BAND: BETRAYING THE MARTYRS
ALBUM: Breathe in Life
FORMAT: CD
RELEASED: 2011
LABEL: Listenable Records
8.50 out of 10.00
LINE-UP:
Aaron Matts - voce
Victor Guillet - voce, clape
Baptiste Vigier - chitara
Valentin Hauser - bas
Antoine Salin - tobe
Lucas D'angelo - chitara
1. Ad Astra
2. Martyrs
3. Man Made Disaster
4. Because Of You
5. Tapestry Of Me
6. Liberate Me Ex Inferis
7. Leave It All Behind
8. Life Is Precious
9. Love Lost
10. Azalee
11. When You're Alone
One of the youngest metalcore bands from France. "Breathe in Life" is the band from Paris debut album recently released in September 2011 by Listenable Records. The band started out in 2008 and in only 3 years they already have been signed by a prestigious label, which means a big step for them, a vote of confidence meant to mobilize. Wiggling back and forth between metalcore, death metal and modern hardcore, three popular genres in last years, Betraying The Martyrs will be able to easily find a loyal audience. The album offers a fresh sound, equally brutal, but dynamic, well balanced for a first material in the band's discography, following the line of band slike Fleshgod Apocalypse, Winds of Plague, Aborted or As I Lay Dying. An outstanding technical achievement, full of violence, perfect for neckbeaking, same time having pleasant surprise passages clear voice, doubled by smart keyboard (follow closely "Liberate Me Ex Inferis", a short song, but very effective, in a harmonic duet with guitar keyboards, with some unexpected influences of dubstep!). Production is very inspired, clean record (honestly, it's even preferable this way insead of a horrible garage sound, such as All Shall perish, for example). Soft post rock influences on instrumental parts and an unexpected end, with an elegant ballad, although atypical for the album (name it "Azalee").
http://www.myspace.com/betrayingthemartyrs
Titus Constantinescu
