Bury Tomorrow, a metalcore band from the UK, is releasing
something you don’t want to miss. Their new album The Union Of Crowns is set to release on July 13, 2012 through
Nuclear Blast, and it is an epic 55 minutes. Everything about this album is
incredible, and it is an awesome journey to listen through.
One thing this album does perfectly is blending the
transitions from blistering screams to heartfelt clean vocals. “Message To A
King,” easily one of the best songs on the album, does a perfect job of this.
This song starts off immensely heavy, but transitions beautifully into an
incredibly well sung chorus, which just happens to be sung overtop an
ever-present breakdown. “Bitemarks” is another of these songs that switches
seamlessly from brutal-as-can-be to melodically clean.
While there is no breakdown on the album quite as ferocious
as the end breakdown in “Casting Shapes” on Bury Tomorrow’s first album Portraits, this new release is not short
on parts that will make you get up and move. “An Honourable Reign” boasts an
especially powerful breakdown, as does “Sceptres.” But just about every song on
this album has at least one part that will want to make you toss over your
table and punch out your walls.
The song writing and fluidity of the album is another
amazing factor. With many releases of this length, bands often give the
listener more than one filler track, which is more or less just a bad song
with nothing interesting about it. The
Union Of Crowns is instead interesting and different on every track and
around every corner. No two songs sound the same, or more importantly, have
exactly the same structure.
The Union Of Crowns is more than an excellent release by an
excellent band. It is a masterpiece full of fantastic songs with every aspect
of great metalcore. This album is my front-runner for album of the year, and it
deserves every bit of praise that I am sure it will receive.
Links: Facebook - iTunes
I can feel these guys growing bigger by the minute. Their "An Honourable Reign" music video has 100,000+ on TWO different channels, their band channel, and Nuclear Blast Europe's channel. And I know for a fact that "Lionheart" and "Royal Blood" have 100,000+ as well, at minimum. These guys are finally being recognized, and it's awesome.
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