Review by Saxy S for Bleeding Through - Nine (2025)

The first new release from Bleeding Through in almost a decade, and my first exposure to the band since 2006's The Truth is a fun romp of death tinged metalcore. Bleeding Through are comfortable doing what they do best and Nine is a very comfortable slab of unapologetic 2000s melodic metalcore. But the band is also not so focused on the past that they cannot see what is going on in the world of deathcore at the moment, so they go the extra mile and add some bombastic symphonic sections. Some of them sound really good, others not so much. Personally, I found the symphonic elements of Nine to distract and become less impactful as the album continued. 

Song wise, Nine has some decent choruses. Songs may be a little predictable, but at least Bleeding Through bother to add or subtract from the formula every once in a while to keep it fresh; whether that be adding a sung chorus, taking away a breakdown in favour of a more traditional bridge, or adding a guitar solo break. It keeps the album fresh, while also retaining the identity of the band in a way. I think that the band are stronger when playing more groove oriented tracks rather than the face melting thrashers, with "Path of Our Disease" standing out. The guest features are okay, with "War Time" sounding like a modern Shadows Fall song with I thought was pretty cool. Overall, the album is a little formulaic by Bleeding Through's standards, but they do enough to keep it engaging through a full listen. It has a couple standouts here and there, but the rest just sounds like modern metalcore slop to me.

Best Songs: Dead But So Alive, Path Of Our Disease, Emery