Whats left unsaid about Foreign Hands new album? More people aren’t talking about this well-crafted melodic metalcore album. The band has been able to shape a lane in the metalcore world with their heavy-tuned and ripping riffs, punchy, groovy, and hard-hitting bass and percussions, and unclean vocals that are vicious but also clean vocals that inject a lot of raw emotion into their style of music. The opening songs “Resetting the Senses” and “A Memory in Latency” help establish the hard sound the band has with intense riffage that just pummels you, and drums are hitting hard and fast as well with hard lyrics like “Sever my arms from me." With these songs, they interject the clean vocals at the right moments, and his cleans have a nice high sound to them. The clean vocals get a great moment to shine on the song “Horror Domain," with how crisp they sound, and the gang vocals add a nice variation to their sound. It might be a tie between the vocals and the drums for being some of the most critical/star of the album. The drummer is able to ply really tight and has some dynamic style to them. They really stick out and pop put on songs like “A Memory in Latency” and “Adversity’s Spitting Image,” especially the drum fills on the latter song. The riffs on this album can easily go from sounding insanely hard to being pulled back to be more melodic but still have some real bounce to them. On the track “Laceration Wings," they have some beefy Ripping riffs that have a good heavy tuning to them. I like that they don’t just stick to sounding metalcore the whole time. They add some moments of ambiance or melodic parts to help flesh their sound out more, like on “God Under Fingernails." I felt the bass was a bit lacking throughout the album, but you get a good sense of it and feel for it on “Adversity’s Spitting Image." The band does their best at keeping your attention and making you want to come back for more.
RATING: 8.5/10
NOTABLE TRACKS:
Laceration Wings
Horror Domain
Adversity’s Spitting Image
Magnetic Roses