Sworn
Enemy
“The Beginning of the End”
Abacus Records
You’ve heard this a thousand times for a million bands but I’ll say it anyway…mix Slayer, Pantera, and Hatebreed and you’ve got Sworn Enemy. Add all the usual hardcore producers on board. This is Sworn Enemy’s sophomore release and you’re not going to find anything groundbreaking or even remotely interesting on this disc.
Guitars and drums sound very slick and polished. I actually expected more mosh breakdowns and youth crew choruses. When the boys slow it down and play the more Seasons in the Abyss-like “Scared of the Unknown” they are at their strongest.
These
boys might look tough and they get props for touring with Anthrax,
but this disc is lame. And please
stop
putting out promos with 99 tracks
that are split into :20 second song snippets. My ipod doesn’t
like that shit one bit.
Adam
Circumstance
January 27, 2006
