No Time To Bleed Review

Released: Jun 30, 2009
Genre: Deathcore
Label: Century Media
Number Of Tracks: 11
This album is all about the layered guitars and technical work. It is their heaviest album to date and it is probably the best.

Sound:	8.6
Lyrics:	8.1
Impression:	8.6
Overall rating:	8.4
Users rating:	6.5
Comments:	86

overall: 8.3

Featured review by: eternal_Lord, on july 06, 2009

Sound: Suicide Silence were one of the primary bands to have brought the “deathcore” sound to the general masses. Along with other bands like job for a cowboy, the acacia strain and whitechapel, they popularized the blast-beat-breakdown combination that has become so prevalent in today’s heavy music. Their first record, the cleansing, was the epitome of this style and went for the full on heavy approach with the disgustingly distorted guitars and tremolo picked chromatic riffs coupled with dissonant, groove driven breakdowns. This style also omitted, for the most part, any real “lead” guitar parts (with notable exceptions being the interlude in the fallen and the outro to no pity for a coward) and was essentially a rhythm driven record. The sludgy production of the cleansing also detracted from the album as a whole, though it was certainly an adequate debut effort.

Now, having achieved success and being a band that most metalhead has at least heard of, machine (with production credits of lamb of god, every time i die and others) was enlisted to give the band a tracked, tight record. And so he did. No Time to Bleed is an album that is heavy, yet clean, chaotic yet tight. It really is a production delight...no rhyme intended. While essentially remaining the same rhythm based style as the Cleansing, Suicide Silence (namely lead guitarist mark) has tried to incorporate a few more leads into the tracks, which is refreshing, considering their scarcity in previous attempts. the songs “wake up” and “disengage” are perfect examples. Wake up contains a solo at the end and some decent chordings throughout and disengage boasts a melodic, almost middle eastern lead. While by no means technical or difficult, these leads embellish the tracks and stray from the onslaught of chugging and blasts that make up the majority of suicide silence’s sound. And after all, the band is going for balls out heavy, so it would be ridiculous to expect progressive altered arpeggios and meshuggah-like rhythms to be present. The album was tracked using an 8-string Ibanez on behalf of mark (I’m not sure whether or not garza used one as well). While this is becoming increasingly common, it is a little refreshing to see a band still use a standard tuning rather than dropping the sh-t out of their guitars.

While Suicide Silence certainly hasn’t broken the mold that they set for the cleansing, they have put a couple of new elements into it, and have at least produced a different take on the same basic foundation. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics on the album are fairly typical of the genre. In most cases they depict a situation where someone is “lost” and the narrator is seeing this (lifted). Mitch has diversified his lyrical themes somewhat, with drug influences present (lifted, smoke, wasted etc). It seems The band seems to be moving towards a more drug-related image in their merch and songwriting, which I am not personally a fan of, but thats neither here nor there. In keeping with “old suicide silence”, there is much repetition when it comes to the delivery of the lyrics. This is evident in most of the songs but the songs wake up, lifted and disengage come to mind. The lines wake up! wake up! ... “this is not your reality” ... “disengage” ... are all repeated numerous times throughout their respective songs. If I can be so bold, they lyrics and screaming is the aspect of the band that has changed the least, not that this is a bad thing though. Personally, I have always like mitch’s bi-polar delivery and vocal style. On this album, like the cleansing, his voice goes from very high to very low. However, there is very little middle ground, and this may upset some people who want a less extreme vocal delivery. In some cases the lyrics could be stronger, but for what the lyrics lack the voice singing them makes up for it. // 8

Impression: All in all, No Time to Bleed is a better produced, slightly more diverse “The Cleansing”. Nothing has really changed, there is just more added into the mix. If you are anti-deathcore, which seems to be the trend among “metalheads” nowadays, then don’t pick up the album and we won’t have to listen to you bitch about how this isn’t metal and blah blah blah. We get it. Go listen to metallica and iron maiden to satisfy your metal musical tastes. For everyone else, this is a solid second effort from a solid band. The drumming is intense, and I assume the bass is decent as well (though its kinda buried under the sonic shock of the rest of the band). Certainly enjoyable if you like the cleansing. If nothing else, these new songs will make for a kick ass live show. Check it out. // 8

overall: 8

Reviewed by: guitar_jew, on july 23, 2009

Sound: Suicide Silence have taken a technical leap forward while still retaining their deathcore roots with their most recent album, No Time to Bleed. Solos and melody lines are much more prevalent here than in The Cleansing, but still with a heaping dose of chugging mayhem.

The album opens with 'Wake Up,' a chugging, nu-metal influenced deathcore anthem. It's not the strongest way to open an album by any means, but it leads well into 'Lifted,' a verifiable metal mindfuck with an ending reminiscent of 'No Pity For A Coward.' 'Smoke' starts off with its creepy, beer-can-touching-the-pickup noise before instantly giving you whiplash with its thrash metal verse section.

The album continues with 'Something Invisible,' an Origin-influenced track that is no less aggressive than the rest of the album. I find it ironic that the title track would be one of the weakest on the album, but it happens. The ending breakdown, albeit cliche'd, is the song's only redeeming feature.

The middle cuts of the album are where the album really starts to kick you in the pants. 'Suffer' segues excellently into the eerie ambient metal of '...and Then She Bled,' and 'Wasted,' although blatantly copying the main riff to 'Wake Up,' is actually a decent number after that bit.

