Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure

Metal/Hardcore hybrid... This is how you do it right:



Ridiculously energetic shit with a nice prog touch and wonderful sense of melody yet still packs a huge punch to the face.
Man, if I could only give it another thumbs up... Maybe in the form of a review, heh!

Too much melody, not enough Ooomph.

Written by Boxcar Willy on 11.12.2012 at 00:40
not enough Ooomph.

What?... Man I so don't agree with this. You should still give the whole album a go tbh, hella varied.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 11.12.2012 at 00:41

Written by Boxcar Willy on 11.12.2012 at 00:40
not enough Ooomph.

What?... Man I so don't agree with this. You should still give the whole album a go tbh, hella varied.

Maybe, as it sits, it's just too high, feels like an alto metal band. there's no low stuff.

Written by Boxcar Willy on 11.12.2012 at 00:43
Maybe, as it sits, it's just too high, feels like an alto metal band. there's no low stuff.

Alternative metal? Oh Man.

I hear mostly (great) hardcore with metal, not the other way around which is cool.

Written by X-Ray Rod on 11.12.2012 at 00:45

Written by Boxcar Willy on 11.12.2012 at 00:43
Maybe, as it sits, it's just too high, feels like an alto metal band. there's no low stuff.

Alternative metal? Oh Man.

I hear mostly (great) hardcore with metal, not the other way around which is cool.

Alto, as in musical theory, it's the high section of a band. Like if someone has a high singing voice, they'd an alto singer.

I'll check out the rest, but I better not be disappointed.

Written by Boxcar Willy on 11.12.2012 at 00:53
Alto, as in musical theory, it's the high section of a band. Like if someone has a high singing voice, they'd an alto singer.

Don't know why I saw a typo there as I'm familiar with the term. Anyways, I think it's a great album. I personally can't see it produced in another way since it doesn't aim for brutality like your regular deathcore with very low tones, but for sheer energy. The only things that are high are the lead guitars tbh. The bass, drums, riffs and vocals give a low enough contrast to the crazy leads.

It's also worth mentioning that this albums pretty much flows like one big song so there's lost of dynamics in terms of sound. Lead based song or riff based songs, etc...