Former Arms Bend Back guitar player, turned producer Carson Slovak showcases his new band Century. The album plays like an homage to old school metalcore in vein of bands like Deadguy, Cave In, Coalesce, and Seven Angels Seven Plagues, in which it succeeds very well and acts as quite the breathe of fresh air.
Right off the bat the record shines a light on the biggest negative, in which comes as the downfall of this record, the recording. The record is so over saturated with compression, it almost is unbearable to listen to for too long. The bass is extremely over powering, the compression muddies up the guitars and vocals, and it causes the record to run together.One positive to the recording however is that the drums sound great, but that alone obviously can't save it.
The record is heavy as hell and stands as mosh friendly, without being disgustingly moshtastic. Melodies on the record are quite beautiful when you press your ear to the speaker to decipher between what you think is the ringing of you going def, when you realize it's the crunchy computer digitization.
Basically I really don't listening to my records, even one with the potential to be as great as this one, through a cardboard toilet paper tube, it sucks when such good bands have recordings ruin their records.
FINAL GRADE: B-
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