{"id":4239,"date":"2016-09-08T15:32:24","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T15:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-of-mice-men-cold-world\/"},"modified":"2018-03-21T21:20:41","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T21:20:41","slug":"album-review-of-mice-men-cold-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-of-mice-men-cold-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Of Mice & Men – Cold World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you were hoping for a raging beast of an album stacked with guttural fury and headswimming riffs, sorry, but you\u2019re gonna have to look elsewhere. ‘Cold World<\/i> is instead a classy record showcasing the continued evolution of a top alternative rock band, which despite being jam packed with killer material, doesn’t slam the metalcore pedal to the floor to deliver the titanic opus the faithful are expecting.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Of Mice and Men<\/b> have taken another firm stride in the direction of mainstream success, having clearly incorporated a heavy nu-metal influence to deliver a high quality, slickly produced album with a more measured approach. It still packs the occasional punch, but it won\u2019t leave you floored with blood pouring out your ears.<\/p>\n

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An atmospheric bass leads into opener, ‘Game of War’<\/i>, which is pristine clean and plays out like a lengthy prelude. You’d expect to hear some full on metalcore fury straight after, and although ‘The Lie’<\/i> and ‘Contagious’<\/i> both tease in that direction and ‘Like a Ghost’<\/i> is on the abrasive side, they are playing it safe with distinctly melodic choruses and a definite nu-metal vibe bubbling away underneath. Even so, there’s a serious tone to the top quality songs as they deal with heavy personal issues like isolation, deception and cruelty.<\/p>\n

After the dark atmosphere interlude of ’-’<\/i>, things finally take a truly attacking turn on the blistering single ‘Pain’<\/i>; now that’s a winning tune that will be enormous on stage. Although there is very little else that is equally aggressive, there are plenty of other high points, like the brooding ‘The Hunger’<\/i>, which slowly eats into your brain, the epically melodic ‘Away’<\/i> and complex closing track ‘Transfigured’<\/i>.<\/p>\n

To be frank, the album is pretty much all killer and in its own right should stand up as a top notch alternative rock album, capable of pushing OM&M<\/b> further up the ladder. However, there are sure to be dissenting voices frustrated by its highly polished veneer and the heavy reliance on clean vocals.<\/p>\n

4\/5<\/p>\n

‘Cold World’<\/em> by Of Mice and Men<\/strong> is released on September 9th on Rise Records.<\/p>\n

Of Mice And Men<\/strong> links:Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Edward Layland (@EdwardLayland<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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