After hearing this christian metalcore group on a recent metal hammer cd I was intrigued to hear more. They sounded like the one band I had heard who could pull of the metalcore sound without falling to far into the metal or the hardcore genre.An Ocean Between Us was released in August 2007 and was the bands fourth studio album. This gained the group worldwide recognition with over 115'000 copies sold worldwide and leading to a sold out World tour a few months later.
The opening track is one of those openers that when heard for the first time stuns you and lets you know your about to hear something very special. It builds up into dual guitar harmonies that put hair metal to shame then masterfully fades into the 2nd track "Nothing Left which was the single and you can understand why. The first riff has enough force to leave any man weak at the knee's and with Tim Lambesis' first gut wrenching scream you know why this was the single. This then uses the guitar feedback to fade into "An Ocean Between Us" which is alot faster and more relentless than the previous two tracks but lacks the melodic line you come to expect from hearing the previous tracks.
An Ocean Between Us is defiantly a good album but lacks the catchy melodies of some of metalcore's bigger names and most of the songs, although good, sound very similar to each other.
As I Lay Dying - Nothing Left.mp3
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