Genre - Metal/Thrash/Hardcore/Metalcore
Label – Self Released
Track listing:
01 – Darkest Before
The Dawn
02 – Self Made
Asylum
03 – Baying For
Blood
04 – A Thousand
Times
05 – Another Day
06 – Undertow
07 – Lessons
08 – The Rising
Tide
09 – Deprivation
Internal Conflict are a five piece
Hardcore/Metalcore/Metal band hailing from Leicester (UK)with an ever growing
fan base, and now having just completed a very successful co-headlining tour of
the UK with Ballsdeep, Internal Conflict are now preparing for the release of
their new album 'TheRising Tide'. The band are made up of: Adam Kyle (Vocals)
Sean Rice (Guitars), Matt Hall (Guitars), Dan Laffar (Bass) and Dan Robbins (Drums).
With influences ranging from: The Haunted, Machine Head,
Lamb of God, Parkway Drive, As I Lay Dying, Gojira, Darkane, Chimaira, Death,
Pantera, Slayer, Sepultura, In Flames, Soilwork, Testament, Devildriver,
Sylosis, Malefice, Mastodon, Pink Floyd, Dream Theatre, While She Sleeps, Bleed
From Within, you kind of have an idea of what to expect from these guys, it’s
going to be hard, fast, aggressive and heavy!
Now I have to be brutally honest here and admit that I am
not the greatest fan of the hardcore/meal genre’s, hell to be honest Gallows
are the only real hardcore band that I can say that I am a fan of, but I am
approaching this album, and review with a totally open mind.
Internal Conflict seem to have been impressing all the
right people, gaining comments such as, "the passion was certainly
visible". (Getyourrockout.co.uk),
and Internal Conflict "clearly mean
business" (midlandsmetalheads.com)
and their music has even been described as
"a riot transcribed into musical form", which is a pretty apt
description to be fair.
The first thing that I notice just how mature and accomplished
the musicianship is on every song, no hints anywhere that this is the band’s
debut album. The guitar work of Sean Rice and Matt Hall stands up there alongside
that of any of the bi9g bands, and the rhythm section are as solid as anything,
not only providing a solid base for most of the songs, but in many cases
driving them along! Vocalist Adam Kyle sure has a set of longs on him too!
Every song upon ‘The Rising Tide’ is well written and well
performed, with the band managing to capture all the intended anger and rage to
perfection, and trust me there is plenty to be found upon ‘The Rising Tide’.
Your ears take a pummelling with every track, fast aggressive pounding riffs,
coupled with Adams vocals from Satan’s very own gut, and there is not a bad
track to be found anywhere. My only gripe with the album is that it could do
with a little more variation, after all, I could do with the odd slower kore
atmospheric track thrown into the mix so that I can catch my breath so to
speak.
Stand out tracks for me include, title track, ‘The Rising
Tide’ and the albums closer ‘Deprivation’ which see’s the band at their most versatile.
A good solid debut album that is sure to please pre-existing
fans of the band, and garner a fair amount of interest from fans of the genre
too.
Well worth checking out.
Rating 8/10
Watch the ‘Another Day ‘ Lyric video here:
Download the ‘Another Day’ MP3 here:
