Rock In Review

Bury Your Dead - Bury Your Dead
Victory Records

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5 Stars

Bury Your Dead is back and they are better than ever! If you liked their debut album Cover Your Tracks, you are going to love their new self-titled album! Although all the tracks aren’t named after movies and there are no “Top Gun” breakdowns, this album certainly speaks for itself and the subtle breakdowns included are more than effective in producing headbang/mosh worthy material. One thing I certainly like more is the vocal effects change. With the new vocalist, Myke Terry, came the elimination of most of the layered vocals that, in my opinion, brought down the vocals in past albums. Musically, this album features classic Bury Your Dead heavy guitars by Eric Ellis and Brendan “Slim” MacDonald, thundering bass by Aaron “Bubble” Patrick, and super fast double bass by drummer Mark Castillo. Myke’s vocals on this album are absolutely incredible, helping to make it, in my opinion, the best Bury Your Dead album to be released thus far. On top of his vocals, Mark’s drumming in this album continues to show proof that hes is one of the best in the business! As far as the whole tracks themselves go, my personal favorites are “Hands to Hide the Shame”, “A Devil’s Ransom”, and “Angel With a Dirty Face”. “Hands to Hide the Shame” is my favorite out of all the tracks because its all around greatness. This song shows more diversity when it has its heavy breakdowns then goes into a more progressive, clean part with pure sung vocals. The musicianship in that song, again, is very diverse and I think it really shows what these guys are capable of. As far as any of the other tracks go, I really enjoyed this whole album because of the pure talent and musicianship portrayed throughout all 11 tracks. Overall, this has got to be one of the best, aggressive albums I have heard in 2008!

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