Also, Hermida’s enunciation is completely flawless. They’re a good as ever and about the same as always a couple instances where Hermida switches it up a bit when he adds in the power wail (and sometimes goes other directions with it) adds a small amount more dynamic than before. The vocals are also very well done on this album. On the opening track, there is a very significant amount of shredding, but is is lower in volume than the rhythm guitar, which is almost unheard of. The sweeps, the weeping solos, the shredding, the chugging, it’s all used tastefully in almost all cases. All in all, this album is filled with very tastefully technical musicianship, something that really is under-appreciated in many cases. The songs fit so perfectly together, and seem very lengthy at times toward the end of the album when the more airy drawn-out sections become more prevalent, and Story/Orem get into solo mode. There are so many different things that happen throughout the album that it feels like it should exceed 50 minutes. The album does not pass as though it is only 36 minutes long, however. Quite little, at that: the album is only 36 minutes long. Combing a huge amount of styles, they bring it all together in a neat little package. As much as certain parts of the album sound like someone else, it’s never enough to really give it much thought. This album really delivers in it’s own way. There is even an airy interlude for a few seconds, which would have never happened on other All Shall Perish albums.īut, enough comparison. At about 1:50 in, there is even a power metal wail, which REALLY caught me off guard, but seemed very necessary.
The next song on the album, “Black Gold Reign” moves from the BTBAM and Necrophagist sort of sound to a more As I Lay Dying and In Flames sound. It’s still got all the staggering rhythms and growling vocals, with little extra kick.įrom there, the song becomes increasingly varied, some ranging more towards the old All Shall Perish, and some that stray away from the mold even further. The technical shredding happens while the heavy parts lie underneath, and the song does not lose touch with what it’s supposed to be – brutal. “When Life Meant More…” is backed to the brim and overflowing with new intensity that sounds very similar to that of Necrophagist or Between the Buried and Me. The first track on the album is a prefect example of what I am referring to. Upon listening to the whole album, only then did I realize that All Shall Perish really are trying to redefine their sound an image, and break down some walls – with force. There were some crazy riffs, a few crazy bass and guitar fills, and a whole bunch of other stuff that did not play a large part in their previous efforts. They felt like a mix between All Shall Perish, Necrophagist, and Between The Buried and Me. I went to their myspace to check out the new tracks a while ago, and these were not ordinary deathcore tracks. The two previous All Shall Perish albums, and The Price of Existence, were straight up deathcore albums. I didn’t really know what to expect coming into this album. The album’s release date was September 16, 2008. Awaken The Dreamers is the third studio release from All Shall Perish, a Deathcore band on Nuclear Blast records, hailing from Oakland, CA.
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