The album ends with a bigger bang than Pam & Tommy EVER had. 'Your Creations' starts off in a manner reminiscent of The Cleansing's songs in general, and builds up to a pounding breakdown that could make your grandmother headbang. 'Genocide' is cliche'd but brutal deathcore, and 'Disengage' brings in some of the metalcore influences, with some Norma Jean-esque minor 2nds.

All in all, it's deathcore; if it's not your thing, you won't like it. If it is, it's one of the best albums of its kind. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: Mitch Lucker has strayed from his religious and political rants and focused more on his inner problems. On the first two tracks, he blasts substance abuse, blasts faith (in general, not necessarily religious) on 'Something Invisible,' and blasts modern man with hope for a future without self-destructive human beings in 'Disengage.' Mitch is still an extremely hateful person, and despite some lines being plain cheesy, manages to express his rage and dissent with the world in a somewhat poetic, metal context.

Some would go to say that Mitch's vocals sound processed. The fact of the matter is, they are. But that's not a bad thing. It's a recorded album, not an album of the live nature. In recording a studio album in the genre of metal, the goal is to make the songs as heavy, as badass as possible. There's nothing wrong with adding overdubbed vocals or recording them in an unorthodox method if it adds to the power of the song, which in this case, it has in almost every instance. // 7

Impression: It's still Suicide Silence, but now with some other influences being showcased, and with more technical guitar work. If you're an iTunes music buyer by the song, I'd suggest going with 'Lifted,' 'Wasted,' 'Your Creations,' and 'Disengage.'

Again, it's deathcore. If it's not your thing, don't bother with it. If it is, check it out. // 8

overall: 8.7

Reviewed by: kaizerkhan13, on october 23, 2009

Sound: This album is different from the cleansing in almost every way; aside from the obvious difference of using a producer (Machine, which turned out to work really well for them) the lyrics are a little deeper, the guitars and bass don't seem to be written as hastily and have even added solos (some pretty good ones, too) and the drums have been stepped up a notch as well, with more fills, rolls, and overall speed on this album. This album marks the addition of Dan Kenny, (ex-animosity) on bass in place of bodkins. This band has been classified as deathcore and sometimes grindcore. Extremely heavy, sometimes fast, 7-and 8-string guitars tuned low and the vocals include some of the lowest lows, shrieking highs and strong mids out there. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: Mitch has always had one hell of a powerful voice on the album, his dynamic between highs, mids, lows and back up the spectrum is pretty much mastered. His style is more based around the sound of his screams against the backdrop of the music. His lyrics usually challenge religion and any thing he sees as weak mindedness. (addiction falls into this category as well...which is weird coming from a band of potheads? oh well.) Something Invisible reminds me of unanswered on their previous album ("as long as I can remember you've always been this miserable, and its all because youre still believing in something invisible.") The last track, Disengage, is actually a little more positive. ("just be glad you know, you know what life is.") The lyrical style hasn't changed too much in my opinion, but it is still a perfect fit for the band and shows that Mitch can still deliver the voice he's known for and delve a little deeper in to his mind that anti-religious sentiments. // 8

Impression: I preordered this album the first day it was available. I love and respect this band, and this record reaching no. 32 on the billboard 200 is a testament to how these guys are good enough for this generation to actually buy music. My favorite songs on this album are Suffer, Disengage, Wake Up and Smoke. I love that Mark is working in some solos now, and Alex has really stepped up on drums. I would for sure buy this album again if I had to. The only drawbacks to this album in my opinion is that the lyrical content didn't vary too much from song to song. Other than that, the use of effects and a solid production and recording team has upped the production value of this album. // 9

overall: 7.3

Reviewed by: HWFG1, on july 08, 2009

Sound: No Time To Bleed begins off heavily with a killer guitar riff in "Wake Up", but, unfortunately, that's about the only good part of the opening track. The overly-repetitive "wake up, wake up!" gets annoying fast, and the riff that is used behind it for most of the song is equally so. "Lifted" offers some hope for the album, and exhibits a change in direction for the band, opening with a rather cool intro, but, otherwise, is a very mediocre song. The sweeping guitar riff that closes out the song is very elementary and boring, and leads to a less-than-spectacular ending for the second track. "Smoke" opens with a rather annoying high-pitched sound, but gets better as the song progresses, with a couple of catchy guitar riffs here and there. "...and Then She Bled" opens up nicely, with a dark, and slow intro, it's kind of an interlude track. The latter half of "Your Creations" is nice; it sounds really good. The bonus track on the Maximum Bloodshed edition of the album, "Misleading Milligrams", is actually probably the most decent song I've heard from the album; it's really enojoyable, although, a bit repetitive. The cover of Alice in Chain's "Them Bones" (from the iTunes edition) proves to be an interesting listen, but isn't anything spectacular. // 7

Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics get a bit overly repetitive at some points (I counted 30 "Wake up!"'s, 31 if you include "wake the f--k up"), and seem to mostly deal with politics. A lot of the songs also reference rather morbid scenes, and setting yourself free, as both "Disengage" and "Smoke" show. // 7

Impression: No Time To Bleed is probably not worth the five releases it got (CD, vinyl, iTunes edition, Hot Topic edition, and Maximum Bloodshed edition), but it has its standing moments. There's more of a shimmer of quality shit masked in boring guitar riffs, typical deathcore vocals, and double bass and blast-beats, but it's definitely not the worst album to come out this year (Though perhaps the biggest let-down of the year). Suicide Silence changed, for better or for worse, and, personally, I'd take five different sounding CDs by a band I don't like over 5 similar-sounding CDs by a band I do like any day. // 8

overall: 7.7

Reviewed by: krowsrebellion, on july 06, 2009

Sound: Alright, to start things off I do like Suicide Silence and that may show through, but I will try my hardest to write a non-biased review.

