Another Dimension

From the very bottom of the barrel comes this marriage of the worst elements to be introduced to metal. Sung-shout pseudo rapping crybaby vocals, rock harmony 101 major key melodies underneath layers of chuggy 90s grooves, and stock standard speed metal frills thrown in between approximations of Iron Maiden-isms derived by proxy from the self-titled Hypocrisy album. The songs go nowhere, being nothing more than a series of incongruous parts suggesting they are sometimes "angry" at things, but then they throw in a "bittersweet" melodic Hypocrisy riff to show their "sensitive" side. Piss poor keyboard implementation makes this a more awkwardly comedic alternative to Six Feet Under's cover albums, often time playing ill-fitting DJ emulation sampling at best. At worst, synth lines that sound like they were lifted from the Duke Nukem 3D soundtrack rear their ugly head.

The vocals are ridiculously horrible. Delivered in a pseudo-rap crying manner reminiscent of Slipknot and interrupted by background "growls" and sometimes harmonized in prepubescent tones, this is probably the worst element of this recording as it's the most overbearing. This results in their lyrics about "personal demons" and other cringe worthy topics being really easy to make out, further piling on to the atrocious nature of it all. This is unimportant music. It's what happens when a group of guys decide to make music out of a collage of the past and what's currently "hip" for no reason than to "rock out". They don't even do this effectively as all these songs are confused about their own direction, imparting nothing upon the listener (Calling to the Distance sounds like a 311 or Sublime song with distortion thrown on mid way to pretend to be metal). Vapid. Avoid at all costs, but for laughs, I strongly recommend listening to the song Shattered Sunrise. Those early id Software keyboards and tuneless vocals in the intro are hilarious, but the real punchline is delivered when a breakdown is played over beep-bloop-blorp noises.