Album Reviews

On album number five, Bury Your Dead have changed their sound quite a bit. With a new vocalist firmly in place it was obviously time for some change. And so while it still rains single-note breakdowns, chugga chugga riffs and double bass drums on “It’s Nothing Personal”, things have gotten decidedly more melodic. The choruses now come with clean vocals Killswitch Engage-style and the whole now has a lot more in common with nu metal rather than the punishing metalcore they were known for. Not sure it’s a good thing but while listening to “Hurting Not Helping” I could’ve sworn that I was listening to Slipknot and acts like Fear Factory and Mudvayne came to mind more than once as well.

The songs on “It’s Nothing Personal” are hard and catchy enough though to make something of an impression but overall there are so many bands that have tried this sound before that it’s really hard to come up with an album that stands out. And I think that’s where they failed… doesn’t really matter whether it’s by Bury Your Dead or another band, everyone has heard this album before.