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Screaming out of sydneys western suburbs, The Bride have released two EP’s, Synchronized Steps To The Sound Of Their Guns and their most recent ep The Divinity Devoured. The first, Sound Of Their Guns completely blew me away when I first heard it. The recording was tight, full and packed a solid punch. The screams were not guttural roar’s like many bands that dabble in the deathcore sound. I couldn’t exactly say The Bride is deathcore, yet their not completely progressive metal or metalcore either. Somewhere in the middle of these camps sits the bride and that’s just where I like it.
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Sound Of Their Guns is an amazing, blindingly fast ep but the fact that it was their first ep is evident through the slightly unmastered feel towards the drums in particular. There seems to be an element of space or room reverb that is unintentional and probably due to the equipment and studio used. This is by no means a bad thing, it just comes across slightly unpolished.
The bands second outing, The Divinity Devoured (released October 09), in comparison is a much more clean and polished ep with a much thicker bottom end. The drums still have the crack and ring of the past album but the spacious rattle is gone, probably due to the heavy use of compression or even triggers on the drums.
The vocals have improved as well. The second scream which was much more deathcore/metal is now used very sparingly, instead the more passionate screamo vocals take over and even in some places, clean sections used as harmony which was a lovely addition to build depth and dynamics.
To say The Bride have matured musically a lot between the two albums would be spot on. The surging guitars are still present in the same brutal manner of the last album but the structural composition has taken a more technical approach which builds depth and gives the ep space to move and progress with each song.
If you get a chance to catch these guys live do it, they will not disappoint. Two shows in Melbourne are scheduled. The first being the 18th of march at Next.
When it comes to deathcore im a little picky as much that I hear really just burns at my brain and makes me wish I had never heard it. Ok maybe that’s a little bit of an overstatement, I really do love a lot of deathcore but for each that I love, there is almost always two that I cannot stand.
One band who im tentatively giving another listen, right this very moment in fact, is Alice Through The Windshield Glass.
Keep Your Eyes On The Road ep
Hailing from Sydney, Alice Through The Windshield Glass formed in 2007 and since have been gigging consistently throughout 08/09, releasing their first EP, Keep your Eyes On The Road in may 09.
Its dirty, its grimy, its fast as fuck, its technical and its actually quite catchy. Cant say much for the singer, his vocals aren’t bad but he is no Jason Leombruni (The Red Shore – current).
Keep Your Eyes On The Road is a very neat approach to a genre which is filled with the mundane and the boring.
Great breakdowns, out of place but completely fantastic guitar licks and solo’s in the vain of mathcore bands like The Number Twelve Looks Like You or IWRESTLEDABEARONCE, and more over, just a completely wicked groove fills this ep.
If your in Sydney on March 11 pay 12 bucks and catch them at Spectrum when they support for Flateline Drama and Crimescene.
Bring Me The Horizons last release, Suicide Season was met with rave reviews from all corners of the music world, everyone seemed to be in accord that this was a groundbreaking album for a previously Deathcore band. Their style changed, they took on a more mature sound, experimented with a more melodic sound in many places, collaborated with well known musicians that influence their style and generally made an all round damn fine album.
As a tribute to Suicide Seasons popularity, Suicide Season: Cut Up was released in November of 2009. Cut up features remixed versions of almost all of the Suicide Season tracks. Some songs have been remixed twice or three times by different artists, each with a vastly different approach.
How well this album does in comparison to the previous release is sceptical as the only people who really knew or cared about the release were die hard fans (and people like me who get off on remix’s of metal tracks).
Some seriously big names worked on this album however and its no wonder that it is, in its own right very popular amongst BMTH fans. Everyone from Sonny Moore, to the Utah Saints and even Shawn Crahan from slipknot worked on this album, giving it an extremely professional and well polished mix.
Most of the songs included on the album are of a very similar style, I guess there’s only so much you can do when remixing metal tracks. Each took a heavy, industrial electro approach with only a few exceptions which include Shawn’s mix which is just a reworked Deathcore piece, no real electronic beats, pops, squeaks or scratches which I was surprised about especially in light of his work as DJ Starscream (jungle Drum n Bass).
