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A Black Rose Burial - "An Awakening of Revenants"
Technicality: 95/100
Originality: 90/100
Vocals: 100/100
Overall: 95/100
I found this band flipping through the top grindcore artists on Myspace and I'm fucking glad I did. Where to start with this review? Everything about this EP I love, save a few odd clean vocal parts that sound almost like a different band. The vocals are fucking perfect: diverse, gnarly, scathing and extremely abrasive. Everything about this EP just grabs me, and it's hard to put into words because of several intangible ingredients, such as flow, rhythm and composition. Considering this band is unsigned, somehow, the production values are top-notch, which is something that can't be said about a lot of today's death and grind. All I can say is check them out. Combine the premium tech, death and grind with the excellent use of movie quotes "you know, hoss, if I'm not mistaken, I think I can still smell your wife's pussy stink on my gun........hope it doesn't rust the barrel" and "there! there! put another round in that woman over there....she's a twitcher!" this EP makes for an excellent listen.

UraniumMusic.com
A Black Rose Burial - "An Awakening of Revenants"
(9/10) Fans of Ion Dissonance, FASSW, and other spazz/tech (insert stupid sub genre here______) bands will shit their pants with this cd. The music isn't very cohesive, like ID, but very entertaining nonetheless. The death growls are great. Think less gutteral, more fucking evil; they are somewhat remeniscent of Hunter's vocals from the first Dead to Fall cd. The drummer's very solid, and often times reminds me of the playing from Opposite of December-era PTW. Oh yeah, let's not forget the sampling and random jazz beats...this band is psychotic. Metal fans alike may appreciate this band, for the Meshuggah riffs during breakdowns are plentyful. Find "The Epidemic of Unexpected Relapses" on myspace or purevolume to see what I mean. Check this band out, other opinions would be nice!!

SuicideByStar.WordPress.com
A Black Rose Burial - "An Awakening of Revenants"
We have been waiting two years for this band to edit their first album, and for now we’ll settle for this, being their only work to make sure that they’ve got a lot to say in the most extreme metal genre. Their sound consists of deathcore/grindcore and mainly relies on heavy, fast paced rhythms and a good experimental dosage. This band is like a mixture of Between the Buried and Me for their experimental sound, and The Red Chord for the more passive clean sound they also own. An EP loaded with good moments in it, like in “A Baleful Aura in the Graveyard of Broken Gears” (from the 4:22 mark, it’s brilliant), and the melodic ending of “An Awakening of Revenants,” or the head banging of “The Epidemic of Unexpected Relapses,” the truth is that with a band like this you never know what’s coming next… but you like it, a lot. If that wasn’t enough, we also found small melodic parts that add another touch of creativity to their songs. To finish things up this band adds 3 extremely perfect instrumentals, which are both entertaining and calm.

Live Reviews:
Friday, July 23rd, 2004 (Powerslave.com Event) @ The Blank Club
"San Jose natives A Black Rose Burial kicked things off right around 9 p.m., with their standalone brand of technical hardcore metal. Undeterred by the crowd, lead vocalist Joel Ferry took the opportunity to leap into the area just in front of the stage, where he shrieked, sang and growled for the remainder of Black Rose's set. The band launched into every song with extreme gusto, executing time changes and odd signatures with near-flawless abandon. Each member was all over his respective instrument, resulting in an enjoyable mixture of rhythmic and melodic dissonance. Even if many of their songs tended to blend in with one another, the material's unpredictability always managed to keep listeners on their toes, enough to turn the head of even the most ardent Meshuggah fan."

Friday, June 11th, 2004 (Powerslave.com Re-Launch Event / BFD After-Party) @ Waves
"For those who walked in to see A Black Rose Burial performing, it was like walking into the sound of a battle in progress... the screaming, the odd syncopation, the mix of command & chaos. A lean mosh pit was tearing up the floor in front of the stage. The sound was definitely metal, definitely hard, and definitely new. The tempo kept changing, kept teasing, and kept the crowd guessing. Would the next pause lead to a guitar solo? Never. They sounded dark without ever sounding like a funeral dirge. Joel's sweatshirt with "Hot Damn!" (Every Time I Die) written on the front pocket pretty much summed it up."

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