Raze The Idols
Dominion
Album Review
metalcore
release date: December 27, 2014
Raze The Idols is a Texas native metalcore band. I did not have too much knowledge about this band, therefore leaving me with little expectations about this album going into this review. From time to time I do enjoy that, because it leaves me with a clear conscious and all biasness to the side, making it easier to form a completely fresh review.
Dominion opens up with an intro track that flows right into the opening self titled track. Right away Dominion proves it is one of the stronger tracks on the album, and that Raze The Idols is not your typical modern day metalcore band. They immediately flex their muscles of old school metalcore with fast riffs, stifling drumming, and intense vocals from Ben Jacobi, whose sound is almost uncanny of Matt from Mychildren Mybride. The song has an incredible guitar solo towards the end of the track, solidifying the various elements Raze the Idols is capable of displaying.
Raze The Idols continue there relentless metalcore attack through he album, also adding clean vocals and spoken parts in some songs. Harbors Of Hate and 11:28 are tracks four and five, are also very solid songs, that continue with their hard hitting riffs Ben's in your face vocals. The Bride comes in as track eight after the instrumental Leviathan. It is one of their finest moments on the album. The first half of he song is heavy, has a piano intermittent, then continues where the first half left off. The lyrical content is dark and brutally honest talking about how we (the Bride) leave God for the lust of the word. Emancipation Proclamation follows and is another solid song. Warrior is track is track twelve, and has a more hardcore feel. It also features guest vocals from Broc of the fellow Texan band, Revivalist. It is a battle song proclaiming our strength in God. In The Shadow Of Your Will closes out the album, and it features mostly cleans and finishes out strong.
Overall Raze The Idols shows they have the promise to have a powerful sound. The production is real raw which at times holds back that powerful punch they are capable of. The use of clean vocals could have been utilized better and at times felt forced. Regardless, Dominion is a good listen, and a promising step forward for Raze The Idols. They have a versatile sound, and a brand of raw metalcore that is not heard to often anymore in a Christian scene that has seen more conformant and unity in band's sounds. They are talented a cross the board at each position, and with a step up in production I can see Raze The Idols doing big things in the future.
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