{"id":70653,"date":"2018-10-11T16:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=70653"},"modified":"2018-10-10T22:10:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T21:10:08","slug":"review-sylar-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-sylar-seasons\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Sylar \u2013\u00a0Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Nu-metal revivalists Sylar<\/strong> created a stir, if not quite a storm, with the release of second album ‘Help!’<\/em> in 2016. The New York quintet are unapologetic about the overt influence of Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit on their work, and even those legends would have been proud of that record’s best bits. Those whose heads were turned by the infectiousness of ‘Dark Daze’<\/em> and ‘Me, Myself, & I’<\/em> will hope that ‘Seasons’<\/em> improves on the patchy-at-best standard of its predecessor’s filler content. Sylar<\/strong>‘s clear potential made this record a delicious prospect.<\/p>\n

The odd thing is, when the material falls short \u00ad\u2013 and fall short it does \u2013 it’s because of over-reliance on their foundational influences over updated metalcore. The other issue is a teeth-grinding affinity for clich\u00e9.\u00a0‘<\/em>All or Nothing’<\/em> is a prime example of both these problems: “This is all or nothing\/it’s now or never, go and take your shot”<\/em>\u00a0goes the hook. At least It’s only marginally less enjoyable than Jayden Panesso’s rapped verses.<\/p>\n