Ox

Coalesce, Coalesce | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 9, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Relapse
• ASIN: B0026MEM7W
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #216,473 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Recommended If You Like: The DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, CONVERGE, NORMA JEAN, BURNT BY THE SUN, BOTCH, THE RED CHORD, and PIG DESTROYER --Resound Magazine

Product Description

With the release of Ox, Coalesce encapsulates over a decade of forward-thinking Hardcore into 14 songs that typify the trend-eschewing band and proves that they still have much to say. The Kansas clan lurches uncontrollably, adding just the right touch of bombast and contrast to make the seething aggression all the more impactful, wringing vital emotions from every pore without even a trace of melancholy or regret.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten years in the making..., June 11, 2009

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T. Graham (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ox (Audio CD)

I am not sure why this is coming up under the OX EP. I did not write the review here, but under the full-length. Something is wrong with Amazon's review thing-a-ma-jigger.
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It seems like a lifetime ago when 012: Revolution in Just Listening, a masterpiece of a swan-song, was unleashed on the unsuspecting public. Rumors of the bands demise prior to the release were swirling and we were greeted with 'What Happens on the Road Always Comes Home'. Ten years have passed and we have been blessed with another release from hardcore juggernauts Coalesce. There is no other band in music that can make a song that is nearly impossible to tap your foot to, but is still so addicting.

With their new release, OX, we get more of the expected, the tried and true Coalesce. But they have thrown several surprises in to the mix including a swagger of a country song and less distortion on Jess' guitar. All in all this is a fabulous release and a breath of fresh air in a hardcore/metal scene that seems to have an inbred sound as of late.

Check it out and get ready for even more music when the OX EP is released later this year.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Music needs help, Coalesce has brought it., June 18, 2009

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Sneaky Pete (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ox (Audio CD)

Give them Rope is an album I have listened to consistently since 1997, I still say its the heaviest album of all time. I love every other album Coalesce has ever done but not like that first full length. The 2 songs they released last year were good but I thought it would have sounded better with more distortion. OX is incredible. In a time where so few bands fail to make something unique and truly new OX is amazing. They have captured all of there progression on every album with the intensity of Give Them Rope and somehow managed to step in to uncharted territory. What a band and what a surprise. Best hardcore album since Colors by BTBAM and Pig Destroyers Phantom limb. Buy this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OX EP (not OX), November 10, 2009

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S. Crook "Avail73" (Clinton, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ox EP (Audio CD)

The comments posted so far appear to be about OX. This isn't OX. This is the OX EP that came out after the full-length. If you liked OX, you won't be disappointed.