Aug 16, 2009 13:03
"Does anyone remember Still Life? These kids sure do, which is rad, because I always felt that Still Life kind of got the short end of the stick in the mid nineties, with a lot more people payiing attention to Portaits Of Past.
syn*error play my favorite style of hardcore, the kind without breakdowns, the type where kids have heart and spit passion. The one embodied by d.i.y. shows in basements and houses, where everyone has handmade patches sewn onto their hoodies, where no one is afraid to be themselves, where there is no type of consumerism or corporate endorsement involved whatsoever. They remind me a lot of Still Life mixed with Saetia, with some early Four Hundred Years thrown in there. They actually start "Nummer 5 Lebt" out with a guitar part that could have been lifted right off of Transmit Failure, with the vocals sounding quite a bit like Guy from Rites Of Spring mixed with Indian Summer. They have these great build ups which are emotionally charged and some gorgeous melodies interspersed with the chaos and fury that they bring.
syn*error are a great addition to this series. Get anything you can by them now before they self implode."