This CD, much like their previous CD The Cleansing, is just plain brutal. One improvement on this CD from the last is the sound though, the general production value of the music is much greater, and the guitars playing at intervals throughout the CD is a major plus for the sound of it all. The drums are relatively clear in this CD which, if you play drums, or like the sound of drums should be an added bonus for you. My only problem are some of the tracks just sounding a bit weak at the breakdowns. // 7

Lyrics and Singing: Now, I don't know the lyrics by heart, and finding the little booklet to see what they are is an arduous task I'd rater not complete. So, I'll just talk about the singer in this.

The singer for Suicide Silence has a pretty outstanding range if you ask me, his highs are a bit unstable sounding, but he hit's them none the less. The use of the dynamic changes from one spectrum of the range to another adds a sense of musical diversity that with some other bands can be found lacking. // 8

Impression: I would definitely say that this album trumps The Cleansing, and easily compares to other releases by more popular bands among the metal genre. I would have to say the most amazing tracks off of this CD are Smoke, ...And Then She Bled, and Wasted. I think there might be a coincidence between the first and the last there.

One thing I really like about this CD is it's plain brutality. On the other hand, they seem to use the same means of starting every song, drum intro followed by singer. It's been done a lot of times already. I want some more songs like 'Bow Down' by Born Of Osiris personally.

And Finally if this were lost, or if my hard drive crashed I would definitely go out and buy this again, it's a great CD my friends. // 8

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: Corey Taylor, on july 06, 2009

Sound: Ok, here we go. Suicide Silence's sophomore album, No Time to Bleed. A highly anticipated album having much success with 'The Cleansing". I can tell you right off the bat that there isn't too much thats really different "sound" wise from the cleansing and NttB. However, Suicide Silence created an album that can be listened to, from front to back. Every song has an element that catches your attention and will most likely have your head banging within no time. Let me go over each song in slightly more detail:
01.Wake Up: the first song. Absolutely brutal. One of the first things you'll hear is Mitch Luker scream 'WAKE UP! WAKE UP!' The rest of the song feeds off the high energy that Mitch Luker creates b/c he is really one of the high points of this album. Not to mention it has a classic SS riff towards the end thats always awesome. 9/10
02.Lifted: one of my favorite songs on the album. The intro reminds me of Meshuggah's "Bleed". It then breaks into one of the catchiest riffs in the whole album. This song is genius (and fun to play on the guitar!) 10/10
03.Smoke: another awesome intro. However the song lacks the catchiness and the edge that the other songs have. However its still brutal and will definitely be on SS's live set list I'm sure. 8/10
04.Something Invisible: my least favorite track. Very forgettable as it really just blends in with the entire sound of the album. However, its still a brutal track. 7/10
05.No Time to Bleed: this song is SO BRUTAL. One of the bests on the album. 10/10
06.Suffer: another heavy song which features the band yelling 'Suffer!" in the chorus. Gonna be fun to mosh to. 10/10
07....and Then She Bled: the intrumental track. Extremely heavy guitar riffs over what sounds to be a phone conversation involving a murder. Brutal. 10/10
08.Wasted: a song about getting wasted... thats oretty metal. Overall good, song though. Crunching guitars with brutal vox from Mitch. 9/10
09.Your Creations: an old song. Has a nice break down, and contains that tone suicide silence carries in all of their songs.
10.Genocide: nothing special here, same ol' suicide silence riffs and brutal breakdowns. 8/10
11.Disengage: has some extra good riffage for the last song. Caps off the album in a brutal track. 8/10 // 9

Lyrics and Singing: Mitch Luker has many different voices. It makes him very diverse and makes it seem as if there are really 2 people screaming. In No Time To Bleed, Mitch shines. His voice seems unhuman at times. His lyrics about getting high, drinking, etc are all masked by the demonic voice that he has. I thought he was definitely a high point on the album. // 9

Impression: No Time to Bleed (although it'll never happen) should be in the running for album of the year. Honestly its really brutal. Suicide Silence stepped it up tenfold and has made a masterpiece of catchy death metal. This will always be a favorite album of mine. It blew me away. Buy this album. You will not regret it one second. // 10

overall: 9.7

Reviewed by: zeroordie6868, on july 03, 2009

Sound: When I first heard Suicide Silence, I thought "absolutely brootal as f--k!" That was back when I heard "The Cleansing". Now, two years later, they've release "No Time to Bleed" and only one word can describe it. EPIC! SS have kept to their old sound of making f--king heavy deathcore music but they've also advanced in many ways. This album is all about the layered guitars and technical work. Mitch's vocals also are right on key the whole time. Most screamers' vocals tend to weaken over time but Mitch's hasn't. If anything, they are stronger and better with this album. By far, it is their heaviest album to date and it is probably the best. The work of the guitarists is pure gold. They've also brought in a more metal sound to them due to the fact that they are influenced with guitar solos, unlike "The Cleansing". // 10

Lyrics and Singing: Unlike "The Cleansing", Suicide Silence has gone into a more deeper, metaphorical way of lyrics. It's not like past songs where it is very blatant lyrics that are controversial and shocking such as Mitch's constant reference to calling out God in The Cleansing. These lyrics focus more on the world around us and society in general and also just the usual shock factor of any heavy band. They seem to match the music very well though and everything flows together. Mitch's vocals have increased greatly in talent. Even though he puts distortion on his voice, his differentiation between highs and lows is apparent. Also, his low growls and gutteralls have improved, including the use of slight pig-squeals at some times. // 10

Impression: This album is like The Cleansing but like I said, it is very different. It is a much more mature sound for Suicide Silence.

