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Bloodlined Caligraphy-The Beginning of the End
(Strike First, 2004)
Raging metalcore is what BC specialize at, and within the first 5 seconds of the first song it's clear why this band is now signed to Facedown Records. The band manages to be sickeningly heavy, yet has a great sense of dynamics, and isn't afraid to throw in some straight forward fast hardcore riffs to let everyone know what scene they come from.
Like a lot of hardcore bands these days breakdowns are a huge part of the bands sound. The band manages to squeeze every last ounce of energy out of the breakdown riffs, but I think it's the more melodic riffs that really make the band shine. Some of the riffs really surprised me and almost had an Iron Maiden like feel to them. Others are a bit more along the lines of what you'd expect from the genre, a bit more emo or indy rock influenced. Don't let that fool you though, the band is very heavy, they just know when to throw in melody to keep things interesting.
The vocals on this thing are just plain sick. The vocalist, Ally, is just phenomenal and has one of the heaviest voices you'll ever hear. It's defnitely proof that woman are just as potent vocally as men. If not more so in some cases. They rips and tears her vocal chords most of the time, but also growls with the best of them at times as well. One of the other members of the band contrbutes clean vocals as well, which adds a lot of diversity to the vocals on the album.
This EP is too much of a tease. Now that I know what the band is capable of I can't wait to hear the bands debut full-length for Facedown. If you are into metalcore that isn't afraid to kick up the tempo, and that isn't afraid to try new things, then you need to check out Bloodlined Caligraphy right now.
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