March 1, 2013 • self-released
I'm pretty sure I'm officially tired of the whole post-rock-and-sludge-metal thing. I thought the scene was dead, but bands keep cranking out material and a lot of it turns out to just not be very good at all.
The Tragedy We Live In doesn't do it much differently from anyone else—long buildups, sandwiching breakdown riffs with some really filthy guitar sound and pounding, tom-heavy drumming. There are some outside influences leaking in, however, such as some black metal riffing and a punk edge to some of the rhythms, the drums in particular. It's a nice change, and it helps keep the album interesting (especially since there aren't vocals), but sometimes they feel a bit out-of-place. It doesn't help that the songwriting in general feels very thrown-together and it doesn't feel like the songs have any logical progression tying them up—just bits and pieces put together.
So this album feels less like an album and more like a bunch of people just kind of messing around without a clear goal. It's difficult to listen to and I don't feel like I got anything out of it. (It doesn't help that the playing is often very sloppy, which takes me right out of the experience.)
So tread with caution. (It helps that it's free.)
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