Review by Saxy S for Make Them Suffer - Make Them Suffer (2024)

A completely unremarkable djent/metalcore album from a band that has been quite unremarkable since I started listening to them (which granted is not that long ago).

If you've listened to any mainstream metalcore album over the last five years, you are already well aware of what the next forty minutes have in store. Are there eight string guitar riffs which are used as a shield to hide the existence of a true bass? Yes of course. How about formulaic pop song structures, complete with harsh verses and sung choruses? In droves. Monotone chorus deliveries by the vocalist? Check. Uninspired atmospheric instrumentals before whipping the listener into a djent fit of rage? You bet. And don't forget about those soft synthesized interludes!

I really wonder how much of this has to do with the bands roots as a symphonic deathcore band. That is not to say that I think Make Them Suffer should not change their sound, but the song themselves feel far less inspired and do a lot less to drive the listeners forward. Each song has the exact same tempo and follow the same verse-chorus formula. The alternating male/female vocals only help the record so much; credit where it is due, either vocal timbre is not limited to just doing the harsh or clean vocals. But when the band cannot do anything to compliment the vocals, it creates a massive problem for the rest of the recording, which just feels like an afterthought.

Make Them Suffer absolutely fall into the category of a singles band, similar to that of Lamb of God. Unlike Lamb of God however, Make Them Suffer supplementary material is significantly worse than their singles. If you checked out this album simple off the promotional singles, it doesn't get much better than that.

Best Songs: Epitaph, No Hard Feelings, Ghost of Me