While She Sleeps - The North Stands For Nothing (2010)
Album: The North Stands For Nothing
Band: While She Sleeps
Year: 2010
Label: Small Town Records
Genre: Hardcore / Metalcore
Country: England
01. The North Stands For Nothing
02. Trophies
03. Crows
04. My Conscience, Your Freedom
05. Lost Above the Arches
06. Proud of the Demon in Me
07. The Truth
08. Hearts Aside Our Horses
Review
Strenght and Passion. These two words can describe everything about this band and their music. While She Sleeps is a band from Sheffield,UK and they already shaking the world with their 2010 first debut "The North Stands For Nothing".
It is an energetic record made by this energetic young boys, which are bringing the UK hardcore scene back on track.
The anger shouted by Lawrence's voice cleary shows the roughness of their music and lyrics, as rough as the sky in "The Steel City" might be in a cloudy autumn evening.
In fact, everything about this record is about their roots, their homeland and their origins. They point everything that's wrong in their world, in their "North", never forgetting how much that place means to them, as they tell us on "The Truth".
Musically, it is a solid record. They were able to make an intelligent combination between the power of the hardcore an the melody from metal riffs. It is also a compact album, either filled with awesome breakdows such as in "Crows" or with piano interludes like in their second track "Trophies".
In the other hand, the record's equalization shows a bit of immaturity by this young kids, which is reasonable since this is the beginning of something that is growing.
The expectations are high and their full lenght will definately bring WSS to the next level.
The future looks bright for the Sheffield guys if they continue to put the same passion on their live shows and if they came with a mature and better mastered album.
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