» 4 out of 5 Evil Faces

Here is a new release from California’s All Shall Perish entitled The Price Of Existence. This CD was released by Nuclear Blast a few weeks ago.

Here is a band that mixes death & black metal with a mild taste of hardcore. Mainly the vocals are where the hardcore style exists though some of the guitar also has a hint.

As I have mentioned before, I am not the biggest fan of hardcore mixed with metal. I am not saying that I do not like it. I just mean that it is not my favorite. I am from the old school, thus more of a traditional metal fan.

Maybe this just means I am getting old and set in my ways.

Either way this is a not a bad CD. In fact just the opposite, it is a good CD. Not my favorite, but still good. It is definetely heavy and has some great riffs, pounding drums, angry vocals and soothing melodies thrown in to keep you from going insane.

The guitarists at times display great skill on their instruments. The vocals are typical of metal but are also good and encompass a range of styles. The drums are also very tight.

This is one of the better death/hardcore bands I have heard in awhile.

The reason is that they are still more death & black metal than they are anything else. Though before you start emailing me with complaints. The hardcore aspects of the band cannot be dismissed, all in all this CD has alot of varying styles to offer.

We will call this Melodic Death, Black Hardcore Metal, for lack of a better description.

I could name a few bands that are similar in style

The only problem I have with this CD is there is this real low bass drum beat every now and then (similar to some Texas death metal bands) that I find out of place, kinda distrascting and rather annoying.

Might just be me.

The band has stayed true to their sound, so if you liked their previous release you are sure to like this one as well.