Songs on the cd:

01."Wake Up": a heavy song to start the album off and get you pumped for the rest of it. Sets the mood that it's going to be a heavy, fast-paced, brootal album.
02."Lifted": the first track to be released off of the album. Features heavy guitar and an amazing breakdown.
03."Smoke": an intro that stays in your head and holds your attention the whole time. Very fast-paced song that gets you in the mood to mosh and circle-pit.
04."Something Invisible": a very generic "chug-chug" heavy, fast song with some good guitar riffs.
05."No Time to Bleed": the cover track and also one of my favorite songs. Very rememborable breakdown and fun to listen to.
06."Suffer": also one of my favorite tracks on the album. This song is a fast-paced, heavy song. It has good guitar that keeps it going and the drumming is very good in this song. The song slows down about half way into the breakdown.
07."...and Then She Bled": this song is the mid-point of the album and gives you a nice break. It's not a real legit song. It's more of an instrumental with ambient noises in the intro. It's kind of like a big breakdown. But the whole track has a backing track of what seems like a 911 call from a woman who was with someone and they are being chased by a murderer or something like that.
08."Wasted": an intro reminiscent to "Wake Up" and then choppy vocals that lead back into the usual fast, blast-beat driven parts. Good song.
09."Your Creations": by now, the album gets kind of repetitive but it's still a good song. Slows down at some random parts and then speeds right back up.
10."Genocide": one of my favorite songs. Best lyrics on the album "we've been f--king this whore mother earth for awhile. She's a filthy bitch anyway."
11."Disengage": a heavy song to end the album with. Kind of a slower pace than most of the songs on the cd. Mitch uses his lows a lot on this song. Kind of like a big breakdown in a sense.

What I love about the album is the brootalness of the whole thing and how it's fast paced and very guitar driven. I didn't like that after a while, the songs got a little repetitive and sounded the same.

If this CD were lost or stolen, I would definately go buy it right away, but I don't let it out of my sight so that shouldn't be a problem. Go buy this album, you won't regret it. Brootal as f--k. Suicide silence ftw! // 9

Comments

[inhatredofme]

Good review but I listened to it and I really don't think they've taken much of a step forward. Same blast beats and sludgy breakdowns.

[xConverge]

more of a step back, what a completely off review.

[Temnyj Korol]

I really don't like it when fan boys write reviews... -.- I mean, having someone who likes the band writing it is fine. But when they go on non-stop throughout the entire review how much they love the band, it makes me think that they'd probably give the album 10 simply coz it's by said band.

[-core]

Temnyj Korol wrote:

I really don't like it when fan boys write reviews... -.- I mean, having someone who likes the band writing it is fine. But when they go on non-stop throughout the entire review how much they love the band, it makes me think that they'd probably give the album 10 simply coz it's by said band.

I agree. Someone from the UG staff should do it.

[Softserved]

It isn't a bad CD by any means.... but surely not a 9.7

It sounds like the cleansing with a little better recording >_> still the same sound, different lyrics

still heavy, and has some pretty tech riffs....

[Pretty_Much]

And everything this band does and touches is overrated and they are just like 90 percent of the other crappy deathcore bands.

[Nvtek987]

guys lets not get mean
its a good album, but not obviously the best thing ever created

call it what you will, but there are deffinitely some changes to the style

[IronMaiden5]

I can't take this review serious when you use the term "brootal". Sorry, I just can't.

[\m/(-_-)\m/]

Not the best deathcore band, they're alright though. The album isn't that bad.

[Lloyd2]

Suicide has always been a very mediocre band to me like most of the deathcore bands but i think they've created some enjoyable songs on this record imho. I also can'T stand their music too long because it gets repetive very fast. But i think they have improved in not being as repetive as on the cleansing.
But i dont like those discussions this band being fashion scene kid music or if you can call it metal. just shut up and stop bashing bands around
(sry for my english)

[kaizerkhan13]

i preordered this. and i love it. the end.

[TheSound]

The thing with suicide silence is that it's pretty catchy, but i shit you not when I say their music sucks. The most technicality they can put in a song is a generic sweep in a non-altered scale. I still listnen to them when I need something pretty heavy, but honestly. They're not getting in my top 50 2009 releases

[kellen.dobmeier]

Yeah dude I'm pretty sure that Whitechapels vocals are COMPLETELY fake; the only vocalist that I know of that can growl that low is Chris Barnes. Not to say that they aren't a good band, they are. Just fake vocals is all. And as for the new SS album, well.... It's deathcore. I'll just say that.

-Phil's vocals, however, don't sound nearly as fake and processed as Mitch's. You gotta at least admit that. Also, in his live performances, Phil at least sounds very close to the recording whereas Mitch doesn't sound a thing close to SS's recordings. Yes, this album is deathcore, but it's very shitty compared to Whitechapel's "The Somatic Defilement" or "This is Exile"

[apimpinsnoman]

it just all sounds the same, over and over again.

[kia77]

kellen.dobmeier wrote:

Yeah dude I'm pretty sure that Whitechapels vocals are COMPLETELY fake; the only vocalist that I know of that can growl that low is Chris Barnes. Not to say that they aren't a good band, they are. Just fake vocals is all. And as for the new SS album, well.... It's deathcore. I'll just say that.

