Unearth - The Oncoming Storm review

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3.5

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Band:	Unearth
Album:	The Oncoming Storm
Style:	Metalcore
Release date:	June 2004

01. The Great Dividers
02. Failure
03. This Lying World
04. Black Hearts Now Reign
05. Zombie Autopilot
06. Bloodlust Of The Human Condition
07. Lie To Purify
08. Endless
09. Aries
10. Predetermined Sky
11. False Idols

I can't understand why people worship this type of bands that much; Unearth is one of those mediocre bands with awful music, hideous guitar riffs, bad drumming, and weird musical style. The music actually sounds like the worst weed trip you've ever had, I mean, I can actually picture those Sea Turtles in "Finding Nemo" listening to this crap and going like this..."Dude?Unearth is so like?not crappy music and stuff?" and the baby Sea Turtle responding "yeah?this band is cool?man, cool things are so cool and? something", then both turtles at the same time saying "?Totally?"

I told myself a year ago (after hearing "The Black Dahlia Murder" album that is) "I will not try a Metalcore band again in my whole life", then, one year later here I am breaking my promise, I won't bore you with the "why did I listened to this crap again" story, I'll better start doing the review. First of all, Unearth is not an innovative band at all; it's just another rip-off band with a lot of riffs similar to "Slaughter Of The Soul" or "Whoracle", plus really bad vocals by the way.

Metalcore became a "new" trend since the appearance of bands such as Zao and Caliban, this particular genre mixes a lot of Melodic Death Metal elements, with a lot of crappy Alternative music, and this album is no exception. The riffing is repetitive as fuck, and this band actually added some clean vocals to the songs (this feature is not innovative, it is just stupid believe me). The songs are insanely similar to each other, there are some cool breakdowns here and there but that's it, this band uses the pentatonic scale over and over and over again, and when they try to change the line, they use the same scale but in a different fret, so as you might notice, this is mediocre songwriting.

The songs have catchy riffs, which are good once in a while actually, yes it's extremely easy to create a catchy riff, but those riffs are the only "cool" things Unearth achieved in their songwriting, the rest of the music is just boring and plane.

This experience was actually worse than my other Metalcore experiences; I won't say more, please do not support crappy metal.

