The Caitiff Choir

It Dies Today's debut The Caitiff Choir is an enjoyable album, nothing overly special. It Dies Today specializes and a type of Melodic Metalcore. You can hear a range of influence here. Thrash, NWOBHM, Gothenburg and Hardcore. So as you can probably tell already, It Dies Today stands out from their peers.

It Dies Today has a nack for catchy song writing. A lot of the riffs and chorus' really stick in your mind. I've found myself humming the melody of the chorus' at times. It's fun to listen to above all. The production however, is pretty alright, sounds clear, except at higher volume levels, becomes a bit 'noisy' and irritating, so a moderate volume does this album well. It Dies Today's vocalist also has a good soaring clean voice, adding melody and flare to the songs. This is best heard on songs; "The Radiance", "A Threnody for Modern Romance", & "Marigold". The interesting thing about It Dies Today is that they don't use the expected clean soaring chorus in every song, there's a good 4-5 songs which are completely sung in harsh vocals.

The songs here are fun and enjoyable to listen to, a few of them are even party worthy, a couple of them never seem to catch fire and sound almost filler. But the gems here, are excellent. Namely "A Threnody for Modern Romance", a high flying song with melodic leads, extremely catchy chorus and a nice solo, unquestionably the albums highlight. Other notables "Marigold" and "Freak Gasoline Fight Accident" follow after, which means the middle holds the heat of the album.

It Dies Today aren't as brutal as your average Metalcore band, but they're slightly more technical, as I said, they blend genres effortlessly. Fun music, I recommend it.