-Phil's vocals, however, don't sound nearly as fake and processed as Mitch's. You gotta at least admit that. Also, in his live performances, Phil at least sounds very close to the recording whereas Mitch doesn't sound a thing close to SS's recordings. Yes, this album is deathcore, but it's very shitty compared to Whitechapel's "The Somatic Defilement" or "This is Exile"

its not possible to fake any screaming vocals u dumb ass its all real no matter how high or low it is

[undeadcorpse]

i preferred the cleansing, no time to bleed got heavier but lost the groove.

[TheReverend724]

xBRMx wrote:

dude above me is a twat to the maxxx. Whitechapel aint got squat on Suicide Silence

:facepalm:

this cd sucks, even though i still love ss

[TheReverend724]

sorry for doublepost but
kellen
*high five*

[SGBeAsT93]

just to let you guys know
the 911 call in the background is from the lady whos chimpanzee mauled the her bestfriend and ripped her face off

[5150addict]

The person who wrote this sounds like they should be getting their butt pumped full of goo by ss.

[Unskathed]

I would post an unbiased review of this album, but the UG rating scale doesn't have negatives.

[Softserved]

Lol. I see a lot of Chapel VS. Suicide Silence talk. Both have there own weaknesses and advantages.

Whitechapel has a less repetitive repertoire of riffs, but the lyrics aren't very well written to be honest. It's like they're just trying to use big words, without knowing the full meaning of them.

Suicide Silence is a little more repetitive, yes, but they make up for it in good lyrical composition. Not great, but at least good.

The only true drawback I find with Suicide Silence vocals, processed or not, are Mitch's highs. His lows can be magnificent, such in the case of the ending of Destruction of a Statue, but his highs can be headache inducing.

[D-Fraz35]

i think that this is a great album. it does get kind of repetitive at the end but overall i thought it was pretty good.

i think that Whitechapel has the better music and musicians but i love both bands.

[trendkill-]

same track 11 times

[beerandmurder]

im just tired of breakdowns and distorted vocals are just sad this band is really over rated

[TheReverend724]

Softserved wrote:

Lol. I see a lot of Chapel VS. Suicide Silence talk. Both have there own weaknesses and advantages.

Whitechapel has a less repetitive repertoire of riffs, but the lyrics aren't very well written to be honest. It's like they're just trying to use big words, without knowing the full meaning of them.

Suicide Silence is a little more repetitive, yes, but they make up for it in good lyrical composition. Not great, but at least good.

The only true drawback I find with Suicide Silence vocals, processed or not, are Mitch's highs. His lows can be magnificent, such in the case of the ending of Destruction of a Statue, but his highs can be headache inducing.

exactly
i like both bands, i just dont like this album very much

[Paddles]

Whats up your ass? Are you not a fan of metal? Im not sure wat u mean by wait until next week when a new scene genre is popular... its fuking metal you twat! Taking death metal elements an some hardcore elements an mixing together you are calling it a different genre...its jusst your little puss puss ears kant take aggressive music maybe? i dont know? This new Cd is fuking killer... its a great step for the band.. if you dont like death metal/deathcore or metal in general then dont go on here bashing... but i got better things to do right now... like go make music... peace an love! NO TIME TO BLEED!!!! fukn ppl piss me off...

i see you like your metal overproduced and obscenely generic

i would pose a question: how does your music taste when it's spoonfed to you?

Checked

[t.ev]

this band is painfully bad. i am an enormous metalhead and they are simply not listenable.

[haz_uk]

yet another example of kids with floppy hair infecting a respectable genre and raping it of all credibility.

there's no talent here.

[abrftw1995]

05."No Time to Bleed": the cover track and also one of my favorite songs. Very rememborable breakdown and fun to listen to

lol what the **** does "rememborable" mean?
do you mean memorable? hahaha

[ble12345]

it doesnt matter how much "talent" they have. they've found their niche in the deathcore scene. i dont care who hates them, but seriously they're doing a lot more with their music than any of you guys. its obvious that these guys are successful. anyone with a ****ing brain can see that. there will always be better guitarists and drummers and vocalists, but who ****ing cares? they dont need to be playing black metal or whatever old 80's metal you guys like. they play deathcore. and in the deathcore scene, these guys are doing quite well. no one cares about what you guys listen to. i hate metalheads who think they're tough cuz they can jack off to iron maiden. please stop being so arrogant and shut up.

[ble12345]

not to be condescending, but i just realized that the guitar rhythm from disengage is exactly the same as the acacia strain's new song skynet which is ironically about plagerism. hahahahahahahaa

[EpiExplorer]

Good death metal albums are called 'slabs' while bad ones are called 'deathcore' :P

[alexi_is_God]

i dunno, i like the album and i'm a huge ss fan (going to see them on the 27th =D) but i think i prefer the cleansing to this. No Time To Bleed seems to have a more speedy agressive nature in my opinion and i noticed that the low screams arent always as low as they used to be which is fine but i still kinda miss them, end point, if you love deathcore get it,

[HORSE ASSASSIN]

i thought this album was more creative and didn't sond like one giant song like their last album "the cleansing"

[xJohnxAnarchyx]

I think anyone who spells "brutal" like "brootal" shouldn't even have the review put on the site. Fucking spell it right.

SS is a good band and I hope to pick up this cd.

Yeah there are millions of Deathcore bands. I mostly hate it. But SS is one band to have grabbed my attention.

[-XM-]

I think this CD is not compareable at all to their old stuff, it feels too perfected. Whereas The Cleansing kinda had that "I don't give a damn" feel which kind of made the CD in my opinion. The Cleansing wasn't a perfect CD by any means, but it's way better then this imo.

