Bury Your Dead - Beauty and the Breakdown (2006)^{Release ID: 19196}

As I started to investigate the clans on the site that I am not that familiar with Bury Your Dead leaped out at me as a band I had at one time or another enjoyed some of the output from.  I think they appeared on a cover CD from some mag back in the noughties and I was caught off-guard by how appealing I found their particular brand of metalcore.  Being an elitist prick at the time I supressed this interest immediately and ran to the safety of my death metal LP's.  Now I am all grown up and mature(ish) I quickly found myself playing Beauty and the Breakdown on repeat most of Friday and Saturday with wanton abandon.

To an untrained metalcore listener like myself, Bury Your Dead's appeal is reminiscent of me discovering Pantera or Machine Head back in the 90's.  The raw energy that this record exudes alongside its simply relentless delivery captures some element of youth in me that doesn't often show its pimply face these days.  The immediacy of the songs, the catchiness without the sacrificing of the heaviness and the sheer coercive intent of the delivery tick multiple boxes for me as I gurn my way through track after track.

I would liken this record to a Burn My Eyes or Vulgar Display of Power in terms of attitude and delivery as it instigates similar levels of curiosity in me which is borne out in the fact that I haven't stopped playing it for two days.  It feels like a record from a band with something to say that matters to them on a personal level and this comes across lyrically as much as it does musically.  This genuine edge to the album makes it all the more appealing but don't get me wrong on their own pummelling tempos and heartfelt vocals don't cut it, the success here is the combination of the two to compliment each other.