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Hatebreed - The Rise of Brutality Audio CD

A fair review of the Hatebreed "The Rise of Brutality" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Hatebreed reviews here, or go back to the Hatebreed tabs.

Hatebreed Band: Hatebreed
Title: The Rise of Brutality
Rating:
Release Date: 2003-10-28
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Tear It Down 2: Straight to Your Face 3: Facing What Consumes You 4: Live for This 5: Doomsayer 6: Another Day, Another Vendetta 7: Lesson Lived Is a Lesson Learned 8: Beholder of Justice 9: This Is Now 10: Voice of Contention 11: Choose or Be Chosen 12: Confide in No One

The Rise of brutal hardcore....
. . . must definetly be accredited to Hatebreed. Picking up after bands such as Agnostic Front and Madball, Hatebreed have set the bar a little higher for hardcore metal. Some people dont realize Hatebreed's been rocking since the late 90's, but I have not heard any of thier old releases. With the Rise of Brutality, Hatebreed have proven themselves once again, I personally think the album is better made than Perserverance, with longer, more structured songs, and Jameys voice and lyrics are just amazing throughout. This CD is currently one of my favorites, although I have not listened to it for some time. Hatebreed is recommended for fans of straight up metal and hardcore, they must not be taken lightly. .


one of the reasons i believe there is a hardcore fan base.
solid album. this is probably one of my favorite hardcore cd's fast, angry riffs and great double bass and strong motivational lyrics. almost as good as hardcore gets. .


Great for working out to
Most of the songs on this album are great if you need motivation. I've owned this CD since it came out and I still listen to it on a fairly frequent basis. A couple of them are not so good, but the album has more good tracks than bad. If you like heavy, angry, in your face music with understandable lyrics, this will definitely get you pumped! .


3 1/2
Some really simple Crushing guitar riffs, some decent double bass drumming, and some angry vocals. Nothing special here for people that know Hatebreed. Hatebreed as an slightly above average Hardcore Metal band. There are some songs that are really kick a#s on this album, but some of it is a bit repetitive, yet once again we are looking at a hardcore band, and most of them today flat out suck. Hatebreed is decent because they take somewhat of a metal flavor and incorperate it into their music. Nothing special once again, yet a pretty decent band that you can stomp your neighbor to. . . ENJOY.


12 songs straight of pure hardcore metal - brilliant stuff


Since dropping one of the guitarists after they released Perseverance in 2002, you would think Hatebreed's music would suffer. It is quite simple: if you are a fan of Hatebreed and you have not yet purchased (or downloaded) a copy of The Rise Of Brutality, get off your arses and get it. You couldn't be further from the truth. The tracks on The Rise are clearly more punishing, more vicious and overall heavier than Perseverance. Jamey's vocals are more intense and hate-fuelled and the combination of the bass, guitar, and drums give Jamey a more fitting background. It sounds like I'm bagging Perseverance, but I'm not. The Rise is just better, basically.

The stand-out track for me, will definitely have to be "This Is Now". The song starts off with some deep, throaty guitar riffs, and suddenly ferocious metallic drum beats overtake the sound and fuller guitar riffs kick in, keeping the same rhythm, and intense drumming. You can't help but throw your head up and down in time with the music. Jamey's first verse begins and the fans are not disappointed.
The high points in this song are obviously the choruses, using the same music from the beginning. Once you learn the words, which is not hard to do, the chorus becomes very catchy and you get the feeling you want to be screaming the words out with Jamey. All in all, This Is Now is undeniably the best song on the album.

But enough about a single track. There is a lot more to like.

All twelve songs deliver pulse-pounding, sweat-producing, heart-racing music that every metal lover is bound to lap up. The way that Jamey screams every word in every song, you'd think he would have no voice left.

The departure of the band's former guitarist, was a good move for the wrong reasons. It should have made The Rise less heavy than Perseverance, but in fact it did the exact opposite.

If Hatebreed ever perform in Australia, I'll be one of the first to buy tickets. These four guys are quite simply the kings of modern-day metal, and I believe they are under-rated. More publicity and international shows will turn Hatebreed from an everyday American rock group into one of the most popular metal bands in the world today.

Hatebreed kick ass. Buy this CD if you haven't yet and you'll agree.



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