Ronon's Reviews - Independent and Unbiased Reviews
  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • News
  • About Us
  • Our Friends
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Interviews
  • News
  • About Us
  • Our Friends
  • Contact

Earthbound by Bury Tomorrow

25/7/2016

0 Comments

 

Bury Tomorrow's latest proves they are a force to be reckoned with.

Picture
Label:
  • Nuclear Blast
Release Date:
  • January 29th 2016
Band Members:
  • Daniel Winter-Bates – Unclean Vocals
  • Jason Cameron – Rhythm Guitar, Clean Vocals
  • Kristan Dawson – Lead Guitar
  • Lord Davyd Winter-Bates – Bass Guitar
  • Adam Jackson – Drums, Percussion
Genre:
  • ​Melodic Metalcore
After 2 weeks of not doing a music review I got a bit itchy, while I enjoyed covering the original Ghostbusters, and positively loved every second playing The Division (for strict research purposes of course), I couldn’t wait to get back to the music side of things and what better way than Bury Tomorrow’s 4th studio album Earthbound? 

Released back on the 29th of January of this year (I was on holiday in Australia at the time hence why it slipped past my radar) and is produced by the Beartooth front man Caleb Shomo.

Now let’s not mince words here, I’m really into my Metalcore, so when I say this is one of the best records I’ve heard this year, I really mean it. I discovered Earthbound through a Spotify metalcore playlist, when I first heard it I thought it was a new Sevendust track due to Jason’s clean vocals sounding almost the same as Lajon Witherspoon. While Earthbound is a short album coming in at just over 36 minutes, it still packs an amazing wallop.

What I really enjoyed about Earthbound is the seamless change in vocals from the unclean to clean lyrics which works perfectly here with the 2 dedicated singers covering each style. The opener is ‘The Eternal’ which was the best choice, from the howl and growling of the verses to the softer sung chorus’ all backed by distorted guitars and speed drumming, it’s the bands way of saying: “like it? Then continue.”

Title track ‘Earthbound’ was the first song I heard off the album and I instantly loved it, it feels like a ‘save the planet’ anthem but plays as headbanger, an interesting mix but it works, don’t believe me? Check the video at the bottom.
Picture
‘Cemetery’ is darker and a favourite of mine, but should have been put at the end, not in the middle, all through Earthbound I found a recurring theme in the lyrics regarding souls (including here) and felt ‘Cemetery’ would have been the perfect closer.

‘Restless & Cold’ was the correct choice to follow on from ‘Cemetery’ being a touch lighter musically and cleaner vocals than other tracks, and I just love the line ‘I am a body without a soul’, don’t ask me why, I just do.

Finally, ‘Bloodline’ the final tune is Bury Tomorrow showing off, but in an awesome way, on the first listen you just think it’s a standard metalcore song, but it’s the guitars, they become more technical as it goes on, some of the best riffs can be heard here just before it all slowly fades out.

Bury Tomorrow’s aim with Earthbound was to launch a claim as one of the UK’s greatest Metalcore bands, mission partially accomplished boys. While yes, Earthbound was a success, rating high with many music critics, it sadly hasn’t pushed the band into the sold out stadium show level they wanted.

But it’s not a failure, it’s a start. Earthbound is their 4th studio album, the band has only been around for 10 years, I can see the next release being another monster and Bury Tomorrow’s stock will continue to grow. Maybe even become the next Bring Me The Horizon, I just hope they don’t sell out on the way.

​9/10

Written by Dan.
​
Follow @ronon_pheniox
Tweet
Picture
Picture
Ronon's Reviews Merch - Only at REDBUBBLE! Click the photo to check the shop.​

Related Reviews:

Picture
Beartooth singer Caleb Shomo found time to produce Earthbound after releasing Aggressive earlier this year.
Picture
Frontman Jamey Justa has had a busy year, the brand new album The Concete Confessional, touring to support said release and now doing guest vocals in Earthbound
Picture
Love your British metalcore? here's one of the best, All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us, By the Architects, who happen to be touring with Bury Tomorrow through the UK later this year.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015

    Categories

    All
    Action
    Adventure
    AJT's Reviews
    Album
    Album/ EP
    Alternative Metal
    Alt Rock
    Animation
    Awesome Covers
    Book
    Colin's Review
    Comedy
    Crime
    Dan's Reviews
    Deathcore
    Death Metal
    Djent
    Drama
    Electro
    Electronicore
    EP
    Fantasy
    Film Review
    First Person Shooter
    Game
    Gig Review
    Grunge
    Hardcore
    Hard Rock
    Hip Hop/ Rap
    Horror
    Indie
    Interview
    Joint Review
    Mags' Review
    Matthew's Review
    Metal
    Metal Album
    Metalcore
    Music
    Mystery
    Norman Voorhees' Reviews
    Nu Metal
    Pop
    Prog
    Punk
    R&B
    Rock
    Rock Album
    RPG
    RTS
    Sara Mathius' Review
    Sara's Review
    Sci Fi
    Simulation
    Spotlight On
    Superhero
    Survival
    Taz's Review
    There Will Be Spoilers
    Third Person Shooter
    Thrash Metal
    Thriller
    Track Of The Week
    Track Review
    TV Review
    Two Metal Fans
    WTF

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly