I've been sitting on "New England is Sinking", the debut full-length from Connecticut trio Deathkiller on I Scream Records, for way too long now. I first popped the disc in several months ago with absolutely zero idea of what to expect—and therefore, honestly, not particularly expecting much—and was pretty impressed by their extremely diverse brand of what would best be tagged as "post-hardcore" for any sort of reference point. Musically you can definitely hear bits and pieces of bands like Quicksand and Helmet and shit like that, but at the end of the day Deathkiller doesn't really sound like those bands at all. The songwriting puts forth a nice blend of that staple post-hardcore dissonance over pounding heaviness and punchy distorted basslines, subtly melodic/catchy accoutrements, atypically rocked out bursts of force, and then some. But it's a really surprisingly focused album, too: 13 tracks in less than a half-hour, with just one song surpassing three minutes in length (and barely), so... they definitely tend to keep the energy level up there so that everything moves right along. Not bad at all... so hopefully some of you will enjoy it as I do.
Deathkiller "Idle Worship"
Deathkiller "Carlos D is in My Top 8"
Comments
Very much enjoyed these tracks. Heard a little Snapcase in there as well, but I suppose saying ‘post-hardcore’ is good enough (and covers all of those bands and that sound). Can’t wait to hear the rest of this. Thank you sir!
12.14.2007 | By Karl J
It is pretty good cd, got it myself some time ago. To be honest it really suprised me at first, didn’t expect anything this good.
12.14.2007 | By markusxKTL
this record is killer. Reminds me a bit of the first Suicide Note record.
12.14.2007 | By Andy
Reviewed this for Asice some time ago. Expected something totally different, but thought it was pretty cool indeed. As I expected then I didn’t listen a lot to it though.
12.14.2007 | By Pim
I saw Deathkiller in NJ last year and they simply killed. I was so relieved when I got the CD and it kicked ass as well. The sleeper hit of 2007.
12.14.2007 | By phillytim
great review. I love this band.
12.15.2007 | By P.J.
hell yeah! rocked-out post-hardcore. “idle worship” has a killer chorus, been having it on repeat the whole morning. another great find.
12.16.2007 | By chris
“hell yeah! rocked-out post-hardcore. “idle worship” has a killer chorus, been having it on repeat the whole morning. another great find.”
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12.17.2007 | By nick