Possibly the most unique approach was by Travis McCoy who turned Chelsea Smile into a dirty hiphop track. I cant say it’s the greatest song on there but its certainly a new approach.
The one track that stands out to me as being a class above or better than the rest would have to be the Sonny Moore remix. As much as it pains me to admit, he did a damn fine job creating a danceable, unique deep electro track with many drum and bass elements throughout it. Ever since he left From First To Last, ive hated his solo work and only mildly tolerated his work under the guise Skrillex however this is an amazing piece of work and he deserves credit.
It is a fantastic album from start to finish, however I find myself only listening to a handful of the remixes regularly. It was a great delight for me to finally hear The Secret Handshake mix played in a club a few weeks back. This album stands as testament to a band who, regardless of their immense popularity, are able to continue to produce unique and entertaining music.
First let me just say, Missing Limbs is a truly epic album. I have listened to it nonstop from the day I got it. I love the speed, the blend of hardcore and metal without going down a melodic road like Parkway Drive and IKTPQ, so when I first heard the heavier tone of Dropsaw’s new album, Victims and Killers released July 5th, 2008, I was a little cautious of this new sound but I quickly grew to love it as it incorporates all that was found on Missing Limbs while experimenting with a heavier more melodic tone.
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Everyone knows who Hatebreed is, and if you don’t, you fucking should. Their godfathers of the hardcore/metal crossover, capturing the raw nature, lyrical content and rhythm of hardcore, while adding that heavy feel of metal and complete headbang-ability to their tracks.
I know what your thinking, “that’s called metalcore. Hardcore Metal=Metalcore”. Not true. There is a great difference to be found between the sound of metalcore bands like Haste The Day, Parkway Drive, I Killed The Prom Queen and Bleeding Through, and that of Hatebreed. Hatebreed still retain that core punk element, so often lost in the crossover.
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Poison The Well have been one band I never fully appreciated until recently, as when I first heard them I was going through a metal phase and was, ashamed as I am to admit it, uninterested in good post-hardcore. Obviously I have come to love them in more recent times and the other day I got my fingers on a copy of the I/III and II/III EP’s released on Nov 11, 2008 and Jan 20th, 2009.
The EP’s consists of two songs each, the first being New Fast and Purple Sabbath and the second comprising of Shuffle and Bowie, both of which are notably different in style to that I am accustomed to from their earlier releases such as You Came Before You and Tear From The Red
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I realise this is rather late coming but I’ve been a busy little muffin and haven’t had time for qnoise. Noizecore got shutdown because, although it was doing very well, it was being attacked by spammers constantly and when it came time to renew the domain the decision was made to just shut the site down and update qnoise more regularly instead.
Its been months since I posted on here and since then there has been a world of new music to get into. Ill be doing my best to update the site as regularly as I can
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Dance Gavin Dance (ST) is possibly the most diverse Post-hardcore album I have ever heard.
It begins with the explosive track, Alex English. A rocking song drifting between Screamo, Post-Hardcore and Alternate Melodic-Rock, Alex English ushers in a new sound for Dance Gavin Dance. One of the first things I noticed was the change in screams.
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Lately I’ve really been enjoying the raw sound of DIY Screamo bands such as Bravo Fucking Bravo, Daniel Striped Tiger, Don Martin Three, Orchid, Shikari, pg.99, Circle Takes The Square, The Saddest Landscape and Saetia.
What distinguishes them to me as DIY Screamo as opposed to the more mainstream is the experimental nature and unpolished sound. Its that truly raw energy, mixed with poor sound production that just hits the spot with me. Not because i enjoy poor sound production, but it makes the band seem…more….human and genuine rather than electronic and produced
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Comment by Stickman-X-
on 10-1 Most Wanky Metal Bands
Q Noise
was that directed at me? coz.. well its my site.. i can write what i choose. if i choose to sarcastically have a dig at a few metal bands.. then so be it. dont read it if it offends you
im not a morman you twot, im a 19yo white australian with no religious preference
dont be that cunt-rash who bitches and moans because someone insulted his fav band. grow a sack n get the fuck off my site you intolerable asshat