The Auburn System The Auburn System EP
Five Point Records FPR002 March 30th, 2005
By Jason Jordan
When I say I like an EP, you can rest assured that its damn good. Because, more often than not, Ill look for ways to shed an EP right after its been reviewed. Not so with The Auburn Systems The Auburn System EP a slab of formidable metal that mixes styles such as death, grind, and various cores.
If anything, The Auburn System EP is too short. The album houses five tracks and clocks in at eleven minutes, which left me aching for more material. What the band relays here, though, is well played and frenetic. New Old One adopts a frantic pace for all of fifteen seconds before it shifts and shifts and shifts. We receive a very solid rhythm at the 1:10 minute mark and while The Auburn System dont exactly utilize the stop/start technique they might as well be because they switch from idea to idea quickly. The second track, James Berardinelli is the Smartest Man on the Internet, furthers the music heard previously. Porters growls are notable, as is Morrissons drumming. Penny Brown isnt as panic-stricken as its brethren, and boasts strain-filled vocalizations courtesy of Porter, while Better Than God hearkens back to Cephalic Carnage during its commencement. Finally, Old Man on the Mountain a remastered demo track rolls around and cant quite compete with its predecessors sound-wise due to poor production.
Im impressed with The Auburn System EP; needless to say, I cant wait to hear a full-length record from the quintet. Along with Genghis Tron, The Auburn System have released one of the best EPs of 2005. If I had to choose only one EP from the aforementioned bands, though, Id still choose both. Theyre that good.
8/10
Official The Auburn System Website
Official Five Point Records Website
Five Point Records FPR002 March 30th, 2005
By Jason Jordan
When I say I like an EP, you can rest assured that its damn good. Because, more often than not, Ill look for ways to shed an EP right after its been reviewed. Not so with The Auburn Systems The Auburn System EP a slab of formidable metal that mixes styles such as death, grind, and various cores.
If anything, The Auburn System EP is too short. The album houses five tracks and clocks in at eleven minutes, which left me aching for more material. What the band relays here, though, is well played and frenetic. New Old One adopts a frantic pace for all of fifteen seconds before it shifts and shifts and shifts. We receive a very solid rhythm at the 1:10 minute mark and while The Auburn System dont exactly utilize the stop/start technique they might as well be because they switch from idea to idea quickly. The second track, James Berardinelli is the Smartest Man on the Internet, furthers the music heard previously. Porters growls are notable, as is Morrissons drumming. Penny Brown isnt as panic-stricken as its brethren, and boasts strain-filled vocalizations courtesy of Porter, while Better Than God hearkens back to Cephalic Carnage during its commencement. Finally, Old Man on the Mountain a remastered demo track rolls around and cant quite compete with its predecessors sound-wise due to poor production.
Im impressed with The Auburn System EP; needless to say, I cant wait to hear a full-length record from the quintet. Along with Genghis Tron, The Auburn System have released one of the best EPs of 2005. If I had to choose only one EP from the aforementioned bands, though, Id still choose both. Theyre that good.
8/10
Official The Auburn System Website
Official Five Point Records Website
