With a quarter of a century under their belt, Silverstein is a dab hand at this recording malarkey and it shows in the first of this year’s two new releases, “Antibloom”, an eight-track journey through some of the best metalcore and pop punk on offer today.
The album starts with “Mercy Mercy” a full-on track with a brutally heavy bass line that controls the track, with heavy riffs and excellently executed vocals, both screamed and clean, this is heavy as hell but with a great melodic chorus, a cracking track. The cool bass riff that opens “Don’t Let Me Get Too Low” indicates how these guys roll; thumping beats with a killer groove and a nice heavy side that mixes nicely with it, not as intense as the previous track but up there all the same.
“Confession” is a lot different from the previous two tracks in that it has a calmer approach with clean vocals with a feeling of restraint from the rest of the band, all that being said the chorus is a revert to type; intense with crashing drums and heavy riffs and soaring vocals, a stand out track on the album and will get a massive reaction when played live for it anthemic feel. It might be me but “A Little Fight” sounds very much like A-ha’s “Take On Me” except the explosive end, a short but sweet ditty. “Skin And Bones” brings the intensity back with a bang; a thumping drum beat and thick bass line with screamed lyrics will slap the taste right out of your mouth, the ease at which the band slip from frantic to melodic is evident here once more in the shape of soaring chorus’ both vocally and instrumentally, this is a monster of a track.
The insane rhythm of “I Will Destroy This” is off the charts; from the great riffs to the groove of the low end this one raises the bar, the vocal switch-up between harsh and clean is amazing but it is the killer riff at the backend of the track that add the cherry on top of the best track on the album. Bringing the heavy big time is “Stress”; from the pounding drums and solid bass line to the monster riffs to the screamed vocals they all combine to give you a relentless track that will leave you feeling like you’ve just gone ten rounds, savage is the word that springs to mind. The album closes with “Cherry Coke”, the polar opposite from how the album started, a ballad that is a nice juxtaposition to the mayhem from the majority of the album, a great way to wrap it up.
“Antibloom” is out the 21st of February via UNFD.
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Review: Conor
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