[iwroteasongonce]

whoa whoa whoa this cd is amazing. and whitechapel is amazing. why must we argue?? i think everyone should take a time out and go check out Once We Were Buried. more breakdowns then a midlife crisis.

[Slay 'Em]

This cd is great, a little nu metal feel to it, but i like it.

[Mr.Highway]

OMG its so weird that people argue over something as shitty as suicide silence... i dont even classify them as real music.. not much taste to it. if u want to see wat their new album sounds like, give a gorilla a hard on and give it head. i think it wud sound pretty similar

[Nirvanarien]

Mr.Highway wrote:

OMG its so weird that people argue over something as shitty as suicide silence... i dont even classify them as real music.. not much taste to it. if u want to see wat their new album sounds like, give a gorilla a hard on and give it head. i think it wud sound pretty similar

hahaha you made i lol pretty damn hard xD

But this really isn't music well not ''true'' music anyway... Also i once saw a SS(makes me think of germany all over again) vid and that singer is just an scene kid/Emo fag lol

[trashbeast]

can't take a review with the word "brootalness" in it seriously, sorry.

[tancanada]

Suicide Silence went downhill after their demos. lol

[caught22]

I prefer The Cleansing to this. I listened to the first half of the cd and I couldn't get over how repetitive it was. All the songs sound similar. I don't think it's as heavy as the cleansing either. I just didn't get that excited listening to it.

[SamuraiLP]

IronMaiden5 wrote:

I can't take this review serious when you use the term "brootal". Sorry, I just can't.

Seriously
I could understand some lyrical brutality
Some brutal guitar
but brootal?
Thats for little ****ing scene kids that judge music by how heavy it is, not how good it is.
The only thing I care about is that their singer no longer gurgles when he screams.

[Shredder Guitar]

I've only heard Lifted and their cover of Them Bones by Alice in Chains, and it just sounds like Suicide Silence. Nothing really new, just pumping out what they know they can do and no expanding upon their sound at all. I mean, they're pretty good, but they could make their music so much more varied in terms of guitar work and vocals.

Great album cover, though. I love it.

[SamuraiLP]

haz_uk wrote:

yet another example of kids with floppy hair infecting a respectable genre and raping it of all credibility.

there's no talent here.

[63Dylan63]

Brootalbrootalbrootalbrootalbrootalbrootalbrootal.
Fucking annoying.

[63Dylan63]

Softserved wrote:

Lol. I see a lot of Chapel VS. Suicide Silence talk. Both have there own weaknesses and advantages.

Whitechapel has a less repetitive repertoire of riffs, but the lyrics aren't very well written to be honest. It's like they're just trying to use big words, without knowing the full meaning of them.

Suicide Silence is a little more repetitive, yes, but they make up for it in good lyrical composition. Not great, but at least good.

The only true drawback I find with Suicide Silence vocals, processed or not, are Mitch's highs. His lows can be magnificent, such in the case of the ending of Destruction of a Statue, but his highs can be headache inducing.

The only thing I wanted to say about this is that Nate Johnson is doing vocals at the end of Destruction of a Statue, not Mitch.

[joshlyksturtles]

kellen.dobmeier wrote:

Yeah dude I'm pretty sure that Whitechapels vocals are COMPLETELY fake; the only vocalist that I know of that can growl that low is Chris Barnes. Not to say that they aren't a good band, they are. Just fake vocals is all. And as for the new SS album, well.... It's deathcore. I'll just say that.

-Phil's vocals, however, don't sound nearly as fake and processed as Mitch's. You gotta at least admit that. Also, in his live performances, Phil at least sounds very close to the recording whereas Mitch doesn't sound a thing close to SS's recordings. Yes, this album is deathcore, but it's very shitty compared to Whitechapel's "The Somatic Defilement" or "This is Exile"

Have you ever seen Whitchapel live?
There's no way they can be fake, Phil Bozeman is just really f***ing good.

[LegsOnEarth]

xConverge wrote:

more of a step back, what a completely off review.

[joshlyksturtles]

Softserved wrote:

Lol. I see a lot of Chapel VS. Suicide Silence talk. Both have there own weaknesses and advantages.

Whitechapel has a less repetitive repertoire of riffs, but the lyrics aren't very well written to be honest. It's like they're just trying to use big words, without knowing the full meaning of them.

Suicide Silence is a little more repetitive, yes, but they make up for it in good lyrical composition. Not great, but at least good.

The only true drawback I find with Suicide Silence vocals, processed or not, are Mitch's highs. His lows can be magnificent, such in the case of the ending of Destruction of a Statue, but his highs can be headache inducing.

Did you really just say you prefer SS's lyrics?
Whitechapel have phenomenal lyrics.
50%of SS's lyrics have something to do with being god free.
Maybe you just can't comprehend the "big words" Whitechapel use.

[smartassorange]

I don't understand how anyone can give this band a positive review. they are terrible. Suicide Silence makes some pretty bad music and it baffles me that anyone can think they are good.

[abrftw1995]

joshlyksturtles wrote:

Softserved wrote:

Lol. I see a lot of Chapel VS. Suicide Silence talk. Both have there own weaknesses and advantages.

Whitechapel has a less repetitive repertoire of riffs, but the lyrics aren't very well written to be honest. It's like they're just trying to use big words, without knowing the full meaning of them.

Suicide Silence is a little more repetitive, yes, but they make up for it in good lyrical composition. Not great, but at least good.

The only true drawback I find with Suicide Silence vocals, processed or not, are Mitch's highs. His lows can be magnificent, such in the case of the ending of Destruction of a Statue, but his highs can be headache inducing.

