Band : The Secret
Album : Solve Et Coagula
Release Year : 2010
Genre : Hardcore / Chaotic / Experimental
Tracklist:
Release Year : 2010
Genre : Hardcore / Chaotic / Experimental
Tracklist:
1. Cross Builder
2. Death Alive
3. Double Slaughter
4. Where It Ends
5. Antitalian
6. Weatherman
7. Pleasure in Self Destruction
8. Eve of the Last Day
9. Pursuit of Discomfort
10. Bell of Urgency
11. War Desire
12. 1968
2. Death Alive
3. Double Slaughter
4. Where It Ends
5. Antitalian
6. Weatherman
7. Pleasure in Self Destruction
8. Eve of the Last Day
9. Pursuit of Discomfort
10. Bell of Urgency
11. War Desire
12. 1968
This Italy-based hardcore band truly is something else. Combining elements of Converge, crust punk groups such as Tragedy or Trap Them, grind, a sprinkling of black metal, and a thousand extra shots of pure, unadulterated intensity, this is unlike anything you've ever heard before. The vocals are just as rough and unintelligible as anything else in the genre, if not even more so. The production is exactly how this type of music was meant to be: raw, intense, coarse, and unrelenting. It isn't so underproduced that the instruments are indistinguishable from one another: anyone and their grandmother can still pick out the guitars and the bass and the individual riffs. But it still retains the intensity of a live performance, and contributes to the album's ability to invoke mental images of a genocide without much effort.
The instrumentalists are a highlight here. The Secret, as well as finding the balance between rough and clean production, have discovered an equilibrium between technicality and sensibility. Both the guitar riffs and the basslines show that the band members really can play, but they never descend into a pit of tiresome wankage. The guitars are characterized by low-tuned open power chords and fast tremolo picking, with a few heavier-than earth breakdowns thrown in for good effect. The bass isn't anything to write home about, but manages to keep up with the rest of the band while always retaining its own identity. And of course, like all good, chaotic music, the drums are insanely fast, intense, and, well, exactly what anyone would expect from a band like The Secret.
The instrumentalists are a highlight here. The Secret, as well as finding the balance between rough and clean production, have discovered an equilibrium between technicality and sensibility. Both the guitar riffs and the basslines show that the band members really can play, but they never descend into a pit of tiresome wankage. The guitars are characterized by low-tuned open power chords and fast tremolo picking, with a few heavier-than earth breakdowns thrown in for good effect. The bass isn't anything to write home about, but manages to keep up with the rest of the band while always retaining its own identity. And of course, like all good, chaotic music, the drums are insanely fast, intense, and, well, exactly what anyone would expect from a band like The Secret.
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