Massachusetts-based metalcore band the Red Chord has become ever so slightly more palatable on this fourth album. They're still not writing songs with traditional verse-chorus structures for the most part, but "Hour of Rats" has some catchy parts (plus the great lyric "We've known each other too long to be friends"), and several other songs offer moments of pleasure amid the general atmosphere of discordant chaos. Like many other bands in the extreme metal realm these days, the Red Chord's extraordinary instrumental talent gets plenty of spotlight time throughout their albums, but their ability to subvert listener expectations with a sudden left turn -- an unexpected solo, or a riff that seems to have nothing to do with the one immediately before it -- is often given pride of place over writing a memorable song. Their music is a roller-coaster ride, exciting in the moment but not something you can mull over in your mind afterward; it all goes by too fast, and changes too much along the way. It mixes grindcore and progressive death metal, occasionally letting the songs swirl around and get almost psychedelic, as on the weird "Floating Through the Vein," but most of the time it's aggression that carries the day, so that just as something's starting to catch your ear (like the bass fills in "Ingest the Ash," leading to a pretty interesting guitar break), they shift to another blastbeat. This is a frustrating album, and it seems like the Red Chord like it that way.
Fed Through the Teeth Machine is well executed, mature, and utterly mosh-worthy, a great example of how to remain true to metal roots without becoming trapped inside them.The Red Chord has been plowing through the metal scene since its 2002 debut Fused Together in Revolving Doors. Representing Worcester, Massachusetts aggressively with punishing rhythms, stop-start dynamics, and a grinding vers...
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By Ben ApatoffIt's not the first thing you'll notice about Fed Through the Teeth Machine, but maybe the second or third time around you'll grasp how many riffs, solos and lyrics you recognize already. Few grindcore bands have instant sticking power like THE RED CHORD, and even fewer are capable of boundary-shattering albums like this [...]
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Last week we gave Fed Through the Teeth Machine, the incredible new album from death/grind/prog pioneers The Red Chord, four out of five horns, and, honestly, we’re not even sure that that’s a high enough rating. Certain to make many year-end lists, Fed Through the Teeth Machine displays The Red Chord doing what they do [...]
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Only history will tell us for sure, but I suspect that The Red Chord’s 2002 debut, Fused Together in Revolving Doors, will end up being regarded as one of the most influential metal records of its time. Its title is truly appropriate; it’s not a death album, it’s not a grind album, it’s not a [...]
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By Ben ApatoffIt's not the first thing you'll notice about Fed Through the Teeth Machine, but maybe the second or third time around you'll grasp how many riffs, solos and lyrics you recognize already. Few grindcore bands have instant sticking power like THE RED CHORD, and even fewer are capable of boundary-shattering albums like this [...]
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Fed Through the Teeth Machine is well executed, mature, and utterly mosh-worthy, a great example of how to remain true to metal roots without becoming trapped inside them.The Red Chord has been plowing through the metal scene since its 2002 debut Fused Together in Revolving Doors. Representing Worcester, Massachusetts aggressively with punishing rhythms, stop-start dynamics, and a grinding vers...
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Well, it's official! THE RED CHORD's upcoming release Fed Through The Teeth Machine now has a concrete release date: October 27th. The band have also released the cover art for the CD (to your right) and Gunface released a statement talking about the CD: We spent the last year working hard on this one and [...]
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Ready to get your mind blown? Head over to our to our brostafas Metalsucks who are currently hosting a full album stream of the new THE RED CHORD CD, Fed Through The Teeth Machine. The disc comes out in stores on Tuesday.
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I’ve really been digging The Red Chord’s Fed Through the Teeth Machine lately. REALLY digging it. It was impressive on first listen, sure, but it’s also a grower. I was over in the Axl Annex of the Mansion earlier this week with the vaporizer, and Axl pointed shit out to me that I’d never heard [...]
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Last week we gave Fed Through the Teeth Machine, the incredible new album from death/grind/prog pioneers The Red Chord, four out of five horns, and, honestly, we’re not even sure that that’s a high enough rating. Certain to make many year-end lists, Fed Through the Teeth Machine displays The Red Chord doing what they do [...]
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There’s a lyric in the song “Hour of Rats” from Fed Through the Teeth Machine, the album by The Red Chord, and this particular lyric has really taken hold in my brain as of late: “WE’VE KNOWN EACH OTHER TOO LONG TO BE FRIENDS.” What a simple, beautiful statement that I can 110% relate to [...]
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Only history will tell us for sure, but I suspect that The Red Chord’s 2002 debut, Fused Together in Revolving Doors, will end up being regarded as one of the most influential metal records of its time. Its title is truly appropriate; it’s not a death album, it’s not a grind album, it’s not a [...]
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GOOD MORNING! I’ve got good news, very good news, great news, and really great news. Ready? Okay, here we go:GOOD NEWS: The Red Chord’s new album, Fed Through the Teeth Machine, now has cover art (above) and an official release date of October 27, once again via Metal Blade. Some people don’t care about a [...]
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