Written by Herzebeth | 13.08.2005

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JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 From: USA	Permalink 21.07.2009 - 23:57 Rating: 8 JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567 From: USA 3.5 seriously? I like this album...truth be told I'm only half way through it...but, good lord, man! just my opinion I wouldn't even consider this metalcore...it's just as much thrash and melodeath as it is metalcore just my opinion Loading...
Rexhungus Posts: 3 From: USA	Permalink 06.12.2009 - 21:51 Rexhungus Posts: 3 From: USA I just saw these guys live they were one of the opening bands I waded through before Cannibal Corpse went onstage. I listened to the first 3 songs before leaving to go outside and wait for the set to get over with. Boring crap; with the shitty upbeat tempo drums I so hate that makes you want to hop up and down. Dumbass gimmick of guitarist drinking half a beer bong then spraying the crowd, sorry still doesn't makeup for your crappy sound. As soon as Corpse was done Hate Breed came on next and I went home. American Hardcore or Metalcore just doesn't do it for me. Loading...
sbgmetal Posts: 816 From: USA	Permalink 26.10.2010 - 01:42 Rating: 6 sbgmetal Posts: 816 From: USA Eh well at least zombie autopilot is a cool song... and as for the little segment on finding nemo? c'mon now... Loading...
Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8972 From: Canada	Permalink +1 21.01.2012 - 22:03 Rating: 8 Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8972 From: Canada Herz, really had a thing about metalcore ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden	Permalink 21.01.2012 - 22:23 X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden Written by Boxcar Willy on 21.01.2012 at 22:03 Herz, really had a thing about metalcore Maybe... but this band sucks so in this case It's ok. But not really... while he wasn't the greatest Metalcore fan he did praise a lot of stuff that could be considered "trendy" and/or with the core tag in it and I'm not talking about grindcore.... Case in point: The Ocean, Nahemah, some Mastodon, Deftones, Korn, Mudvayne, Cave in.... I agree that the overuse of the word gay is bad but I don't see him as close-minded as anyone else seems to protrait him. ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8972 From: Canada	Permalink +1 21.01.2012 - 22:25 Rating: 8 Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8972 From: Canada Written by X-Ray Rod on 21.01.2012 at 22:23 Written by Boxcar Willy on 21.01.2012 at 22:03 Herz, really had a thing about metalcore Maybe... but this band sucks so in this case It's ok. But not really... while he wasn't the greatest Metalcore fan he did praise a lot of stuff that could be considered "trendy" and/or with the core tag in it and I'm not talking about grindcore.... Case in point: The Ocean, Nahemah, some Mastodon, Deftones, Korn, Mudvayne, Cave in.... I agree that the overuse of the word gay is bad but I don't see him as close-minded as anyone else seems to protrait him. I think this is one of the better metalcore bands. just look at his coalchamber review. ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8972 From: Canada	Permalink 21.01.2012 - 22:35 Rating: 8 Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8972 From: Canada Written by X-Ray Rod on 21.01.2012 at 22:34 Written by Boxcar Willy on 21.01.2012 at 22:25 I think this is one of the better metalcore bands. just look at his coalchamber review. I'm well aware of his reviews, I happen to agree with most of them when it comes to metalcore, to me bands like this one and coalchamber are nothing compared to what the genre can achieve. I agree I'm not a fan of CC. I also enjoy most of his reviews, but some are just odd... ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden	Permalink 21.01.2012 - 22:41 X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden Quote: Written by Boxcar Willy on 21.01.2012 at 22:35 I'm well aware of his reviews, I happen to agree with most of them when it comes to metalcore, to me bands like this one and coalchamber are nothing compared to what the genre can achieve. I agree I'm not a fan of CC. I also enjoy most of his reviews, but some are just odd... Lols I was going to edit my post and deleted it to post it again... xD I don't really mind his opinion of metalcore... I mean, is it so different from other people bashing on any other genre? No, not really. ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8972 From: Canada	Permalink 21.01.2012 - 22:45 Rating: 8 Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8972 From: Canada Quote: Written by X-Ray Rod on 21.01.2012 at 22:41 Written by Boxcar Willy on 21.01.2012 at 22:35 I'm well aware of his reviews, I happen to agree with most of them when it comes to metalcore, to me bands like this one and coalchamber are nothing compared to what the genre can achieve. I agree I'm not a fan of CC. I also enjoy most of his reviews, but some are just odd... Lols I was going to edit my post and deleted it to post it again... xD I don't really mind his opinion of metalcore... I mean, is it so different from other people bashing on any other genre? No, not really. No, but he often bashes bands just for being metalcore, Which is wrong, he also doesnt like metalcore, yet he reviews it a lot? ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden	Permalink 21.01.2012 - 22:46 X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden Written by Boxcar Willy on 21.01.2012 at 22:45 No, but he often bashes bands just for being metalcore, Which is wrong, he also doesnt like metalcore, yet he reviews it a lot? Ehhmmm, that was the point of my first post. He does review a lot and gets good and bad stuff out of it, same with Nu metal. I think it's wrong to assume he hates it just for the tag. Same with me and power metal or deathcore, hate most of it, enjoy a couple of bands... and I have no problems in stating why I hate them. You are also ignoring the chances that he actually just got the albums to review like many other staffers/elites do all the time. ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8972 From: Canada	Permalink 21.01.2012 - 22:49 Rating: 8 Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8972 From: Canada Written by X-Ray Rod on 21.01.2012 at 22:46 Written by Boxcar Willy on 21.01.2012 at 22:45 No, but he often bashes bands just for being metalcore, Which is wrong, he also doesnt like metalcore, yet he reviews it a lot? Ehhmmm, that was the point of my first post. He does review a lot and gets good and bad stuff out of it, same with Nu metal. You are also ignoring the chances that he actually just got the albums to review like many other staffers/elites. DERP, sorry I forgot that staff get albums sent to them. That must be nice? free music ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden	Permalink +1 21.01.2012 - 22:51 X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden Written by Boxcar Willy on 21.01.2012 at 22:49 That must be nice? free music It's awful when you get meh music... Notice that I didn't say awful. The easiest reviews imo are always the extremely bad ones... then comes the extremely good ones... The worst ones are the meh ones, those you don't give a shit about and aren't good enough to praise it and aren't awful enough to make good jokes. ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8972 From: Canada	Permalink 21.01.2012 - 22:55 Rating: 8 Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8972 From: Canada Written by X-Ray Rod on 21.01.2012 at 22:51 Written by Boxcar Willy on 21.01.2012 at 22:49 That must be nice? free music It's awful when you get meh music... Notice that I didn't say awful. The easiest reviews imo are always the extremely bad ones... then comes the extremely good ones... The worst ones are the meh ones, those you don't give a shit about and aren't good enough to praise it and aren't awful enough to make good jokes. True, my Emmure review was way easier than my ENT one. but ill take any free music. Except for Lulu. ---- 14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse I do your mum *DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS* Loading...
X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden	Permalink 21.01.2012 - 22:57 X-Ray Rod Skandino Posts: 18274 From: Sweden Written by Boxcar Willy on 21.01.2012 at 22:55 Except for Lulu. I'm surprised Daniell didn't get money for listening to it. ---- Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29 Like you could kiss my ass Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49 Rod, let me love you. Loading...
RottingDeathHead kingnothing_92@yahoo.com Posts: 212 From: USA	Permalink +1 11.03.2012 - 05:19 RottingDeathHead kingnothing_92@yahoo.com Posts: 212 From: USA Bullshit review this band kicks ass! Loading...
Shadowcross The Summoner Posts: 481 From: Australia	Permalink 25.02.2014 - 03:03 Shadowcross The Summoner Posts: 481 From: Australia "weed trip" ? Who trips on weed? There aren't that many good metalcore bands, so if you don't like this band or BDM, you clearly don't like metalcore/hardcore/deathcore period.. Loading...
Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21306 From: Canada	Permalink 25.02.2014 - 15:29 Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21306 From: Canada Written by Shadowcross on 25.02.2014 at 03:03 There aren't that many good metalcore bands, so if you don't like this band or BDM, you clearly don't like metalcore/hardcore/deathcore period.. That's interesting. These days I've been listening to a lot of this kind of music but you'd never catch me listening to Unearth. Terrible band. ---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something." Loading...
inusannon2001 Posts: 3 From: Hungary	Permalink +2 23.01.2020 - 10:18 inusannon2001 Posts: 3 From: Hungary I'm reading this review in 2020 and registered just to type this comment out. Man, this review didn't age well. The reviewer registered in late 2003 and came out with this very unprofessional and biased review in mid-2004 (also at the time of writing this, he hasn't been online for more than 8 years); he did not touch on either the musicality, songwriting, or cultural circumstances, or anything of relevance. He was just drawing vague similarities and baseless conclusions. Not every Unearth album is stellar, but like it or not this is an iconic record. ---- Need a light? Loading...
Maha_Niwakiru Posts: 15 From: France	Permalink +1 14.07.2022 - 18:51 Rating: 8 Maha_Niwakiru Posts: 15 From: France Written by inusannon2001 on 23.01.2020 at 10:18 Not every Unearth album is stellar, but like it or not this is an iconic record. Couldn't agree more. This album is the kind you come back to year after year. Loading...
UPDIRNS Posts: 354 From: USA	Permalink 29.08.2022 - 02:45 Rating: 9 UPDIRNS Posts: 354 From: USA Poor and biased review IMO. This is not a proper review, Your points are weak and clearly jaded from a general dislike of this band for some reason and perhaps metal core as a genre which is fine, but to be so one sided is not objective enough for me to give a bleep about your review. BTW I don't like the Beattles at all. So I'd never review any of their albums. Loading...
Crème fraiche Posts: 690 From: USA	Permalink 07.03.2023 - 03:03 Rating: 9 Crème fraiche Posts: 690 From: USA Written by inusannon2001 on 23.01.2020 at 10:18 I'm reading this review in 2020 and registered just to type this comment out. Man, this review didn't age well. The reviewer registered in late 2003 and came out with this very unprofessional and biased review in mid-2004 (also at the time of writing this, he hasn't been online for more than 8 years); he did not touch on either the musicality, songwriting, or cultural circumstances, or anything of relevance. He was just drawing vague similarities and baseless conclusions. Not every Unearth album is stellar, but like it or not this is an iconic record. Agreed. This album voiced a lot of frustrations and thoughts many of us had with the Bush administration during the times of the invasion of Iraq. I remember being right out of high school and this album having a lot of impact to me and friends of mine. Metalcore was pretty dang popular at this time in the U.S. when this dropped. Loading...
flightoficarus Stamp Tramp Posts: 1112 From: USA	Permalink +2 26.03.2023 - 17:09 Rating: 8 flightoficarus Stamp Tramp Posts: 1112 From: USA This is less a review and more “Old man yells at cloud.” ---- Daily underground metal recommendations at Metal Trenches. Watch metal content on the Metal Trenches YouTube Channel. Loading...