In tukaj je Curse of Instinct plošček, ki smo ga vsi tako neučakano pričakovali. In kakšna je zadeva? Hmm...kot v večino primerih, ko nekaj močno pričakuješ oz. pričakuješ preveč in te na koncu pusti razočaranega, tako je tudi z ''As the rain falls down...''. Sicer sem se že malo potolažil, ampak če bi napisal recenzijo prejšen teden bi porabil dosti več sline. Ne me razumet narobe, Curse of Instinct so mi bili vedno zakon in še vedno čutim tako, ampak prav v tem je problem. Toliko časa sem čakal na tale MCD in kaj dobim? 15 min glasbe, na katerih sta samo dva nova komada (če ne štejemo uvoda) in dva komada z demo kasete katera sem že stokrat slišal in jih na tej zgoščenki res nisem pričakoval. Raje bi videl, da bi izdali 7'' le z novima komadoma ali pa še boljše, počakali še malo in izdali MCD v pravem pomenu. Plošček se odpre s prijetnim kitarskim uvodom, kjer ena kitara igra pod okusnim efektom druga pa se takoj zatem vklopi s solacijami in že začnem razmišljati kako je stvar super, že je vsega konec. Res ne vem zakaj niso malo raztegnili, kajti ''...Autumn dies'' (intro) bi lahko brez problema podaljšali na vsaj 2 minuti, pa četudi bi se zgradba ponavljala. Naslednja dva komada sta super...takšen naj bi bil po mojih pričakovanjih celoten MCD. Dinamičen, moderen in emocionalen metalcore s kričečim vokalom, ki se včasih spremeni v govorjenje, z redko oglašajočimi se brutalno krulečimi backvokali in čudovitimi kitarskimi melodijami. ''A dream'' prične z energično naraščajočimi ritmi, katerim sledi drveč in poskočen prehod v prostor kjer se vklopijo meni tako včeč Undying style kitarske melodije skupaj z vokalistom, ki pravi ''...Everybody would understand the meaning of the world humanity and justice would be the guide for everyone everywhere. If we all shared the same dream our kids would live in harmony'' in v ozadju se sliši oddaljeno kričanje. Super! ''If only...'' je malo bolj hiter in zajema melodično/temačno blackmetalsko piljenje, ki kmalu preide v bolj tradicionalne hardcore predele in zopet v blackmetal. Proti koncu se vžge solidna solacija, ki da komadu nekakšno otožno ozračje. Z besedilom izražao svoj bes nad pohlepnim uničevanjem sveta. ''Tomorrow never came'' sem slišal že na demo kaseti, na splitu s Foreclosure in sedaj še tukaj in se mi zdi res odvečen, čeprav je dober komad. ''Lost in thoughts'' je bolj začetniški ampak soliden, prevladujejo vsakdanji rifi, proti koncu pa se tako kot pri prejšnem komadu oglasi klavir z mešanjem akustične kitare. Komad ima kar uredu osebno besedilo. Ovitek v svojih temnih črno-viola bravah izgleda super in je brez dvoma najlepši ovitek od vseh slo HC plat, čeprav sem motiv ''zavezanih rok, ki se osvobodijo'' videl že dostikrat. Kar se tiče produkcije...kitare nimajo tiste prave ostrine, ni neke skladnosti v mixu itd. ampak za silo je. Celoten MCD ni slab ampak je prekratko in bi rad slišal več novih komadov. Bil bi tudi že čas, da pustijo enkrat za sabo svojo demo obdobje ter se vsem tokrat razočaranim odkupijo s pravim, velikim albumom!

English Version:
And here we have Curse of Instinct mCD we all awaited so impatiently. And was it worth waiting? Hmm...as with the most cases when you so desperately and full of expectations waiting for something and you are let down when the day come, the same goes for ''As the rain falls down...''. Ok, I cheered up a little bit but if I wrote this review last week, believe me, I would used whole bunch more of spittle. Don't get me wrong, I always liked these guys and I still feel the same but that's where it comes to the problem. I was waiting this mCD for so loong and what do I get? 2 new songs (+ intro) and two demo era songs I already heard thousand times and I really didn't expected them to be herein. All in all 15 min of music! I'd rather see if they put out a 7'' with just these two fresh songs or even better, waited a bit longer and release a true mCD with more appropriate length. Intro starts out with a tastefully effected guitar sound with another guitar solo right after and just when I start thinking how awesome this is everything stop. I really don't know why the hell they didn't expand it just a little bit? They could easily drug it over two minutes and thus at least gain some purpose! Next two songs are great...I expected whole mCD to be like that. Dynamic, modern and emotional metalcore with vocals varied from screaming to spoken passages and brutal low growling back ups, all mixed with excellent melodic guitar melodies. ''A dream'' strats with energetically mounting rhythms followed by driving and frisky passage right into the room with Undying-esque guitar melodies and spoken words telling: ''Everybody would understand the meaning of the world humanity and justice would be the guide for everyone everywhere. If we all shared the same dream our kids would live in harmony''. Excellent! ''If only...'' is a little bit faster, involving melodic yet obscure blackmetal-ish chord progression which latter turns into more traditional hardcore direction and end up with a solid solo that provide a melancholic feel to the song. Lyrically they expess their anger towards greedy world devastation. Next song (''Tomorrow never came'') I first heard on their demo tape, latter on a split 7'' with Foreclosure and now here...I really think it's redundant, though it's a good song. ''Lost in thoughts'' is a novice but solid song, with plain riffing domination and piano appearance fused with accoustic guitar towards the end, like in the song before. This one has quite good personal lyric, though. Black'n'viola coloured layout looks great and it's definitly the most beautiful layout all slovenian punk/hc bands ever had, thought I saw ''tied hands libarating themselves'' imagery many times before. Production is not pefect...guitras lack edge, the mix is not even and so on, but I don't bother that much about that. All in all, this's not bad but it's too damn short and I'd like to hear more new songs. I think it would be a hight time they leave ''demo era'' behind and put out a full-length that will blow away all this time dissapointed fans.