A mere four months after the release of a covers album, For the Lions, New Haven's Hatebreed offers their first truly new album in three years. This self-titled offering, the band's fifth, is the first outing to feature both new guitarists -- Frank Novinec, who joined in 2006, and newcomer Wayne Lozinak. In addition, drummer Matt Byrne replaced original skin man Rigg Ross, making vocalist Jamey Jasta and bassist Chris Beattie the only two founding members. Despite the new members, the sound is crafted around almost exactly the same formula that has made the band such a sought-after attraction on the metalcore circuit. In the summer of 2009,they shared stages all over the world with Slipknot, Slayer, and Korn, as well as having preferred lineup spots in many music festivals. With this CD, faster, downtuned hardcore is melded to slower, more decidedly doom-laden death metal moments -- check the surprisingly retro but utterly killer instrumental "Undiminished" -- all played with extreme technical flare, stop-and-start cadences and call-and-response choruses. The rest of these 15 tracks range from headbanging anthems such as the opener, "Become the Fuse," to Hatebreed's trademark, bone-cracking heaviness in "Everyone Bleeds Now," and pummeling riff-laden hardcore in "Merciless Tide." As a bonus, there is an edit of "Escape" tacked on at the end of the set.
HATEBREED wholeheartedly believe that their new self-titled album is their best yet…and they are right. It sounds like the band has done some growing up as artists and musicians because Hatebreed is the band’s most musically diverse and accomplished record yet. Dynamics are what it’s all about and HATEBREED have expanded their arsenal [...]
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Why a self-titled album? Perhaps Hatebreed felt this year’s To The Lions covers album had separated them from their main objective. Perhaps, as this is the first original album to feature their newcomer guitarist Wayne Lozinak, they decided they are the whole new breed of hate! Perhaps it’s that they’ve been changing their sound, something [...]
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Why a self-titled album? Perhaps Hatebreed felt this year’s To The Lions covers album had separated them from their main objective. Perhaps, as this is the first original album to feature their newcomer guitarist Wayne Lozinak, they decided they are the whole new breed of hate! Perhaps it’s that they’ve been changing their sound, something [...]
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HATEBREED wholeheartedly believe that their new self-titled album is their best yet…and they are right. It sounds like the band has done some growing up as artists and musicians because Hatebreed is the band’s most musically diverse and accomplished record yet. Dynamics are what it’s all about and HATEBREED have expanded their arsenal [...]
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Hatebreed’s metal-orientated approach of hardcore isn’t popular by every hardcore fan, but facts don’t lie. They’ve toured the world multiple times, sold thousands of records and even got a Grammy nomination for their song ‘Live For This’. All in all they’ve been at the front of the hardcore genre since...
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Anna Saurama of Domination TV conducted an interview with vocalist Jamey Jasta of Connecticut hardcore/metal maters HATEBREED after band's June 19, 2009 concert at the Nummirock festival in Kauhajoki, Finland. Watch the chat below.HATEBREED will release its new self-titled studio album in the fall via E1 Music (formerly...
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At this point, I don’t know what to expect from Hatebreed’s upcoming, self-titled album. The first song the band released, “In the Ashes They Shall Reap,” really did nothing for me – but I actually quite liked the second song the band put out, “Merciless Tide.” So much so that I’ve been listening to it [...]
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Hatebreed have a new song, “Merciless Tide,” available for free download right here. It comes off their new, self-titled album, which will be released on E1 on September 29.And… hey! Lookit that. I actually like it. It reminds me why I always end up enjoying Hatebreed, even if they’re never gonna make another Satisfaction is [...]
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