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Annihilation of Expectation

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I don't usually enjoy splits but I'll make an exception here as its as this is better than most.

The Knife Trade probably should get the nod for the coolest intro track ever for the opener on their half of the album. In all honestly though, The Knife Trade really aren't anything you haven't heard before but for what they do, they do very well. The guitar work is impressive and I love the arpeggio sweeps and the dabbling in what sounds like some keyboard/synth work but I think the The Knife Trade would be much better off avoiding the clean vocals that they used in a few of the tracks. They just don't fit. Highlight track for The Knife Trade's half of the split would be "Off With Their Heads."

Through The Eyes Of The Dead, who recently inked a deal with Prosthetic Records, have become a pretty mighty force in the independent music scene and they don't even have a proper full length out yet, a testament probably to where this band is going in the near future. Nevertheless, it appears that TTEOTD are experimenting more with their death metal influence more than anything here. The material is far more technical than that of their "Scars Of Ages" EP and the drumming is just flat out awesome. They still like to use their samples as we've got a clip from "From Hell" and I believe "American Psycho" as the other. I still can't help but think that TTEOTD are probably holding back some better material for their full length rather than unleashing it on the split though. Sounds like a warm up to me. "Abyssal Creation" serves as the highlight track on TTEOTD's half of the release.

Earlier this year (09')a drunk driver killed my car and with it my TKT/TTEOTD Annihilation of Expectation CD. Both bands are in the same genre yet sound so unique. I just had to have another copy!

In Oct of 07' my new husband and I walked down the aisle together in the recessional with the into to The Knife Trade playing proud and loud. My son almost fell out of his chair when he heard it.

TKT's intro is amazing! What follows is raw death metal that rocks. Believe me, I'm not just saying this because my son Daniel Shroyer was the bass player on that CD for TKT; I'm saying it because anyone who wants to branch out musically should try this CD; TKT and TTEOTD are both going in a postive direction of which you may find your inspiration.

Enjoy!

The people that say that through the eyes of the dead sucks/ yall juss dont no wat real music is. This band ROCKS!!!!! All i got to say PERIOD.

Through The Eyes Of The Dead are one of the most talentless metalcore bands you're likely to hear. They do a bit of the generic melodic death metal riffing, with a bit of a heavier death metal sound, and a hardcore element, but they just do it all so badly, the songwriting is so amazingly weak, I don't understand why anyone would ever choose to listen to this band when there's so many similar ones around, 90% of which are significantly better. I don't know why anyone signed them. I don't know why they even bother playing music.