Did you really just say you prefer SS's lyrics?
Whitechapel have phenomenal lyrics.
50%of SS's lyrics have something to do with being god free.
Maybe you just can't comprehend the "big words" Whitechapel use.

lol the lyrics in the somatic defilement were far from phenomenal haha

[ScarecrowWillie]

Are we being trolled?

[Metal4themasses]

This reveiw is ok. Lot's of spelling earors. But Suicide Silence is not deathcore! The band says so themselves! I dunno why everyone thinks they are.

[mtllica]

I have enjoyed this album, but I find it quite disappointing :/
I mean, it gets kind of repetitive after the first couple songs

[Melodic_Rocker]

lulz, deathcore...

[zeroordie6868]

-XM- wrote:

I think this CD is not compareable at all to their old stuff, it feels too perfected. Whereas The Cleansing kinda had that "I don't give a damn" feel which kind of made the CD in my opinion. The Cleansing wasn't a perfect CD by any means, but it's way better then this imo.

that's because The Cleansing was recorded live and mastered in a studio

[dixie_nourmous]

kia77 wrote:

its not possible to fake any screaming vocals u dumb ass its all real no matter how high or low it is

no it isnt. me and my friend do it through his digitech rp350 and it sounds amazing

[Who Sh0t Ya HxO]

beerandmurder wrote:

im just tired of breakdowns and distorted vocals are just sad this band is really over rated

To you it is overrated, to us who like the band it isn't. Nothing is overrated imo, it's obviously rated that good because a lot of people like them.

[Who Sh0t Ya HxO]

smartassorange wrote:

I don't understand how anyone can give this band a positive review. they are terrible. Suicide Silence makes some pretty bad music and it baffles me that anyone can think they are good.

It baffles you because you aren't metal enough to understand it. You can't comprehend and make sense of what good chugging riffs are supposed to sound like. SS has good chugging riffs, nice vocals, I like the lows, even though they're digital it still sounds awesome.

[kellen.dobmeier]

kellen.dobmeier wrote:

Yeah dude I'm pretty sure that Whitechapels vocals are COMPLETELY fake; the only vocalist that I know of that can growl that low is Chris Barnes. Not to say that they aren't a good band, they are. Just fake vocals is all. And as for the new SS album, well.... It's deathcore. I'll just say that.

-Phil's vocals, however, don't sound nearly as fake and processed as Mitch's. You gotta at least admit that. Also, in his live performances, Phil at least sounds very close to the recording whereas Mitch doesn't sound a thing close to SS's recordings. Yes, this album is deathcore, but it's very shitty compared to Whitechapel's "The Somatic Defilement" or "This is Exile"

Have you ever seen Whitchapel live?
There's no way they can be fake, Phil Bozeman is just really f***ing good.

-Dude I love Whitechapel. The second half is my response to the first half. I've watched a live set of Whitechapel's and Phil Bozeman is amazing. The only drawback was that Ben completely messed up the "Father of Lies" solo which shouldn't be that difficult to play. I know Phil's vocals aren't fake whereas Mitch's are entirely fake.

[kellen.dobmeier]

It baffles you because you aren't metal enough to understand it. You can't comprehend and make sense of what good chugging riffs are supposed to sound like. SS has good chugging riffs, nice vocals, I like the lows, even though they're digital it still sounds awesome.

-Suicide Silence is Deathcore with pretty much 99% of the influence being hardcore. I don't think you can even classify them as metal. If you think they can be classified as metal, back up your point. In the meantime, go listen to some Whitechapel.

[pyritmann]

i hate it when metalheads bash these kind of bands just because of the scene they're in, listen to it first not just say "THEY HAVE HAIR AND EMO FRIENDS... SHUN!!!!" broaden your horizons people. Metal isnt the only good music out there.

[nogo427]

Fanboy reviews should not be taken seriously.
It's a solid album, but no 9.7.
It's also nothing you wouldn't expect from Suicide Silence by now.
I'd say it's closer to 7/10.

[mtllica]

nogo427 wrote:

Fanboy reviews should not be taken seriously.
It's a solid album, but no 9.7.
It's also nothing you wouldn't expect from Suicide Silence by now.
I'd say it's closer to 7/10.

agreed.

[Zombie325]

Personally, I think SS could have done a little bit better this time around...
Still a decent album, and it will be very interesting to see where they go from here.

[Mr.Highway]

all right, well its not like im not a fan of deathcore or whatever this shitty band calls itself, im actually a big fan of Job For A Cowboy, cz they have rhythm and awesome riffs, suicide silence is just like getting a dog which has constipation to bark into a mircophone while the guitarist (if thats what he calls himself) jus plays open notes and the occasional gallop..... biggest epic fail ive seen

[ImpendingDoom]

