Withering Surface Force the Pace
Scarlet Records 2004
By Jason Jordan
At first, its all good with Withering Surface, until the realization hits that theyre attempting to be In Flames. Its all downhill from there. I like the cover art a lot, though.
Gears is kind of a rough and antagonistic beginning to Force the Pace. Gravelly vox are dispersed throughout the numbers duration. The chorus, however, is much more open and inviting than the other parts of Gears. Exit Sculpture has the cascading guitar melody upon inception, and later the guitars dropout completely in favor of silence. Cue resident, guitar lead at the 2:30 minute mark. This View relays blistering musicianship (read: blistering musicianship for the standards of Withering Surface). Force the Pace is another stride within the same formula, but good ideas arise now and again. Hold the Line, at first listen, is seemingly a minor variation from the norm, but eventually settles into ground already covered. Machinery is the bands try at brutality and Inhale the Hyper Pulse is the members accounts of inhaling the hyper pulse whatever the hell that means. State of Emergency aptly commences with siren soundclips that eventually waver in submission to the mid-paced rhythms Withering Surface applies. Anything Goes and Urban Glasses is the remainder of Force the Pace.
Cant really give the band many props for trying to emulate In Flames so closely. If you have a hankering for the latter, summon the appropriate CDs or mp3s from your collection and have at it. Withering Surface, though, will fall in line far behind the aforementioned.
6.5/10
Official Withering Surface website
Official Scarlet Records website
Scarlet Records 2004
By Jason Jordan
At first, its all good with Withering Surface, until the realization hits that theyre attempting to be In Flames. Its all downhill from there. I like the cover art a lot, though.
Gears is kind of a rough and antagonistic beginning to Force the Pace. Gravelly vox are dispersed throughout the numbers duration. The chorus, however, is much more open and inviting than the other parts of Gears. Exit Sculpture has the cascading guitar melody upon inception, and later the guitars dropout completely in favor of silence. Cue resident, guitar lead at the 2:30 minute mark. This View relays blistering musicianship (read: blistering musicianship for the standards of Withering Surface). Force the Pace is another stride within the same formula, but good ideas arise now and again. Hold the Line, at first listen, is seemingly a minor variation from the norm, but eventually settles into ground already covered. Machinery is the bands try at brutality and Inhale the Hyper Pulse is the members accounts of inhaling the hyper pulse whatever the hell that means. State of Emergency aptly commences with siren soundclips that eventually waver in submission to the mid-paced rhythms Withering Surface applies. Anything Goes and Urban Glasses is the remainder of Force the Pace.
Cant really give the band many props for trying to emulate In Flames so closely. If you have a hankering for the latter, summon the appropriate CDs or mp3s from your collection and have at it. Withering Surface, though, will fall in line far behind the aforementioned.
6.5/10
Official Withering Surface website
Official Scarlet Records website
