Emmure - Goodbye to the Gallows (2007)
It's funny how in my review of Cattle Decapitation's "To Serve Man", I wrote about the album cover by saying "Now ain't that something you want framed in your house? It's almost like running water to help you pee. Frame this in your kitchen to help your guests consume dinner, and make sure to frame an Emmure vinyl in your bathroom to help them with whatever issues involving shitting afterwards." and look at me now, ALMOST a year later, actually enjoying some Emmure stuff! Fucking weird how people can change so quickly that it almost makes their previous statements seem like hypocrisy, but I'll let it stand. This album is just some fuckin' dumb fun. There's nothing at all complex about this music aside from the occasional weedly-deedly stuff, and yeah, there are a lot of breakdowns, but honestly, despite the angst in the lyrics that I would've likely related to greatly when I was fifteen, this is metal for some kinda party where erryone's having a moshin' good time, with the breakdowns almost being like sub-bass in a trap song. The most interesting moments on the entire album come from when the band decides to switch to a more ambient, progressive feeling, like in the beginning of "Rusted Over Wet Dreams" and a fair bit of "Sleeping Princess in Devil's Castle" before it turns back into chugging and screaming, and it makes me wonder just where those songs could've gone if they had served as some nice, lovely-sounding instrumentals instead. Ah well. As far as the album goes, it's certainly not great, and definitely has its share of "what the fuck" moments, like in the interlude "Travis Bickle" where it's supposed to be the sound of someone digging a grace, but it sounds like someone eating an apple instead, but hey.. Tilt my snapback and hand me a can of Monster, I'm going back in.
7/10
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