This sits firmly in deathcore/metalcore realms, so it's never going to win my favor, but initially I thought it might be more tolerable than I expected. There's quite a lot of death metal influence here, both in more melodeath guitar lines and in the numerous mid-paced death metal sections. I would even call a couple parts thrashy. While I guess these are better than the metalcore elements in terms of personal appeal, I didn't find anything really noteworthy about any of the influences here, and this makes me question if a Hatebreed/Heaven Shall Burn hybrid incorporating meh death metal influences is really any better than not having them at all. The energy and extremity here can carry the band for a few songs, but things felt really tedious by the last half of the album, even with the instrumental track (a welcome relief from the vocals). Several vocal styles are used but they seem largely overexaggerated. While admittedly this results in a couple of cool hysterical screams, it also makes for lots of overly forced and toughguy vox. On a totally unrelated note, the bass drums are very prominent and clicky to the point of distraction, which I'd assume is due to triggers.
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