Amarna Reign – Atonement

Chris — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:25:14 +0000

Atonement has been an album I’ve been craving for months. I asked everybody I could find, scoured the internet, and pestered everybody and their mom about it. When I found that it was released the other day, I immediately went to Amazon and queued it up to download.

I was definitely not disappointed. These guys have a unique blend of heavy as hell and soft, almost to the point of emo. Normally I hate that kind of music, but something about these guys just makes me all warm inside. Or something. They’re a pretty badass sound.

My favorite track is probably the opening track, Deceiver, for its tasty riffs and perfect blending of heavy and light. If you’re looking for a good metalcore track to groove to, it’s great. In addition, The Fall starts out deceptively pop-ish but then turns into a pretty good metal track about a minute and a half in, and just sort of does this screaming vs. singing battle throughout, reminding me a little bit of As I Lay Dying’s style.

I won’t do a long-winded review, and I will mention that the album is a short 7 tracks long, but it’s definitely worth checking out, especially if you’re open to more than “it must be absolutely 100% full on death metal all the time forever”. Give the album a listen, check it out, perhaps buy it. You know the deal.

Bottom line: 7/10

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Butters — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:57:07 +0000

So apparently Twitter is more then a bunch of nerds. There’s actually a bunch of metal heads so here’s Knuckles First first batch of bands and other metal heads you should follow.

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Amarna Reign – Atonement

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