Friday, 28 February 2014

Hundredth - Resist


@planetmosh reviews .@hundredth Hundredth are new to me, but what a wonderful surprise to find. Already two albums and now two EP's into their career they have had time to hone their musical skills and talent in the increasingly popular genre of melodic hardcore. Resist is the companion EP to 2013's Revolt and vocalist Chadwick Johnson describes@planetmosh reviews .@hundredth Hundredth are new to me, but what a wonderful surprise to find. Already two albums and now two EP's into their career they have had time to hone their musical skills and talent in the increasingly popular genre of melodic hardcore. Resist is the companion EP to 2013's Revolt and vocalist Chadwick Johnson describes it as "much more melodic and at times more laid back" than Revolt and he isn't kidding. Revolt is much more aggressive, they can be seen as polar opposites to the untrained listener, but then opposites attract and having ventured back to listen to Revolt I can affirm that that is the case here. Resist is a six track EP that opens very gently with a short instrumental entitled Wake, the delicate simplicity of which alludes to something deeper to come. Then it starts to hit you in the form of Shelter. The first thing that strikes me is the clarity of Chadwick Johnson's screams. So often I find the message of the song can get lost in the scream vocal, especially when there are no clean vocals as with Hundredth, but this is not the case with Chadwick and even the backing [...]

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