All Shall Perish - This Is Where It Ends

Published August 02 2011

*=Staff's pick	Divine Illusion There Is Nothing Left Procession Of Ashes A Pure Evil Embrace The Curse Spineless The Past Will Haunt Us Both Royalty Into Exile My Retaliation Rebirth The Death Plague In This Life Of Pain

Genre	Deathcore	Hernan Hermida	Vocals
Tracks	12	Beniko Orum	Guitar
Running time	53 Min.	Francesco Artusato	Guitar
Label	Nuclear Blast	Mike Tiner	Bass
Release	29 July 2011	Adam Pierce	Drums
Country	USA	-	Keyboard
Producer	Zach Ohren
Similar artists	The Faceless, Decrepit Birth

That deathcore can be truly tolling on the ears; I would suspect that I am not the first to discover this fact. Not because the music is especially difficult, but because it gets really boring so quickly. This also entails All Shall Perish's new album, that I in spite of offering truly great playing, fast grew tired of.

This has somewhat to do with the fact that I think the record's too long - 12 songs - which in this case is quite a few too many. The other thing about This Is Where It Ends is that after maybe 10 listenings I realize that this record is truly boring. The band plays furiously, plays fast, delivers breakdowns like there is no tomorrow, sings about just how hard life is. Goddamn, have we not heard this formula before?

I have heard a fair share of deathcore, enough to see that All Shall Perish really doesn't bring anything new to the table and in spite of being good musicians really doesn't bring forth music that stirs any emotions other than fatigue and annoyance in me.

If you haven't grown tired of deathcore as a subgenre you might find something interesting in This Is Where It Ends. The rest of you, like me, should look somewhere else.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
7	3	9	7	3

Summary
4 chalices of 10 - Martin