April 10, 2013 • Throatruiner Records
No Omega is another piece of evidence as to how metal and punk are slowly assimilating into the same thing—just some heavy, angry music—but they're also making me wonder if that's necessarily a good thing.
Stylistically, it's quite a mixed bag; there are some nice sludgy breakdowns, plenty of faster hardcore/crust sections, and even the occasional blasting bit, but they're all stacked one after the other and don't fit together particularly well into one whole. One one hand, it keeps things from getting too samey, but at the same time it can feel too chaotic sometimes. (Not on a huge scale, but it's there.)
It comes off like an album that doesn't feel entirely sure of itself; the vocals imply music a lot more aggressive than what is actually going on most of the time musically and songs often stop with no discernible ending. None of the riffs in particular stick out, and songwriting is equally unmemorable. It's a weird experience that I don't really care that much for.
Overall, I guess it's definitely a listenable album, and plenty of people will find it good, but it's not one that's going to be making any waves and I personally will probably have forgotten all about it in a month or two. Plenty of other bands are doing this better and I can do without Shame.
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