Plagues is the Sophomore release from young metalcore, Rise records boom band The Devil Wears Prada. Again produced by Foundation Studios' Joey Sturgis, the bands latest release is both an improvement, but a stagnant release.One of the biggest negatives i've had of this band, and frankly the only big beef i've ever had, is their lack of originality and honesty, and after this release I think the latter is simply due to the youth of this of this band. However, after some incredible exposure and one of the fastest growing fanbase for this style of music i've EVER seen, I think this band has made a great effort to establish their own sound.
Plagues, is chock full of noise, and deathcore, and strays away from typical constructive song structures that follow each other. Previously TDWP songs were constructed around the BIG mosh part, or the CATCHY singing part, with everything in between being simply unthoughtful space.
This record doesnt really follow typical structures and don't build around those aspects (while they still have aspects of both.)
Their aren't really aspects of technicality, but the structures themselves are very random which is good. However the real only criticism I have of this record, which comes as quite a bit of an INITIAL draw back, is at first listen the record is just kind of boring, and being that I review most of my records on those FIRST impressions, that is what I have come to see it as, a good, progressing, yet boring record. I do however think that if you give this multiple listens it has the potential to grow on you.
FINAL GRADE: B
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