7 Angels 7 Plagues so bend, ki se je pojavil enkrat lanskega leta s tem albumom in v brezčasju osvojili množico ljudi, ter postali eden opaznejših bendov ameriške hardcore scene. Zanimanje zanje se je prižgalo tudi v Evropi in prav sedaj enkrat (september 2002) naj bi izšel split CD z Liar na LifeForce records, ampak stvari so se zakomplicirale in 7 Angels 7 Plagues so oznanili svoj razpad, tako da dvomim, da bo kaj z napovedanim split CD-jem. Res škoda! Glasba na tem albumu je melodičen in kompleksen metalcore poln vratolomnih breakdown-ov , stalnega spreminjanja ritmov, ustavljajočih se rifov in sladkih kitarskih melodij, ki se navadno zaključijo v težkih in uničujočih prehodih. Ubistvu, bi lahko rekel, da ima njihov stil igranja karakteristike tipičnega ameriškega modernega metalcora z malo večjem poudarkom na strukturni kompleksnosti. Kar pa dela 7 Angels 7 Plagues edinstvene in na daleč opazne je vokal, ki ni tisti tipičen kričeč kot smo ga navajeni, pač pa gre za grobo kruljenje v stilu Coalesce. Če grem še globje s primerjanjem, bi rekel, da je glasba, ki so jo 7 Angels 7 Plagues ustvarjali mešanica boljših komadov Poison The Well, ter tehničnih in uničujočih Coalesce značilnosti. Zelo lepa mešanica z dobrimi okusi! Album vsebuje tudi dva inštrumentalna komada, od katerih je ''Jhazmyne's Lullaby'' poskus njihovega bobnarja za klavirjem, ''The afternoon'' pa krasi zvok akusticne kitare. Ovitek Cdja je enostavno napravljen in razen par fotorafij s koncertev in ene pozerske fotke nima nič o čemer bi se dalo debatirati. V besedilih imamo večinoma opravka z osamljenimi osebki, razočaranimi nad izgubljenim prijateljstvom/ljubeznijo, ki se prepuščajo nikoli pozabljenim spominom, ter se ob tem kesajo in si želijo, da bi se stvari obrnile drugače. Všeč mi je predvsem njihova spretnost z besedami: ''I feel ill with words of repentance & love, I could never forget what I felt like, to feel my heart drop and watch as lonely insects swarmed around it and fed off like a disease to a diagnosed patient, you no longer see me, what am I doing but holding back tears and thinking of you...'' Edina pripomba, ki jo imam glede tega albuma je ta, da so si nekateri komadi čisto malo preveč podobni, kar mi dela majše preglavice pri izbiri najljubšega komada, saj razen inštrumentalnih dveh nobeden ne izstopa opazno in vsi so dobri. Res škoda, da so se tipi razšli!

English Version:
7 Angels 7 Plagues, a band that came from nowhere sometime last year and in no time gained a great number of fans and became one of the most noticeable band in american hardcore scene. Interest for them enlightened also in Europe and there was already announceated a split with Liar on geraman Lifeforce Records, which should came out right in these days (September 2002). Unfortunately things got compilcated and 7 Angels 7 Plagues declared it quit, so I doubt that split will ever see the light. To bad, I was really looking forward! Music delivers melodic and pretty complex metalcore with constant neck-breaking breakdowns, choppy rhythms, start/stop riffs and sweet guitar melodies that usually end in heavy and distructive passages. I could say they have characteristics of typical modern usa based metalcore band with a little more attention to structural complexity. But what makes 7 Angels 7 Plagues unique and distinct is the vocal, which is not screaming, like it's common for this genre, but rough growling similar to the guy in Coalesce. Blend the most beautiful peaces of Poison the Well with distructive complexity of Coalesce and you get 7a7p! Tastefull mixture! Album include also two instrumental songs, ''Jhazmyne's Lullaby'' as a try of their drummer behind the piano and ''The afternoon'' completely done by accoustic guitar. Layout is done simply and with exception of a few live band photos and one posed there's nothing to debate about. The lyrics content is personal, most of the time deals with lonely individuals, disappointed over lost friendship/love and left to never ending memories which lead to regret and a wish that things would gone in different direction. I escpecially like the way how they handle with words: : ''I feel ill with words of repentance & love, I could never forget what I felt like, to feel my heart drop and watch as lonely insects swarmed around it and fed off like a disease to a diagnosed patient, you no longer see me, what am I doing but holding beck tears and thinking of you...''. The only complaint I have about this record is the similarity that leads from one song to another and thus sometimes makes me difficult to recognize and even choose favourite song amongst all this great songs. Too band they chose seperate ways!