HOW IT ENDS
- So Shall It Be CD (Thorp) How It Ends are four guys from Philly,
who on only a three song demo got Thorp to see a good thing coming.
Featuring ex-members of Dysphoria, HIE is anger musically personified.
It's almost as if Max never left Sepultura, and got them much more
into NY hardcore. Or as if Prong chilled on the time changes and focused
on mosh breakdowns. Chugga-chugga! You know exactly what that means...
heavy, down-tuned riffs. To make it that much heavier, there is an
almost constant mid-paced double bass going on that will make you
chase new jacks in the pit. A mention of doom is made in their bio,
and there is a bit of it peppered throughout the disc. Actually none
until track six ("Dying Eyes"), after which they lay it
on pretty thick, and pretty well. "Hardest Lesson" starts
off a little to like your average hardcore song, but after the verse
it gets into some Slayer-like speed picking. The sludge comes back
again just to bleed into the next track ("Pain Killer"),
which is a pummeling ride between nodding heads and picking-up-change.
I'm talking about the dances, fool. "Still Bleeding" closes
out the eleven tracks of hardcore inspired, metal crunch - with a
little of it all. Some hardcore, some sludge metal, and even a slight
punk flavor. The layout is slick, yet simple, but well enough to show
HIE are up-and-comers on the Thorp roster. (March 26, 2003)
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