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 Of the Son - The Dead Will Rise
When looking at the packaging of this CD, one might get a wrong impression. The cover only shows a corpse with blood-red angel wings, with the title The Dead Will Rise. Seeming to promise brutal content. The band however delivers some of the most uplifting lyrics I have heard from a band playing in the genre of extreme music. Of the Son brings a mix of Hardcore and Metal. The metal influence gives some nice variation: double bass drumming, a pretty good guitarsolo on the song One Thirteen and a mix of pure Hardcore sounding riffs and riffs that could fit a metalalbum pretty well. The vocals are typical of Hardcore, the screams are decent. The grunts are nice. The clean vocals are pretty good though, adding good variation between the extreme and the melodic. But thankfully Of the Son are not stuck in the 'extreme verse, melodic chorus'-formula, like you sometimes hear with bands. The Dead Will Rise starts with the intro 2024, breaking into the blasting I Am Nothing. This beginning, the breaking into the Hardcore/Metal, is done pretty poorly. The first seconds are boring, but when they pick up to the actual song it gets interesting again. After this the songs quickly get better and better. BTI is an intro to Burn the Inside and probably the most extreme 28 seconds on this disc, with a pretty Metalcore feeling. But I have got to say Follow You is one of my favorite songs. It's a mostly clean vocals song, but with some screams in the end. Interesting thing is, the song is redone acoustic as the song Save Me, without the screaming. Another very good song is Eyes to God, perfectly mixing their melodic and extreme sides. Probably the best song on this CD, a nice build up in the beginning, very good chorus, a nice build up in the bridge, all keeping the song interesting. The last song, Prayer for the Dying, is a justified ending. The song ends with the constant repeating of the line "Oh, Jehovah, God almighty". Mix this with the catchy rhythm and clean vocals and you might just find yourself singing this along, what better line could you sing along with? Overall I'd say this is a tight release. The production is great, the bass is louder than you'll hear on most releases. The music is variated and remains interesting through the whole album.
Review by Max (October 26 - 2005)
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