Momentum
Whetting Occam's Razor
Halo of Flies (2012)
Momentum is a melodic hardcore band from the UK that writes music with a message. Whetting Occam's Razor is a full length that explores many different ideas with smart lyrics. Front man Alex (of Light Bearer and formerly Fall of Efrafa) writes with reason and intent combined with powerful music. At times, this album comes together to be something special. The lyrics are both intelligent and complex and cover many issues: the origin of our species, animal liberation, and false gods are all explored with a general theme of misanthropy. The record also asks us to start living outside our small world, suburban bedroom, limited point of view. It was written to make you think and is accented with the sound clips throughout. If approached with a proper mentality, the music will do a beautiful job of accomplishing that. However, I have said this before and will continue to do so: power is a very important thing with melodic hardcore. While Whetting Occam's Razor has its moments, it does not retain it throughout the release. Often times there are parts that are way too drawn out that break up the pacing so much that the listener loses interest–while a majority … Read more
Rotting Out
Street Prowl
6131 (2011)
There's something generally referred to as a summer record. That elusive album that you can blast out of the windows … Read more
Jimmy Cliff
Rebirth
Universal (2012)
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