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CHOPCORE
REVIEWS
Metal-Guide.com: Although existing for only three years, this band has already managed to create their own sound and personal style. Formed in 1998, and have only one album released, one would expect that they would experiment with their sound more, or trying to follow one of today's Metal trends. Chopcore are combining a lot of various elements into their music, elements from Punk and Rock, Metal, Thrash and Hardcore and plenty of melodies around, and a singer that sings either Hardcore or Death, or both ways. So, you can imagine that at least there is variety into their music, variety and nice ideas too. The songs are cool and catchy, easy to get into and earn you from the first time, but are not the kind of songs that might gain huge airplay, mostly because they don't really fit anywhere. The song structures are well worked, with many constant changes and surprises into each song, and they are well worked, with many nice ideas and moments. The album contains a Pc section with some video stuff as well. The production is good enough and helps their music very much. If you are into Hardcore, or you want to hear something catchy, aggressive and highly interesting, then check them out. Tombstone.gr: A band from the States playing Hard Core with some influences from Grind as well. Fast and aggressive music, with not much when it comes to technique and less worked than what it should be. Their music has influences from classic hard core bands such as Pro Pain or earlier thrash core acts such as Dirty Rotten Imbeciles, but there's also a more modern edge in their music influenced by some classic American grind bands. The result is not bad, but it's nothing special either and the guys still need a lot of work. Most of all they need to write songs that don't listen identical, because in more than just one case they repeat themselves and the listener can easily get bored. The production could certainly be better, since it is heavy and aggressive but not as clear as it should be. Fans of extreme hard core might find a few things to like, but we strongly recommend that you listen the album before you invest in it. Guts Of Darkness: Chopcore, voilà un nom qui ne me dit rien... Et lorsque je vois sur la jaquette du disque "Featuring former vocalist of Mortal Decay johnny Paoline", alors je comprends rapidement... Utiliser la présence d'un membre relativement connu (enfin là pas trop non plus...) cache toujours un disque assez creux. Et bien ici, çà ne rate pas ! Chopcore nous joue un hardcore foncièrement violent, mais très classique, sur lequel est posé un chant, varié certes, mais terriblement inefficace. En effet, le Johnny Paoline est un véritable spécialiste des vocaux death bien dégueu' (il n'y a qu'à voir la pochette, bien dans l'esprit grindgore) mais pas du chant hardcore. Son chant est très lourd, même si adéquat, mais là où cela devient gênant, c'est lorsqu'il se lance dans des rugissements death ultra gutturaux qui n'ont mais alors rien à faire là ! Honnêtement, toute la partie chant est pour moi à revoir, car il est en plus sur-mixé en avant ! Pour le reste, et bien c'est très classique : gros riffs efficaces, rythmiques "jumpantes", basse qui claque, titre "Dance phobia" véritable hommage au hardcore (textuellement). Mais malheureusement c'est aussi des titres qui ne marquent pas (excepté "Your dream my loss"), et une production au son bien trop sourd. Bref, un disque qui déçoit... |