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<\/a>\nAlthough, arguably, few metalcore bands manage to keep the genre alive with convincing efforts, Iowa\u2019s For Today is an exception from that rule. \u2018Wake\u2019 is indeed a potent release with lots of the typical metalcore energy as well as, importantly, atmosphere in abundance.<\/p>\n
The key word is diversity. The metalcore bands who focus on brutality, brutality and then a bit more brutality don\u2019t really cut it in my universe. There has to be more than that. There has to be some sign of intelligence.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not saying that I want pop, but, yes, I don\u2019t mind a clean vocal here or a catchy refrain there. For Today combine both dumb-arse-brutal breakdowns and clean vocal catchiness right from the outset with opener “No Truth, No Sacrifice”. There is also a touch of the doodling, shrill guitar work, which I can best characterise as being typical for Djent bands, something which gives the album a more modern touch and adds to the diversity as well as the at times haunting insistence on capturing your attention.<\/p>\n
In sum: Although clearly hanging on to the metalcore tag, For Today have accomplished to create an album that effectively bridges vulnerable melody with brutality. All in all a great album!<\/p>\n
Tracklist:<\/h4>\n
01. No Truth, No Sacrifice
\n02. Broken Lens
\n03. Forced Into Fire
\n04. Deserter
\n05. Bitter Roots
\n06. Wasteland
\n07. Hopeless Ambition
\n08. Determination
\n09. Flooded Earth
\n10. Time And Tide<\/p>\n
Playing time:<\/strong> 37 minutes<\/p>\n Release date:<\/strong> 2nd of October, 2015<\/p>\n Label:<\/strong> Nuclear Blast Records<\/p>\n Website:<\/strong> fortodayband.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Although, arguably, few metalcore bands manage to keep the genre alive with convincing efforts, Iowa\u2019s For Today is an exception from that rule. \u2018Wake\u2019 is indeed a potent release with lots of the typical metalcore [Read \u00bb]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oct_exclude_from_cache":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[389,17],"class_list":{"0":"post-3827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews","8":"tag-for-today","9":"tag-metalcore"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3827"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3833,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827\/revisions\/3833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsite.powerofmetal.dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}