As Blood Runs Black - Allegiance (2006) w/ Bonus Tracks

Sounds Like: Amazing Death Metal/ Metalcore. Alot like Animosity or Job For A Cowboy. This Album is amazing, and i've included a few As Blood Runs Black Demos, including a few original Allegiance demos and a few new songs.

Despite their youth, the members of As Blood Runs Black spent several years digesting various influences and honing their chops before recording their 2006 debut, Allegiance -- a situation which largely explains the contradiction between its advanced musicianship but, at times, both immature and convoluted songwriting. The album's enticing and foreboding intro suggests black metal, yet restlessly assembled ensuing tracks like "In Dying Days," "The Brighter Side of Suffering" and "My Fears Have Become Phobias" quickly alert the listener to expect the unexpected, as the musicians fling themselves around a mosh pit propelled by several different metallic subgenres. The latter track, for instance, is an absolute smorgasbord: following a flurry of death metal riffs with intermittent displays of Cookie Monster grunts and hardcore shout-outs, then launching into a melodious trad metal guitar solo before descending into a blastbeat driven grindcore finale, complete with unintelligible burped vocals. At least the words spouted by all these different voices (and helpfully printed out within) remain relatively consistent with hardcore's usual themes of independent thought and self-empowerment, mixed with a smidgeon of emo-style bitching (a sign of the band's generation, it almost can't be helped). But by the time the album's ten tracks conclude (the second half possessing nowhere near the first half's distinguishing qualities), an overall allegiance (pun intended) to the melodic metalcore clique led by Killswitch Engage and Unearth does become apparent. Ultimately, the band's instrumental prowess is a highlight in itself, and most listeners will find that whatever As Blood Runs Black still lack in terms of ingenious songwriting, they mostly make up for with pure adrenalin. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide


Intro
In Dying Days
My Fears Have Become
Hester Prynne
Pouring Reign
Brighter Side of Suffering
Beautiful Mistake
Strife (Chug Chug)
Beneath the Surface
Legends Never Die

Bonus Songs:
Before The Break Of Dawn
In Dying Days (demo)
Hester Prynne (demo)
A New Beginning
Inocent Massacre

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