![]() His hands are a little dirty, but it is not too noticeable. Matt keeps good time with his feet, with pretty clean rhythms. It’s mixed in with the rest of the music correctly, not too loud or soft. The harmonic notes greatly help the structure of the sound the band is trying to get out. The notes throughout the album are either the same as the vocals or the guitar, or go along with the music harmonically. The bass player jared plays essentially the same rhythms as the bass drum. Some of the melodies are down right difficult to play, as they are all over the fret board, while others are really simple and are used in songs no one will listen too. In essence they did well with creative musical riffs that go along with the vocals. Mike and Eric got pretty creative with the melodies, despite the overplayed genre they are stuck in. Plenty of two note octave chords, hammer ons, and pull offs. The screams sound great, but it's obvious the recording engineer used a distortion plugin for mixing the screaming parts. Screaming is frequent in this album as well, from both Craig and Jared. As much as this bugs me, I still love the sound, and have developed an attachment to it. His voice is proof that a lot of bands in Blessthefall’s genre get their distinct sound from the singer. He gives a respectable tone for the music and sets the overall feeling for the album. The following are my interpretations on how the different instruments and vocals fell together in the album.Ĭraig Mabbit is an overrated musician in the post-hardcore world at best, but he can still sing. The mixing and general production on His Last Walk is done sub-par, but its not too bad. Blessthefall have done alright with finding their own sound and bringing it out throughout the album. The band formed in Phoenix in January of 2004 as such I am quite impressed by their ability to create a respectable album that’s already being sold in stores. For the longest time their CD was only available on some websites, but it was finally released to Hot Topic on April 10th. His Last Walk is Blessthefall's first full album recording. Blessthefall has plenty of growth and development ahead of them, most notably with trying to be different, rather than trying to fit in. That being said, it is an OK post/hardcore band. If it were screamo the album would not have come out the way it did. To start off, this is a post/hardcore band. The first few tracks are good, the rest is major filler. Review Summary: Blessthefall’s growth in popularity is questionable, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t any good. ![]()
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