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Walls Of Jericho are back with their second big
release in less than 4 months, they released their
highly anticipated Corey Taylor produced 5 track
acoustic EP 'Redemption' back at the start of May,
the release was unlike anything that Walls Of Jericho
had ever done before but it was met with a lot of
positive response from the fans of the band and
the press alike, Walls Of Jericho also promised
that their new album would be released later in
the summer, well three months on and the bands new
album 'The American Dream' is complete and ready
for release.
From listening to 'The American Dream' a few
times over it seems that creating and releasing
'Redemption' the acoustic EP has done Walls OF
Jericho a power of good, they managed to get their
more chilled out side recorded and released on
that EP which means they have come back fresher,
heavier and angrier than ever with their new album
'The American Dream', it’s definately the
heaviest and loudest album the band have ever
released.
With 'The American Dream' it’s like Walls
Of Jericho have done the totally opposite of what
you would do during a workout, you start off gently
with all your stretches and then you gradually
step up the pace and do more and more until you
finish with that massive 10 mile run, here instead
of dropping you in lightly with an acoustic track
and then knocking the aggression up a notch or
two throughout each and every track, Walls Of
Jericho have decided to throw you in at the deep
end and come at you with guitars strumming at
100 miles per hour and throw pretty much everything
they have at you in an aggressive fashion before
finishing with that acoustic track that you could
of quite done with at the start or halfway through
the album.
'The American Dream' is the fourth Walls Of Jericho
CD to be released on Trutkill Records, a label
that Walls Of Jericho seem to be dedicated to,
the album is 12 tracks long and runs for just
over 35 minutes. Before putting 'The American
Dream' on, make sure everyone's out of your house,
open the windows and crank the volume up a notch
or two and get ready to enjoy this heavy injection
of metalcore music.
The album opens with 'The New Ministry', which
starts off with a variety of soundscapes giving
the song a chilled introduction that builds up,
then about one minute in the guitar riffs come
in thick and fast and front woman Candace Kucsulain
makes her mark with her well known man style screams,
Candace has a killer voice that suits the metalcore
scene well, she can scream and shout better than
any female singer I have heard in the past and
she could give some of the leading men in the
scene a run for their money, seriously if you
heard a Walls Of Jericho song on the radio without
knowing it was them you would think the lead vocals
were coming from a man, and that’s strangely
enough a compliment as Candace has developed the
perfect vocal style that fits her bands music
and the scene they are in. 'The New Ministry'
finishes with some screams from Candace and straight
away the next song 'II The Prey' fires in with
guitars blazing, the song has a circle pit feel
about it which could be down to the Slayer style
guitar riffs that have enough power to rip a hole
through your body.
The album title track 'The American Dream', starts
off with Candace screaming "fuck the American
dream", before a thundering assault of guitar
riffs come in. 'The American Dream' is the best
track on the album and could quite possibly be
the best one that Walls Of Jericho have ever made
but that’s all down to a matter of opinion
I guess. But seriously if you like your guitar
riffs big and meaty, your drumming so heavy and
powerful that it could make your ears bleed, your
vocals extremely loud and full of rage and well
written explicit lyrics than 'The American Dream'
is the song for you.
As mentioned above the whole album follows the
same routine with the way that each and every
track is big and meaty sounding until you get
to the acoustic feel of album closer 'The Slaughter
Begins', the song sounds like it would have fitted
on their acoustic EP perfectly but 'The Slaughter
Begins' is not the type of song that you would
expect to close such an aggressive album as the
song is really chilled out and is driven by a
soothing piano piece with Candace singing in such
a soulful beautiful way, however the song is perfectly
placed on the album giving you a few minutes to
chill and fully take in and try and understand
the outstanding 33 minutes of aggression your
ears, brain and pretty much whole body has just
had to endure.
Walls Of Jericho have done well with 'The American
Dream', it’s one of the most important albums
the band have ever released and it should help
cement the band a place at the top of the metalcore
genre, which is something they clearly deserve,
in recent months Walls Of Jericho have proved
that they can play both soft and aggressive and
I have to say it’s the aggressive side that
I enjoy the most.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Members |
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Candace Kucsulain (Vocals)
Chris Rawson (Guitar)
Mike Hasty (Guitar)
Dustin Schoenhofer (Drums)
Aaron Ruby (Bass) |
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1. The New Ministry
2. The Prey
3. The American Dream
4. Feeding Frenzy
5. The Hunter
6. Famous Last Words
7. A Long Walk Home
8. Shock Of The Century
9. Discovery Of Jones
10. Standing On Paper Stilts
11. Night Of A Thousand Torches |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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