THE FIRE THE FLOOD - TRUTH SEEKERS

No Sleep Records

THE FIRE THE FLOOD – TRUTH SEEKERS
No Sleep Records

By: Fridae Mattas

This band is no longer a float this is their last record after being a band since 2005 they have decided to part ways in 2008 May 10th was their last show as a band. The Fire The Flood is from Charlotte North Carolina the tunes are far from stellar was it a good thing that they broke up? Let’s find out!!

First track played from the LP “Truth Seekers” is ‘And It Grows Like Weeds’ okay where do I begin! The track’s music is incredible the band is remarkable; the singer has decent screamo vocals going on. A huge problem is diction; the enunciation of the words is nowhere to be found! At first listen it didn’t even sound like English more like German, you cannot understand a word he is saying even if you are reading the lyrics from the CD booklet! Just a bunch of yelling there was no way to decipher any of his jibberish except for the opening sentence and the repetition of the title near the end of the track! The album in itself has very few song variations all of the tracks sound the same they all have pace and key changes in the same places some tracks differ in ending but the core of all the tracks are the same.

Continuing on with the rerun filled LP ‘Truth Seekers’ I noticed how good other bands really were, no wonder these dudes are done they have so much competition from bands with consistency and fluidity. Hoping to find at least one tune that is good enough to praise but the only extol thus far is to the musicians for playing their instruments well, minus the vocals of the singer. The best track on the album is ‘Mudswampers’, far more perspicuity than the others. One thing they did do right is the lyrics, as short and muddled as they were they were diverse. Here’s a line from track three ‘The Wolf Inside Of Me’, “Let the truth become freedom in your eyes, fellow truth seekers open your minds.”

These guys should put out a poetry book rather than a music record. It’s a good thing this band broke up because now maybe the instrumentalists can flourish in new bands with singers who can sing!!

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