Suicide Silence have No Time To Bleed

Suicide Silence attract an eclectic fan base, a portion of which features side-swept-bang sporting mall-rats, and while they're young flock of fans catches the band plenty of flack, their latest release No Time To Bleed is certainly not something for the faint of heart.

An ambitious, albeit fairly unoriginal deathcore release, No Time To Bleed is a big step up from 2007's The Cleansing which rapidly brought these Californians plenty of attention, hitting #84 on the Billboard Top 200 upon its release. With help from producer Machine [Lamb of God, Every Time I Die] the band have honed their sound to deadly precision on their sophomore effort.

Lyrically, vocalist Mitch Lucker goes for the jugular of religion with gems including, "I don't respect your superstition," and "As long as I can remember you've always been this miserable and it's all because you're still believing in something fucking invisible." Subtlety, not his strong suit. Musically the album is crisp and clean without any sacrifice of sheer brutality. The breakdowns are super heavy and songs feature some nice tech-death licks here and there as well. If you liked The Cleansing you'll love No Time To Bleed.

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Killswitch Engage shine on their upcoming self-titled release.

Massachusetts metalcore masters Killswitch Engage will see the release of their new self-titled album on June 30. Their first effort in collaboration with famed producer Brendan O'Brien sees the band at their collective peak, branching out into uncharted waters without abandoning their signature sound.

Vocalist Howard Jones has upped the anti with his vocal work, which sounds his most passionate and intense to date. Jones, arguably one of the most reserved gentlemen in modern metal doesn't go into much detail about his lyrical inspiration, but its clear that these songs are impassioned tales of heartbreak , frustration, anger, and on a more positive note transcendence.

Killswitch Engage is the Diet Coke with Lime of the band's career thus far, in that, you know what you're getting when you pick up a Killswitch Engage record, except this one's got a few little twists to keep things interesting. Blastbeats in "The Reckoning" and the 80's thrash vibe of "The Forgotten" to name a few.

Known for their heavy verses and sing-songy choruses, which are still featured prominently on this record, the band additionally maintain a sense of balance with brutal numbers like "Never Again" and softer tunes like "I Would Do Anything."

Killswitch Engage sees these metalcore pioneers continuing to push the boundaries of a genre they have helped define, as well they should, keeping the sound of a genre that often falls under fire for being trite fresh and new.

Upcoming releases to look forward to

2009 has seen some solid records thus far (from the likes of Cattle Decapitation, Wolves in the Throne Room, God Forbid, Mastodon, Heaven and Hell, Tyr, Lamb of God and others) with plenty more to come. Check out this little summer roster of stuff I'm looking forward to.

June 30 - Killswitch Engage "Killswitch Engage"

June 30 - Suicide Silence "No Time To Bleed"

July 7 - Born of Osiris "A Higher Place"

July 7 - Clutch "Strange Cousins From the West"

July 7 - Job For A Cowboy "Ruination"

August 11 - Winds of Plague "The Great Stone War"

August 18 - Chthonic "Mirror of Retribution"

August 25 - Municipal Waste "Massive Aggressive"

September 8 - 3 Inches of Blood "Here Waits Thy Doom"

September 9 - Ensiferum "TBA"

Sometime this year? - Atreyu

Sometime this year? - Bullet For My Valentine

To hold you over here's some new Suicide Silence..