Of all people who know SHAI HULUD since their days on Crisis/Revelation Records: Who would have expected them to release another full-length that could contest the groundbreaking efforts they made until their record That Within Blood Ill-Tempered? Well, I certainly wouldn’t. On the opposite, I totally ignored them for the last few years, since the tracks I’ve heard from their previous record, Misanthropy Pure, really didn’t do it for me. To much generic, slick Metalcore and dull riffage going on, I was actually wondering what had happened to them (and found my constrained, childish explanation in the sheer fact that they had signed to Metal Blade Records). And a lot of the people around me felt kinda the same, and so it happened SHAI HULUD vanished off my radar.
Anyway, just a few days ago SHAI HULUD released a new song which is going to appear on their new album Reach Beyond The Sun and while randomly browsing the interwebs I stumbled upon it and checked it out – firstly just to be able to bitch around about it, because like I said: My expectations were very low. But what can I say – this song (the title track of the album) is really, really awesome. It has all the trademark elements that made SHAI HULUD once the greatest Metalcore band ever (please note that I’m totally aware that most people have a justified disgust towards that term, but it fits so well): the desperate, intense vocals, the misanthropy pouring out of every single note, the back and forth, raging song-writing and first and foremost the unbelievable guitar work that merges an unmatched sense for melodies and forceful chord progressions.
I mean it might be a bit to early to praise the upcoming full-length (which will be out in February 2013), but if the other songs on the album are as good as this one, SHAI HULUD will have won me back. And now please check out Reach Beyond The Sun:
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