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After stomping the NZ rock scene with the infectious Little Pills, Start A Revolution and Never See The Light singles, Devilskin return with their highly anticipated debut album We Rise
Track listing:
01. Elvis Presley Circle Pit
02. Little Pills
03. Start A Revolution
04. Until You Bleed
05. Never See The Light
06. Fade
07. Surrender
08. Vessel
09. Burning Tree
10. The Horror
11. Violation
12. Covet
13. Cherophobia (The Failure In Me)
14. Dirt
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Review by: alexmoulton (Alex)
Dated: 17th of September, 2014
This album had the potential to be the best rock album of the year. Commercially, it may still do so; it reached Gold status in a week! which - don't get me wrong - is a great feat by any New Zealand Artist.
But it fell slightly short of my expectations.
I have seen Devilskin live maybe 4-5 times in the past, and I have noticed that either I am just becoming acclimated to their music, or they are getting softer, and more mainstream. The first time I saw them live, they were an opening band in one of New Zealand's oldest pubs; the Kentish in Waiuku. And their music was a fresh mix of clean melody, and deliciously feminine yet still heavy metal vocals.
As time goes on, their shows have become more about the performance, than it has the music, and the heaviness has reverted more towards the generic rock category, with the occasional heavy growl in the background. The album does have it's heavy parts, with some songs being almost entirely low screaming, but this release as a whole, was so much lighter than I was expecting.
If you listen to the iTunes release of the 'Start a Revolution', then watch the music video online, the stark contrast in sound and what is expected of them to survive commercially is surprising. The heavy highlights of the album for me are 'Elvis Presley Circle Pit', 'Vessel', and 'Violation'. And they are enough to make me recommend buying the album. Sadly not enough to allow me to give full marks. Still an A+
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