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Day the Music Died

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With the sudden over-saturation of Deathcore bands suddenly occuring, within the metal scene, it can at times be difficult to find an excellent stand out band. A sudden mainstream success, Deathcore fans may be looking for a band that sets itself apart from traditional bands associated with the genre. Beneath the Sky may just be that stand out band within the sea of Deathcore.

Breaking stereotypes setup by more mainstream Deathcore acts, Beneath the Sky utilizes various techniques in order to add another level of individuality to their music and their style. With a style that is different than fellow Deathcore bands such as As Blood Runs Black and Suicide Silence, Beneath the Sky creates their own unique take on the Deathcore genre that proves that not all bands within the metal sub-genre sound the same.

Beneath the Sky mixes high pitched growls, traditional to the genre, with occasional cleanly sung lyrics, a combination rarely seen in the Deathcore scene. Beneath the Sky sounds like a mixture of Suicide Silence, As Blood Runs Black, Black Dahlia Murder, and some Poison the Well. The result is amazing and my ears cannot get enough. The vocals range from the usual mixture of heavy Deathcore low pitched guttural grunts to high pitched squeals commonly associated with the genre, but Beneath the Sky also throws in clean vocals/singing. The clean vocals are performed occasionally, and the mixture works like a charm.

Songs like "It All Ends With a Smile" and "I'll Call This My Own", have a nice mixture of melodic and Deathcore influences and the balance is perfect. The entire album has the ability to present each track as "heavy" yet also feature the inclusion of great sounding clean vocals as well. This allows the album to be catchy on one end, yet remain heavy and traditional to Deathcore at the same time.

Songs like "Another Day" slow things down, proving the band has a wide range of musical talent beyond stereotypical Deathcore bands that don't utilize enough melody and rely too much on breakdowns. Instead, this song is performed relatively slowly, utilizing almost only clean vocal styles sung in a well defined manner. This track also features acoustic guitar work, which help set the overall feel of the song, adding yet another unique feel, and yet another dimension to the band's style and overall sound.

Beneath the Sky breaks all stereotypes set by more mainstream level bands within this suddenly overcrowded genre of metal. If you're looking for a great metal album to listen to, you can't go wrong with either "The Day the Music Died". I also highly recommend picking up their earlier release "What Demons Do To Saints".

Though I was impressed with thier debut, What Demons Do to Saints, some of the songs from that album got redundant and a bit annoying. I still listen to 'Goodfellas' and '7861' rather often, but the rest seems filler in retrospect. Enter, 'The Day the Music Died'.

Hopefully the album title is not a premonition of things to come, because this band is unique and holds its own place in my vast music collection. Beneath the Sky have shown improvement with this album.

The low death growls are more prevalent, as are the clean vocals, while the rasping shrieks are less noticeable, but still there. I wasn't sure about thier sophomore effort after what my earliest impression of WDDTS entailed, and the cover art didn't really grab my attention at the record store and reel me in. It looks too zombie movie-esque, more along the lines of what you might see on a Rob Zombie cover.

Sadly, I almost skipped songs halfway through the opening moments of 'Nature of the Beast', but I am glad I did not. That part was annoying, but the song soon launches itself into a brutal string of beats and melodies. If that song wasn't great, 'True Friends Stab You in the Front' was even better, and 'With a Gunsmoke Kiss' better still. By this time I was throughly impressed. It would have garnered above a 4.6 star rating if all songs were created equal. Sadly, there are still a few uninteresting filler tracks.

Still, 'The Day the Music Died' is a solid follow-up and a decent effort. Beneath the Sky's own brand of "brutal death metal core" pumps out a touch more energy in this album. It is worth a listen.

Beneath the Sky's 'The Day the Music Died' gets 4.3/5 stars.

Let me start by saying, What Demons Do To Saints is an amazing CD. And secondly, so is this one... Both are a must have for the true metal fan! This band is simply vicious...

I didn't expect much out of this album after glancing over the cover art. A very different tone than What Demons Do To Saints gave off. After the first four tracks I was pleased and I thought that this album was really going to blow me away. Unfortunately, after those tracks, I got bored. I realized that it was exactly blooming with originality but besides that, the songs were just poorly written.

The vocals on this album seem a tad more polished than on WDDTS and I was happy he didn't hit his highs as often because, although it's impressive, it gets annoying to hear it for the entire song. His screams are much more bearable.

The "epic" song on the album 'The Belle of the Ball' is absolutely terrible. It's BORING. There aren't any catchy hooks in it or driving breakdowns. It's just a really bad song. That song really marks the string of bad songs leading up to The Pursuit Of ??? which is actually a good song. So I guess to sum it up, 5 out of the 11 tracks are decent. The rest is crap.

A step above WDDTS but still it isn't great. Nature of the Beast is probably the best track and it's worth a listen. The first four tracks are pretty good. I wouldn't waste my time on anything else barring The Pursuit Of ???.