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Unearth release video for "Incinerate" Band: UnearthSong: "Incinerate"Director: Daniel VandalAlbum: Extinction(s)Release Date: November 23rd, 2018Label: Century Media RecordsPurchase: All options

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Unearth - Extinction(s)

Track list:

Incinerate

Dust

Survivalist

Cultivation of Infection

The Hunt Begins

Hard Lined Downfall

King of the Arctic

Sidewinder

No Reprisal

One With The Sun

So Unearth are a band from Boston, Massachusetts that formed just before the turn of the century in 1998 and have been bringing the huge riffs right to us ever since. The 3 main guys Trevor Phillips, Ken Susi and Buz McGrath are the only 2 members that have stood the length of this career and have written all 7 albums which includes this one. An interesting fact I read here though is that the guitarist from The Acacia Strain had been helping the guys with the guitar work for this record, something I wasn’t expecting but that's definitely a style that suits Unearth’s quite well.

So initially I was under the impression that there had been a change in vocalist here, but apparently Mr Trevor Phillips is still the lead of the group, his voice sounds so different on this album though, much deeper than usual (check for yourselves, I mean now I know I’m started to see it but compare “Incinerate” to an older track like “My Will Be Done”). Musically Unearth are still being who they were back when now, the really technical and intricate guitar riffs pounded alongside a huge tempo and drum line, they’ve always been identifiable by that trademark sound. “Dust” is exactly how I remember feeling the first time I ever checked out III: In The Eyes Of Fire and particularly “Sanctity of Brothers” and “This Time Was Mine”, just sheer adrenaline and aggression matched with really tasty guitar work and heavy beats. The last couple of albums didn’t really leave much of a lasting impression as much as I would have liked, but this album definitely feels like a step back to their origins, “Cultivation of Infection” definitely feels on par with “This Lying World” which is definitely a fantastic thing for me.

They’ve not compromised on their more modern style of writing they have developed in the last couple of albums but they’ve definitely brought back heavy amounts of the style that built the band’s identity in the first place, the outcome of which has been a fantastic experience that I can honestly say I believe fans young and old can get on board with.

[8/10]

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[NEW RELEASE] Unearth - Extinction(s) (2018) Unearth bring the headbang once again 8/10 \m/ (click pic to listen)

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Unearth - Extinction(s)

With the year coming close to its close, we have quite a few bands squeezing their way onto the list of releases this year, and one of the most recent of those is Unearth, with their seventh full-length album here, Extinction(s). Unearth are a five-piece from Boston, Massachusetts who have been metalcore-ing away for twenty years now (yes, I made it into a verb, just go with it), but have never really ascended beyond C-list status in the genre. Your A-listers are your pillars of the genre like Converge, As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Engage, and now Code Orange (they definitely shot themselves to the top by mopping the floor with 2017). Your B-listers are bands who have made some well-recognized albums like Underoath, Knocked Loose, Bullet for My Valentine, and Demon Hunter. I’d put Vein up there too with how well they’ve done for themselves this year. I know these are examples from distant realms within metalcore, but I wanted to provide more than just the melodic metalcore side of the genre. The C-list is for groups like For Today and Unearth, bands that have built a stable enough fanbase, but struggle to really make an impact on the genre and establish themselves as real favorites. Unearth were probably at their closest to breaking through around the time of The March and Darkness in the Light when Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage had teamed up with them at the production helm. But the band still struggled to gain traction, and with the type of metalcore they played being slowly abandoned over the years since then, they’ve found themselves in dire straits again.

So how are Unearth trying to do exactly that to their name? Well, Adam Dutkiewicz is back, not as a producer, but to record drums. But the band aren’t just trying to do what worked in 2008 again; they have definitely seen where metalcore is heading right now, and they are following suit.

The fork in the road for a band like Unearth was to either follow in the footsteps of Bullet for My Valentine, Underoath, and Bring Me the Horizon, away from metalcore and into the risky waters of alt. metal radio, or follow the resurgence of metallic hardcore brought forth my bands like Code Orange, Vein, and Jesus Piece. Thankfully, they chose the latter.

From the very opening of the album, with the track “Incinerate”, it’s clear the band have taken note of where metalcore is heading right now. The song’s pick-slides, harmonics, and punchy, jagged riffage and breakdown all point to much more Converge influence than what has shown through on previous albums. The band still blend it with the semi-anthemic melodic style they’ve been known for, but the mesh actually goes over a lot better than I thought it would, and the breakdown of the following track, “Dust”, does well to integrate some Converge into a more quick-paced 2000′s metalcore breakdown.

We still get plenty of the usual double-bass/palm-mute synchronicity and fast-paced guitar solos on songs like “The Hunt Begins” and slowed breakdowns on songs like “Survivalist”, the thrashy “King of the Arctic”, and “Hard Lined Downfall”. But songs like “Cultivation of Infection” and the blast-beat-laden “Sidewinder” continue to integrate the sounds of the genre’s first wave in a way that helps update and boost the power of the band’s metalcore assault. The only notable low point is perhaps the off-putting major-key melodic guitar work on the song “No Reprisal”, which takes me back to like 2006, and not in a pleasing way. The down-tuned closing track that follows suffers a bit from this same problem, but not nearly to the same degree, and not so much that some groovy down-tuned riffing can’t save it and end the album on a monstrous note.

Unearth still don’t really do anything flashy or super invigorating to the genre, but they as unoriginal as this album is, I really can’t complain about it too much. It’s the work of a band trying to keep up, but by bolstering their sound rather than diluting it or forsaking it on an ill-conceived shortcut to success via rock radio. Unearth may not bring too many memorable riffs or catchy breakdowns the the table, and they may not even be able to branch out beyond their standard writing format, but they are channeling a respectably pummeling modern metalcore album that brings together the best elements of old and new. No corny good-cop-bad-cop vocals, no tangents into pop nonsense, no shallow production tricks, just honest, crunchy, growly metalcore. For what this album represents alone, I respect the hell out of it. And honestly, despite not really presenting with too many unique musical ideas, Extinction(s) has continued to grow on me for its tight performances, honest approach, and tasteful integration of new elements of the genre without bastardizing their own sound and coming off as trendy.

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Album Review: Unearth – Extinction(s) (Video)

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Album Review: Unearth - Extinction(s) (Century Media Records)

Album Review: Unearth – Extinction(s) (Century Media Records)

Four years have passed since the metalcore veterans Unearth delivered Watchers of the Rule and they’re now back with their seventh album, Extinction(s) out on November 23rd 2018 via Century Media Records.

Kicking off with the lead single Incinerate, Unearth get their new album off to an absolutely blistering start. A crunchy metalcore offering that hits all of the Unearth fan spots from sweeping…

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Unearth release "One With The Sun" music video

Band: Unearth Song: “One With The Sun” Album: Extinction(s) Release Date: November 23rd, 2018 Label: Century Media Records

Vocalist Trevor Phipps said of the clip:

“We chose ‘One With The Sun’ as the first video off Extinction(s) because we feel it’s one of the hardest hitting tracks in our entire catalog.

Musically it’s everything Unearthis about and lyrically it deals with the effects of…

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Unearth streaming new song "One With The Sun" Band: Unearth Song: "One With The Sun" Album: Extinction(s) Release Date: November 23rd, 2018 Label: Century Media Records Pre-order: All options