Real-Life Death

Waking the Cadaver. These guys have been hated by many people. Of course not without any reason. Treble-heavy riffs, excessive use of break-beats (as expected from a deathcore band), awful growled vocals, silent bass (!), bad drumming patterns, you name it. WtC really deserve to be the most awful band in this universe.

However, WtC are now not what they used to be. They have now found out a way to plug their bass properly, they have fixed their songwriting (though not necessarily for better, of course), and Don Campan has now succeeded in emulating John Gallagher instead of totally sounding like somebody drinking their cappuccino noisily. And currently, they have just released their latest album, "Real-Life Death". Which shows those changes, which miserably aren't even quite much.

While listening to early parts of "Insult to Injury", I still didn't think that this band had changed like before. The extremely noisy guitars (yet silent bass), excessive break-beats, messy drumming patterns and awful vocals are still there, but as the song itself progresses, it has been clear Campan has just realized that he has to sound better, instead of just growling uncontrollably like before (I would like to bet that he plagiarized Japs, previous vocalist of Siksakubur), yet the vocals are still not well executed. Sometimes, Campan will go back to his "UUUUGGGGGHH!!!!! BREEEEEEE SHREDDED WHEAT!!!!!" vocals before switching back to a John Gallagher-esque vocals. In a very uncontrollable manner, so uncontrollable you may have to guess what kind of vocals Campan will use several seconds later. The lyrics also still feel childish like before (although "Money Power Death" is one of the proofs that this band has matured, apparently).

The songwriting has apparently varied... just a little bit. Instead of having their break-beats sound monotonous like before, they have extended some of their break-beats only to result in sounding too similar to some weak post-hardcore band. This may have been a result if a band has always wanted to have all of their songs moshable without even sounding too monotonous (and of course without even refining their songwriting).

At best, this is a very fast and impulsive, yet very messy brutal death metal/hardcore. At worst, this is just your another incomprehensible noise. I suggest you avoid this album, though you may want to hear at least one or two songs.