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This cd isnt appreciated very much by most people...

i guess they cant handle the sheer intesity of this band...

just because a band doesnt revolutionize the way people think about heavymetal, doesnt mean that they arent good...

with pummeling riffs, breakdowns,

and then the subtle changes into catchy melodic riffs make this CD quite a compelling buy...

if you like vital remains, converge, the red chord, old underoath, or any grindcore/metalcore bands,

from a second story window is for you...

download "how london got its fog"

and see what this band is all about...

From a Second Story Window are one of those bands who, while good, steal all of their best ideas from better, bigger namds. With the case of this band, it's converge.

Don't get me wrong. From a Second Sotry Window are good at what they do, their ideas just arent any thing new. They've been done before and better by bands like converge. If they worked on their originality a little more, i see great things for this band in the near future

This band is going places, they've managed to make something different in a genre where a lot of the music all sounds the same. Theur vocalist is insane, the only problem I have with this record, is that it's almost impossible to discern anything the screamer screams, but the vocals are amazing and shred none the less. Great guitar work, drumming is tight, great double bass in parts. All around a great sounding band, give these guys a look. "The Challenge of Caring", "How London Got Its Fog", and "Vespers" are stand out tracks.

Cumbersome name but absolutely stunning spazcore/metal. I'm not a huge fan of spazzcore in

general as it seems most of the time they're just deliberately trying to make the most dissonant,

chaotic music possible but that's not the case here. There's definitely elements of it here but it's

kept in check by more measured metalcore passages and even softer, classical sounding

bridges. This gives many of these five songs a song within a song feel as they drift effortlessly

from chaotic spazz to slower, sophisticated melodic material. So much so it doesn't even feel like

you're listening to an EP. Of course it also helps that most of these songs clock in at 6-7 minutes!

Even their most traditional sounding metal riffs are built in way to resemble a tidal surge with a

wave of dense, hazy, indistinct guitars surging past only to be brought back by crisp underlying

guitar slides or melodic riffs. This deliberate sense of movement is what really holds these

songs together as you know their more spazz like elements are not just random guitar wanking

but part of the larger whole. The best example of this approach can be seen on "I Tried Voodoo

Once" as it blasts out of the gates with a monumental riff only to blaze off in at least four different

distinct directions before bring back the crushing original riff but only for the briefest time before

going into another more melodic direction. All in almost less than a minute. Sounds like it's hard

to keep up but it's really a great ride.

The one thing that might keep people from really digging this band is the vocals. He's got a

combo of that old black metal scream and grindcore grunts which amounts to a lot of

indecipherable screaming. I just look past this as the music is really the star here but even I get

annoyed on a song like "Vespers" where it's just constant barking.

Even though this EP has only five songs it's hard to think of a recent band that's come out with

such a compelling sound fully baked from the start. I can't wait to here what these guys can do on

a full length.

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Though many things on this page indicate From a Second Story Window is a metalcore band, please take note of the Cradle of Filth, Psyopus, and Between the Buried and Me references as well.

Though this is far from an extraordinary album, its aggression and precision are worth repeated listens. Yes, the vocals lean more towards the deranged screaming of metalcore than the growling of death metal, but the singer alternates between two styles enough so that it doesn't become an irreconcilable offense to the album's overall appeal.

And the appeal here is the technical ability. Though I tend to shy away from the relentlessly brutal, the breakdowns, occasional sick riff, and other random passages here provide sufficient respite from the punishment.

Death metal purists, beware. I'm not sure you will be able to forgive the definite metalcore presence. But like many other bands have accomplished as the world of metal continues to expand, From a Second Story Window shows that earnestness, ability, and the willingness to forge forward by melding multiple styles will always result in a worthwhile listen.

good album. powerful with all of crazy riffs and double bass pedal madness. it good to wake up to, i do it all the time.

ipod alarm clock + 5.1 speaks + FASSW = jolly morning wakeup

Doo ittt!

PURCHASE!

this cd only has 5 songs on it, but it never ceases to become a dissappointment. the vocals are a little hard to make out, but the music is incredible. the guitars are sometimes going for 5 mins straight. the breakdowns have very different strum patterns and everything. you dont want to miss this cd

I listened to this band a while ago, and didn't think much of them. Now they're signed to the Metal Blade label, who seem to be indiscriminately signing bands from as many disparate styles of metal as they can lately in an effort to show they're still relevent as a label or something. I read a bio hype thing that made this band seem exciting and worth caring about, and I wasn't entirely convinced, but I thought maybe I missed something the first time around. Listening to The Challenge Of Caring I can see this band is competent at being heavy and dissonant, and the vocals are pretty evil, but they don't separate themselves from the metalcore pack enough to make any real impact. The song starts out strong, but it gets boring really fast. After the initial blast of heavy, dissonant guitars and evil vocals, the song goes nowhere. It's just a meandering structureless collection of mediocre riffs. There's nothing to follow or get into. This band have their sound down, but they're lacking hugely in the songwriting skills department. And I don't know if it's the playing or just the production, but the drumming is way too wussy to carry this kind of music.