breaks’<\/i>, with their explosive sound being very reminiscent of past melodic hardcore acts such as American Nightmare. The full-force, all unclean sound isn’t too common within the genre anymore, so it’s slightly refreshing to hear a band hark back to it. <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Where Giver<\/b> have the biggest impact is on their more adventurous songs. For example, the gang vocals on ‘Heart of Dark’<\/i> thrives on an intense yet fun energy making it one of the standout moments here. Whereas ‘The Terror Of Perfection’<\/i> goes through the motions with its relentless, compelling pace. Don’t be surprised if you catch yourself screaming the words back with your fist in the air at their forthcoming shows.<\/p>\n

On top of this, ‘Where the Cycle Breaks’<\/i> has impressive production quality, perhaps atypical of hardcore in many respects. Gone is the raw, basement sound, and instead in its place is one of the strongest bass tones on any release for a while. The unclean vocals, though constant, are strong and show no signs of wavering throughout the whole album. There’s little to no jumbling in the mix, as every instrument sounds distinct and crisp.<\/p>\n

A harking back to an older sound doesn’t make for a reinvention of the wheel by any means, but it does breathe some fresh air into a genre that was getting all too repetitive. For a debut, Giver<\/b> have successfully written an album with great promise, and are a band with strong potential for the future. Thrilling and passionate, Giver<\/b> have given hardcore a well-delivered kickstart for the new year.<\/p>\n

3.5\/5<\/p>\n

‘Where the Cycle Breaks’<\/i> by Giver<\/b> is released on 26th January on Holy Roar Records<\/b> and Powertrip Records<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Giver<\/b> links: Facebook<\/a>|Bandcamp<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Ben Mills (@BenMills28<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Germany’s Giver have been on a hard graft for the last couple of years, that has seen them put out two thunderous EPs as they hone their melodic hardcore sound. Their debut album, ‘Where the Cycle Breaks’, sees the band delve deeper into the hardcore subgenre to keep it burning bright, and the results are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[15026,264,94,318,317],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-reviews","tag-ben-mills","tag-giver","tag-holy-roar-records","tag-powertrip-records","tag-where-the-cycle-breaks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nReview:\u00a0Giver - Where the Cycle Breaks - Already Heard Staging<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Germany’s Giver have been on a hard graft for the last couple of years, that has seen them put out two thunderous EPs as they hone their melodic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Review:\u00a0Giver - Where the Cycle Breaks - Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Germany’s Giver have been on a hard graft for the last couple of years, that has seen them put out two thunderous EPs as they hone their melodic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Already Heard Staging\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-01-16T13:00:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-21T21:17:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_oczgq9lfGb1r8no6so4_r52_1280.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ben Mills\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@benmills28\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@alreadyhearduk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ben Mills\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Review:\u00a0Giver - Where the Cycle Breaks - Already Heard Staging","description":"Germany’s Giver have been on a hard graft for the last couple of years, that has seen them put out two thunderous EPs as they hone their melodic","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Review:\u00a0Giver - Where the Cycle Breaks - Already Heard Staging","og_description":"Germany’s Giver have been on a hard graft for the last couple of years, that has seen them put out two thunderous EPs as they hone their melodic","og_url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/","og_site_name":"Already Heard Staging","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","article_published_time":"2018-01-16T13:00:12+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-03-21T21:17:54+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_oczgq9lfGb1r8no6so4_r52_1280.jpg","width":1,"height":1,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ben Mills","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@benmills28","twitter_site":"@alreadyhearduk","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ben Mills","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/"},"author":{"name":"Ben Mills","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/3f2f1789d907609f11ed90c52bba967e"},"headline":"Review:\u00a0Giver – Where the Cycle Breaks","datePublished":"2018-01-16T13:00:12+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-21T21:17:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/"},"wordCount":380,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_oczgq9lfGb1r8no6so4_r52_1280.jpg","keywords":["Ben Mills","Giver","Holy Roar Records","Powertrip Records","Where the Cycle Breaks"],"articleSection":["Album Reviews"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/","name":"Review:\u00a0Giver - Where the Cycle Breaks - Already Heard Staging","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_oczgq9lfGb1r8no6so4_r52_1280.jpg","datePublished":"2018-01-16T13:00:12+00:00","dateModified":"2018-03-21T21:17:54+00:00","description":"Germany’s Giver have been on a hard graft for the last couple of years, that has seen them put out two thunderous EPs as they hone their melodic","inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-giver-where-the-cycle-breaks\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_oczgq9lfGb1r8no6so4_r52_1280.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_oczgq9lfGb1r8no6so4_r52_1280.jpg"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#website","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/","name":"Already Heard Staging","description":"Covering the best in alternative music as best as we can","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#organization","name":"Already Heard","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AH-relaunch-logo-white-bg.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AH-relaunch-logo-white-bg.jpg","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Already Heard"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlreadyHeard\/","https:\/\/x.com\/alreadyhearduk","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alreadyheard\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/already-heard\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/AlreadyHeardMusic","https:\/\/tiktok.com\/@alreadyhearduk","https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@alreadyheard"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/#\/schema\/person\/3f2f1789d907609f11ed90c52bba967e","name":"Ben Mills","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/242cc1c1a69545f384a07e6cb22c2c998e0d998dc2e7d46f296d438a7236e961?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/242cc1c1a69545f384a07e6cb22c2c998e0d998dc2e7d46f296d438a7236e961?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/242cc1c1a69545f384a07e6cb22c2c998e0d998dc2e7d46f296d438a7236e961?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ben Mills"},"description":"Cardiff-based Ben Mills is contributing writer and feature editor for Already Heard. In between writing and playing music, Ben can often be found at gigs of varying genres around South Wales and Bristol.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/benmills28"],"url":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/author\/benmills\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36553,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions\/36553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}