Good new metal bands seem to be few and far between at the moment and with the influx of electro at the moment it seems my love for this dark and heavy genre is waning. But Destroy The Runner have given me a glimpse of hope, with there melodic metalcore sound they produce heavy yet pleasing music mixing distorted guitars and vocal growls with melodic singing and clean interludes.I, Lucifer is the bands debut album and as debuts go its pretty good. They did release one other album before this it was with a different singer and so the band see this as their first release.
The album opens with the strangely titled "Crumbs For The Murder" which isn't anything special but defiantly showcases the bands sound and sets you up with some brilliant melodic breakdowns.
Second we have "Isabella's" which for those of you who don't like screaming is a good place to start as the harsh vocals are minimal and the guitars are easy on the ears. For me the standout track was hard to decide as most of the songs are pretty good and although sounding all the same are still very different if that makes any sense. But none the less I deem "Its Always Colder In Paris" as my favorite track, The drums are relentless, the guitars heavy but soulful and the vocals although leaning a bit too much towards the pop side of things are pretty good.
Its not an album that blows all others out the water but its still pretty good.
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