Band:	Carnifex
Album:	Die Without Hope
Style:	Deathcore
Release date:	March 04, 2014
Guest review by:	Marcelo Hissa

01. Salvation Is Dead
02. Dark Days
03. Condemned To Decay
04. Die Without Hope
05. Hatred And Slaughter
06. Dragged Into The Grave
07. Rotten Souls
08. Last Words
09. Reflection Of The Forgotten
10. Where The Light Dies

Die Without Hope is the fifth album by American band Carnifex. Deathcore in the purest definition of the genre; death growls alternating with high screams added to the aggressiveness of death and the groove of metalcore. Ten tracks that follow precisely this cake recipe; to some a feast of heavy music, to others an indigestible repetition.

The album starts with increasing atmosphere foreshadowing the upcoming journey that is detonated with frantic drums, the name says it all: "Salvation Is Dead." Technical and fast, with alternating rhythm that does not allow the degeneration of the music into something tedious.

Every track keeps the the same formula, aggressiveness sharing space with slower passages (the death metal slowness). The big news is that the keyboard provides a touch of black metal here and there. The speed and the groove remains so similar that careless listener's may not realize which track is playing.

The title song "Die Without Hope" has a brief atmospheric intro, but quickly breaks to the kick drum. Do not be fooled into thinking that there is a festival of blast beats, although the pace is fast, it's still restrained. And so it goes for every song, that despite different names are structurally equal, the distinctions are made in the details. "Reflection Of The Forgotten" is a piano instrumental, a catch-your-breath kind of song that opens for the fastest piece "Where the Light Dies."

The production and music is undeniably well done; deathcore to the masses. The alternation of vocals does not break the rhythm and the solos are very well fitted. In the end the album is well played, well produced but quite repetitive. The impression is that the we listen to only one track nine times.