Bleeding Through - Declaration
1. Finnis Fatali Spei
2. Declaration
3. Orange County Blonde and Blue
4. Germany
5. There Was a Flood
6. French Inquisition
7. Reborn from Isolation
8. Death Anxiety
9. The Loving Memory of England
10. Beneath the Grey
11. Seller’s Market
12. Sister Charlatan
Everybody remembers Bleeding Through from being a band from ‘back in the day’ with the hottie behind the synths and all the magazines raving for them to be the next-big-thing; then a couple of videos and dance-floor fillers later they conducted a highly talented vanishing-act, disappearing without a trace. Who once were pioneers of the NWOAHM, were resigned to a dust-filled music graveyard, whilst every hardcore kid with an Ibanez scored with a Bleeding Through influence. ‘Declaration’ is a total rebirth of Bleeding Through, bursting at the seams with malicious intent and a sound that dramatically implies that indeed yes; they are totally fucking sick of being associated with the totally bland and quite frankly beige sub-genre for which the very mention of the name associates.
It’s like every member of the band has gone away, stepped through a magical door and come away a totally different musician. ‘Declaration’ being merely the first in a chain of hyper-tight, decimatingly heavy, wall-of-sound and atmosphere laden platinum-nuggets which incorporate an all star influence never before seen in the Bleeding Through cast. ‘French Inquisition’ blast beats its way through over 5-minutes of bone-crunching riffing and black metal fused grind whilst ‘In Loving Memory of England’ serves as a chilling reminder that yes, the band are human after all. This is an album of sure fire arena tracks, and should make for a fitting change to what was usually expected of them.
They promised change, we got it; and boy did we get it in the gut?! ‘Declaration’ will leave a mark! Listen at your peril.
Reviewed by Rhys Heal
Bleeding Through- Declaration is out now through Nuclear Blast Records
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