Alright, there are a few things I'm going to adress, the last being the actual point of this review, Suicide Silence's sophomore album,No Time to Bleed.
First, for all the "metal heads" who think this type of music is crap and all the "scene kids" who think the metal heads are just stupid old guys living in the 80's who just "don't understand," All of you need to realize that all of this music came from the same place. Back in the slave days where slaves sang blues esque songs while they were in the fields. This was made into blues, which branced off and produced jazz, and both of those heavily influence heavy metal. Music keeps getting heavier and heavier. It is all metal, every bit of it. Metallica, Iron Maiden, SS, Whitechapel, Slayer, Impending Doom, Pantera, every bit of it is heavy metal. Now for some, the spectrum might run deeper (ie: thrash, grind, death, *insert-sub-genre-here*core) but it is all metal. If anyone wants to discuss this topic, I would be glad to discuss it, just shoot me a PM.
Now, to the album. I loved the cleansing, it was great to my ears. Nice chugs, heavy breakdowns, intense (but digital at times) vocals. It was just high energy music. When I listened to No Time for Bleeding, it just didn't have the high energy i was looking for. I'll give credit to SS, they grew as musicians, their music is more complex now, but it just has a low, kind of draggy energy to me. Now I'm not saying that all the tracks are slow tempo wise, just energy wise. The Cleansing got the blood pumpin' but No Time to Bleed just had me sayin, "huh, this is cool." So, bottom line, No Time to Bleed, good music, but it's just not for me.
-- and one last thing, you may not like this type of music, or this band, but there's always one thing you need to keep in mind, no matter how "shitty" or "talentless" you think a band is, the reality of it is, they're getting paid to write music, play shows, and go all over the world while tons of people like ourselves sit here on our computers and write about it.

[kellen.dobmeier]

That was the worst defense I've ever seen of deathcore being metal. It's not. And SS stills sucks balls.

[Racasdorph]

Yep SS sucks... thats why they are touring the world for thousands of fans... because they suck...

[alanaxxhxc]

I love Suicide Silence, but the majority of No Time to Bleed is awful. The only thing that impressed me was more technicality on this cd. Other than that, I was very dissapointed.

[kellen.dobmeier]

Racasdorph :
Yep SS sucks... thats why they are touring the world for thousands of fans... because they suck...

-and their fans are adolescent kids and teens. They're mindwashed. This band is so pathetic it makes me laugh when I hear any of their breakdowns or attempts at soloing. Seriously, the end of 'No Pity for a Coward' is hilarious.

[kaossurge]

This CD was great, not as good as the cleansing, but great none the less.

[xaulzan]

just cause an album is waaaaayy loud and waaaaayyy heavy. doesn't make it any good at all


This was a great disappointment

[ryan21947]

lol i love how half the people here are trolls XD

and can you mother ****ers stop saying "brootal"? thats probably the most retarded way to spell brutal ever

ON TOPIC: this was a good record, even though i enjoyed the sound of the old record more in terms of recording quality. not saying the quality on this one is bad though, cuz it isnt. mitch's vocals sounded better on the cleansing too, but hes still good at his growls/screams.

put simply, the cleansing was better, but no time to bleed was also pretty good : D

[Alexxx.]

BR00T4L.

[random-emo-kill]

this album was awsome! also, whoever says ss is scene...read this: my scene friend got it 4 me 4 my b-day, i put in in the stereo and within five minutes he was on the floor holding his ears screaming "turn it off!!" (oh yes so scene the SCENE KID was crying by "lifted")

[random-emo-kill]

kellen.dobmeier wrote:

Yeah dude I'm pretty sure that Whitechapels vocals are COMPLETELY fake; the only vocalist that I know of that can growl that low is Chris Barnes. Not to say that they aren't a good band, they are. Just fake vocals is all. And as for the new SS album, well.... It's deathcore. I'll just say that.

-Phil's vocals, however, don't sound nearly as fake and processed as Mitch's. You gotta at least admit that. Also, in his live performances, Phil at least sounds very close to the recording whereas Mitch doesn't sound a thing close to SS's recordings. Yes, this album is deathcore, but it's very shitty compared to Whitechapel's "The Somatic Defilement" or "This is Exile"

i can name a few people who can growl as low (or lower) than barnes...ever listen 2 dying fetus? their growler's pretty damn low,of course glen benton (vital remains,not deicide, with them he's a bit higher)...enough said, im sure other people can growl that low

[columbianneckti]

Im sorry people, but this album is nothing special, I had higher hopes for SS, but oh well. Seems like there trying to become the posterboys for deathcore, which isn't a good thing with this album made by them

[davisdestroyer]

SS let me down thats for sure. In the song "Wake Up" they completly,utterly,100% ripped off Belay My Last's "One More Foot In The Grave" haha its sad

[Moralless]

The second I heard SS rip off belay My last, I lost all faith in the album. Suicide Silence is a pretty decent band with some decent parts, but I often wonder how they got as big as they are. Bands like Oceano, Whitechapel, Burning the Masses, etc give deathcore a proud name. Suicide Silence just attracts too many wannabe scene kids. I would give this cd a 4/10

[kellen.dobmeier]

random-emo-kill wrote:

kellen.dobmeier wrote:

Yeah dude I'm pretty sure that Whitechapels vocals are COMPLETELY fake; the only vocalist that I know of that can growl that low is Chris Barnes. Not to say that they aren't a good band, they are. Just fake vocals is all. And as for the new SS album, well.... It's deathcore. I'll just say that.

-Phil's vocals, however, don't sound nearly as fake and processed as Mitch's. You gotta at least admit that. Also, in his live performances, Phil at least sounds very close to the recording whereas Mitch doesn't sound a thing close to SS's recordings. Yes, this album is deathcore, but it's very shitty compared to Whitechapel's "The Somatic Defilement" or "This is Exile"

i can name a few people who can growl as low (or lower) than barnes...ever listen 2 dying fetus? their growler's pretty damn low,of course glen benton (vital remains,not deicide, with them he's a bit higher)...enough said, im sure other people can growl that low

I didn't write that first part about Chris Barnes. I messed up quoting it so it looks like it was part of my post. Suicide Silence still sucks. Always will. I dig that they're nice guys and all, but their music sucks.

[samlocke14]

ill be that guy....
i love this album, sure its generic deathcore but it works for them and its catchy as all hell
nothing amazing but it gets a good thrashing in my car.