COLD NIGHT FOR ALLIGATORS - Course Of Events

February 22, 2016, 8 years ago

(Prime Collective)

Greg Pratt

Rating: 5.5

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COLD NIGHT FOR ALLIGATORS - Course Of Events

I'm morally opposed to stupid band names, but this Danish band are at least trying to make up for moniker follies here on their debut with a very polished and sturdy take on something that falls between prog metal and technical metalcore. There's the Meshuggah parts, the noodly Dillinger Escape Plan parts, and the buttoned-up-shirt Dream Theater parts, all of which conspire to land this band a definite opening slot on a future Between The Buried And Me tour. But do they have their own personality? Sure, somewhere in between these parts that struggle to go and flow and add up I can hear this band (change the name: it's not too late) becoming their own beast, thanks in part to a strong vocal performance and an obvious proficiency at their instruments. 

But watch out: most of these songs fly past in a jigsaw puzzle of sounds, and when it locks together for a second, it works, but then it's on to the next groove, the next stutter-step of tech-metalcore, a sudden clean vocal here then a screamed one there, and those glimpses of promise just get mashed up in the blender as this band chases their own tail into oblivion. Promise all over the place, but it ain't adding up yet. The band ought to rethink the screaming bits and the Meshuggah worship, as their strong points are clearly the mellower material, the soaring guitar work, and the more soul-searching moments (see parts of “Querencia” for a good example of this).



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