Band:	Sidilarsen
Album:	On Va Tous Crever
Style:	Industrial metal, Nu metal
Release date:	April 26, 2019
Guest review by:	Ch'ti

01. À Vif
02. Money Game
03. Interdit De Se Taire
04. Zéro Un Zéro
05. God's Got Guns
06. Start Up Nation
07. We Come To Get It
08. On Va Tous Crever
09. Powerful Day
10. Dans Tes Bras
11. L'ardeur Du Vivant

I discovered this band in 2022 during a festival and I had never heard of them before. After being slapped at their concert, I decided to listen to their album On Va Tous Crever, and I was not disappointed.

It's a perfect album for headbanging; each song is is energetic, lively and the group knows how to convey their message through the music. “À Vif”, the intro piece, already shows us the color; we know that we are going to have something heavy.

After two really heavy tracks, "Zéro Un Zéro" is in my opinion one of the least powerful, least striking pieces of music. The chorus seems to me already done before, and the music in it lacks that touch that the band put in all their music, which usually makes them so recognizable. "Start Up Nation" is probably the worst song on the album; it lacks something to really be enjoyable, and it's a shame because until then all the music was appreciable, so it disrupts the rhythm a bit.

Fortunately, the quality returns very quickly, and the title track "On Va Tous Crever" is just great. The band deliver their best performance here; when I saw it live, it caused a violent pogo, but when I listened to it again, it went straight into my playlist. The guitar riffs are incredible, while the broken voice of the lead singer accompanied by the voice of the guitarist allows the music to have a real identity. The chorus is perfect, conveying a message simply and effectively, and the breakdown at the end of the song is magnificent; every time I listen to it, I headbang.

This mix of sounds allows the group to show what they are capable of; the riffs are for the most part very heavy as they should be, and I repeat but I really like the broken voice of the singer, which adds character to each track. As I explained earlier, the albums starts to run out of steam in the middle, but it picks up again just as quickly. There is no real part of the album worse than any other; they managed to stay the course without drifting from the style they imposed from the start of the album. I can also add that it makes me happy to hear an album sung in French to be of good quality; we don't find many groups like Sidilarsen who not only sing in French but also offer a high-quality performance. The music is very easy to listen to at home, but if you have the chance to listen to music from this album at a concert, you will know that this energy is there in the songs, not just in the headphones. What really makes this album so good are all the simple but devilishly effective riffs. It throws up big riffs for headbanging: what more can you want?

Each song has its own identity, which is especially felt towards the end of the album, as we move onto the aggressiveness of "Powerful Day", followed by the slightly more balladic "Dans Tes Bras", before the album ends with one of its best pieces, "L'ardeur Du Vivant". This final song really embodies what the group offer through this album. Obviously it's not the best written or most subtle music, but an album just for headbanging every now and then like this feels good.

It's not the best album I've listened to, but if you want an album that's easily headbangable, look no further.