Reviews of the latest heavy metal, extreme, hardcore and hard rock CDs in 50 words or less from Chad Bowar.
Scoring
95-100: One of the best albums of the year (A+)
90-94: A (excellent)
80-89: B (good)
70-79: C (average)
60-69: D (disappointing or below average)
59 and below: F (sucks!)
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What an odd combination. All All Cost combines metalcore with synthesizers and along with usual hardcore screaming and melodic singing they also use the same strange"voicebox" effect used by Cher in the song "Believe." It may be a novelty, but at least it's something different in the ever homogenized metalcore genre.
posted by Chad Bowar @ 4:57 PM
Bowar is a freelance music writer and the heavy metal editor for About.com, a New York Times company. He has written for Outburn, Amp, Loud Fast Rules, Caustic Truths, Snaggletooth, Explicity Intense and many other print and online publications.
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