Modern hardcore. Modern thrash. Black Breath epitomize the
collision of these two new forces of rock music, and add a dash of death metal
just to ensure pure heaviness. Don’t expect much classic era thrashing (except
in album art and lyrical themes, which is mad), but don’t expect any cop-out
retreats to metalcore breakdowns either. It’s evident on Sentenced to Life
that Black Breath have found out how to kick arse and are just going to do it,
as this album continues on exactly where Heavy Breathing left off.
It doesn’t suffer from this however, if anything this is a little bit more
intense than the last record, and I reckon there should be at least one more
album before this specific take on metal is exhausted.
Brutal thrash grooves and rhythmic hardcore vocals like
knives flying from your sound system. Sentenced to Life is solid from
beginning to end much like its predecessor, and once again the production is
absolutely incredible. The production is so fucking good you can hook the
shittiest little pocket speaker up to this and BB will still have your head
banging, thanks to Kurt Ballou of Converge’s incredible skillz in the studio. Almost
every riff is sick as all hell; driving, downright catchy hardcore thrash
poundings. Vocals are pissed off as fuck, holding the anthemic hardcore spirit
of the band intact through the periods of hard metal annihilation. Check out
the sweet oldschool cover art as you listen to this and that brutal judge’s gavel
will smash your face. It’s time for me to go and damage my neck further with
another listening of this album. There is nothing left to be said, except: BUY.
In short: If you like this kind of music Sentenced to
Life is going to kick your pathetic little arse.
Standout tracks: Home of the Grave, Endless Corpse
Score: 9.0
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