Bleed the Sky: Paradigm in Entropy

Hailing from California, Nuclear Blast's new signing Bleed the Sky seem to be a band that's trying to do too many things at once, and not really doing any of them very well. Sure, there's plenty of bone crunching guitar riffs here, played with gusto by the tandem of Kyle Moorman and Wayne Miller, but the band can't decide whether it wants to be a metalcore, melodic death metal, melodic punk, or nu-metal band. Singer Noah Robinson has a decent voice when singing the more melodic pieces, such as on "Leverage" or the catchy and atmospheric "The Martyr", but his grating screams on songs like "Borrelia Mass", and many of the other tracks is simply without any real conviction or personality. It's as if the band wanted to be another Killswitch Engage or Chimaira, except they lack the originality and songwriting skills of either band. I will give them this, they can pummel the listener with their huge sonic barrage, as they do well on tracks like "Gated" (complete with effects laden lead guitar work, samples, and huge riffs) and the speed metal/thrash of "Division". Overall though, this is generic metacore that shows some promise, but the end result is Bleed the Sky needs a little work before they can compete with the heavyweights.

Track Listing
1) Minion
2) Killtank
3) Paradigm in Entropy
4) Skin Un Skin
5) Leverage
6) The Martyr
7) Gated
8) God in the Frame
9) Division
10) Borrelia Mass

Added: July 2nd 2015
Reviewer: Pete Pardo
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Related Link: Bleed the Sky Website
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Language: english

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