Reported from metalsucks.net, The first cut on As Blood Runs Black’s sophomore offering, Instinct, is called “Triumph,” and it’s an appropriate title. The forty-one second long instrumental is an epic, Gothenburgian score to a horror movie that doesn’t exist — think the riff that begins and concludes The Black Dahlia Murder’s “I Will Return,” and you’ll have some idea of what I’m talking about. I enjoyed this brief intro so much, in fact, that I assumed I was about to listen to an album which, if lacking in innovation, would at least be a lot of fun. Maybe I’d finally become an ABRB fan after all.
Alas — “Triumph” is the best thing on Instinct, an otherwise fine-but-unspectacular effort.
I’m sure ABRB’s defenders will argue that they helped invent this style of metal. That assertion is debatable, but even if we accept it for the sake of argument, it doesn’t really matter — in the nearly five years since they released Allegiance, enough bands to fill their own continent have made this exact same record. This shit is just tired, plain and simple.
I’m sure ABRB’s defenders will argue that they helped invent this style of metal. That assertion is debatable, but even if we accept it for the sake of argument, it doesn’t really matter — in the nearly five years since they released Allegiance, enough bands to fill their own continent have made this exact same record. This shit is just tired, plain and simple.
You’ll hear worse albums than Instinct this year. But that’s not very high praise I guess.
Tracks
- Triumph
- Legacy
- Resist
- City of Gamble
- Reborn
- Tribulations
- Divided
- King of Thieves
- In Honor
- Echoes of an Era
- Instinct
If you like it, please buy it on their official website/merchandise.
As Blood Runs Black - Instinct (2011)
As Blood Runs Black - Instinct (2011)
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