END THIS DAY - ''Sleeping beneath the ashes of creation'' CD
Genere: metalcore
Mark
: 8,5/10
Label: LifeForce Records
Year: 2002
Length: 9 komadov - 48:01 min
Link: End This Day
Mp3: Cursed be the blessed

Založba LifeForce Records je prepoznavna po veliko dobrih lastnostih in ena izmed njih so zagotovo ovitki albumov. Tale od End This Day izgleda popolnoma fantastično...lepe rjave barve obogatene s podobami črnih ptic, ter golih človeških teles. Si kar predstavljam kako čudovita bi lahko bila digi-pack verzija tega albuma, če bi zgoščenka izšla v letih ko je LifeForce še izdajal digi-packe. Ok, pustimo sanje in se posvetimo raje End This Day. Fantje prihajajo iz zda in so novo ime v moji kolekciji. Glasba ki jo igrajo je agresiven a melodičen metalcore, ki še najbolj spominja na švedske melodic death metal bende, le da imamo tu namesto metalskih solacij, hardcore mosh dele in moč, ki bi jo pripisal buldožerju. Ubistvu glasba sama precej spominja na Unearth z razliko, da imamo tu izrazitejše kričanje, ki včasih preide v kruljenje in pa zvok, ki je bolj deathmetalski. Skozi drveče komade, ki se raztezajo tja do 5, 6 minut naletimo na obilo privlačnih kitarske melodij, nekaj akustike, ter dveh ištrumentalnih komadov, od katerih je ''Pale'' prava mojstrovina skupaj skomponiranih zvokov, ki pričarajo nek magičen trenutek v katerem se počutiš prijetno in obenem nenavadno. Besedila se dotikajo tem kot so ekološko uničevanje, izgubljena ljubezen/prijatelstvo, frustracije, zastrašujoč tehnološki razvoj...še kar cool...zlasti njihov premišljen način pisanja, niso pa mi vseč svete podobe s katerimi se pogosto srecujemo skozi besedila!

English Version:
LifeForce Records is a label recognized by many good qualities and one of them are for sure album lay-outs. This one I'm holding at the moment looks totally fantastic...beautiful brown colours filled with images of black birds and naked human bodies. I can imagine how wounderfull could be the digi-pack version, if this came out in the years when LifeForce still put out all their releases on digi-packs. Ok, lets put the dreams aside for a while and rather concentrate on End This Day. The guys are coming from usa and they're a new name in my collection. Their music is agressive and melodic metalcore, which reminds me a lot on swedish melodic deathmetal bands, whit exception that we have here hardcore mosh pieces and power I would assign to bulldozer, insted of metal solos. The music actually sounds similar to Unearth, but the screaming part with scarry growling moments totally overshadows the guy from Unearth and there's major difference also in sound which's in this case more deathmetalish. Through the driving songs which extend from five to six minutes you come across planty of catchy melodies, some acoustic work and there're two instrumental songs - one of them, titled ''Pale'' is a true masterpiece of sounds which for me conjure a real magical moment that makes me feel pleasant and unusually at the same time. Awesome! With lyrics they're touching topics like ecological devastation, lost love/friendship, frustration, intimidating technological progress...pretty impressive, especially their thoughtful style of writing, but I don't like all these sacred images I came often across reading the texts!