Customer Reviews

You Had Me at Hello

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I bought this cd thinking I was going to get early Bury Your Dead material that I had never heard before. I was quite wrong.
Almost everything on this disc is early versions of what shows up on Cover Your Tracks.
The quality is not as good and the musicianship is a bit lacking as well.

This would make a great demo but it's not worth more than $10.00.

I should have bought the live CD instead!!!

This CD is nice, heavy and just downright brutal! The mosh never ends. If you like some good tough guy hardcore with killer breakdowns get this album. Only critique is the lyrics. They are a bit cheezy and too much swearing for my taste.

Overall very good.

We travel back a bit with a re-issue of BURY YOUR DEAD'S debut release, "You Had Me At Hello", courtesy of Eulogy Recordings. If you read the review of their 2004 Victory Records release, "Cover Your Tracks" then you are aware of how impressive their music was and what we have here in their debut is just an extension of that even though we are backtracking a little. When you compare the two albums you can hear some of the changes they made to their metallic hardcore sound. Specifically within the clarity and creativity with regards to their teeth shattering, hardcore banging breakdowns. "You Had Me At Hello" displays their earlier stages of destruction and it is no less grand than their "Cover Your Tracks" album, albeit slightly more raw and rudimentary. This is not say it doesn't have all the resounding qualities as their Victory release but the differences are still there and they tended to communicate a thoughtful approach to improving their overall sound without swaying away from what makes their vibe so unique. This is crushing metal infused hardcore in the most idyllic of ways similar to HATEBREED and even a smattering of 100 DEMONS except they have tuned their sound in a way that might remind some of CROWBAR. Their thoroughly deepened sound is at the very bottom of the base scale and the double bass work is unbelievably refined. Vocally, the frayed atonal vocals are indubitably aggressive with little or no reprieve on the horizon while the guitars viciously attack your ears with severe chugging and heart-stopping breaks. When you want music that is relentless, charismatic and has a heart of a lion, look no further-BURY YOUR DEAD is the answer. Give props to Eulogy for re-issuing this one. It was a smart move on their part.

So this band is EXTREMELY heavy. Full of breakdowns, double bass, and low end that will crush your head. But dont get me wrong, they are playing tough-guy hardcore, and it gets very repetitive after a couple of listens. Dont get me wrong on that either, because when youre in the mood to move like a madman they are the perfect band for that. Put on your dancing shoes, and get ready to stomp.

They've come a long way from the demo. Better production, more material, a few parts developed, and (I think) a lineup change. Musically, it offers nothing new, sticking with the now tried-and-true formula of: Fast and Heavy, Slow and Heavy, Sing-along, Breakdown. Why fix what isn't broken? No, this'll never satisfy the oldschool elitists, but it's not made for them either. What sets this record apart is the way it hangs on. I've listened to it countless times for months and it's not even close to getting old, even though the music is so simplistic. The emotions, the anger, the frustration comes through in a way that sticks with you. Yes, they really have progressed into a mature, focused unit. This makes it easy to translate the energy from the band to the audience at shows, resulting in some of the most chaotic 'core pits in recent times. If you're looking to work out some aggression, see them live, or hear the CD.

This CD is awsome buy it because there heavy quik riffs followed by incredible breakdown make it worth it. TUESDAY NIGHT FEVER is my favorite song i give em 4 stars.

This music is super aggressive, heavy and groovy. This is like the pride and joy of the tough guy hardcore scene, and believe me if you are a hardcore tough guy you will be windmill punching and kung fu kicking through out this whole CD. These guys make amazing high quality music, the best songs are "Sunday's best", "Ten Minute Romance" and "Mosh n Roll". Ten Minute Romance is a track about how stupid emo music and how emo kids need to get hurt. Mosh n Roll is the best groovy mosh pit song ever I love it I love this band.

Now here is some fiercness, that you can't quite deny, it's Bury Your Dead and it ain't no lie, they can play and they can shout, they are tough don't call them boy scouts, I like to listen to this in the bay, I want to listen to it every day, I love you guys, but what the hell is up with that live album that is in the works YOU PUT OUT TWO RECORDS!!! Why are you putting a live album out with only two records, I'll tell you why, Victory lost the rights to re-release You Had Me at Hello and called you guys up "hey if you want to stay on the Victory roster you better make us a live album and stop selling those crazy bury your f***ing dead hoodies." So, BYD had to oblige thier record label. I think it's really lame that Victory had these guys do a live album only TWO records deep into their career, I mean in my eyes there should be two critera for a live album:

A) at least six years of tour expierence (I think BYD has only had 3)
B) more than 3 full length records under the bands belt

BYD does not meet those requirments, ugh, jelousy VIctory, jelousy. Anyways, yeah this album is awesome, Eulogy ended up grabbing the rights to this, as opposed to evil Victory making more money a righteous and half way decent label got that right hurray for the little guys! I don't know what to say about this album that hasn't already been said about me (as in awesome and tubular) but I guess you all know what to expect here, heaviness, breakdowns and mosh-tastic (oh I'm so lame!) music and lame ass Victory didn't get thier grubby paws on it, a plus! V.R.S! (Victory Records Suck!)