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SONIC SYNDICATE
"Love and Other Disasters" (Nuclear
Blast; 2008)
Reviewed by Mike SOS
Swedish metalcore sextet Sonic Syndicate portray the perfect product of their environment as "Love and Other Disasters" carefully follows templates from the genre's commercial successes to comprise this band's by the book sound.
Tracks like "Contradiction" easily fit somewhere on the Bullet for My Valentine radar, while the pseudo-ballad "My Escape" and "Damage Control" takes the keyboards out for a spin for a trip reminiscent of Scar Symmetry or Bleeding Through.
Sonic Syndicate's solid yet completely unoriginal metalcore grows weary after a few spins, but won't tire those entrenched in flavor of the week mallcore.
For more information, check out http://www.sonicsyndicate.com.
Rating Guide:
A classic. This record will kick your ass.
Killer. Not a classic but it will rock your world.
So-so. You've heard better.
Pretty bad. Might make a nice coaster.
Self explanatory. Just the sight of the cover makes you wanna hurl.
Copyright © 2009 by R. Scott Bolton. All rights
reserved.
Revised:
28 Oct 2024 11:25:48 -0500.
