Album Details

• Artist: Across Five Aprils
• Album: Collapse
• Label: Indianola
• Year of Release: 2006
• ME Rating:
• Reviewed by: digitalbath on 2008-04-24

I recently discovered Across Five Aprils for myself and I have to say that I am about as impressed with them as I was with Parkway Drive.  Across Five Aprils is one of those metal bands that write great music and write well, but it isn't anything really original or ground-breaking.  Collapse is a great example of just that.

Instrumentally, the album is very similar to Killswitch Engage or even Atreyu in their earlier albums.  The guitars drive through each song with a certain degree of forcefulness that is diminished simply because it has all been done before.  Their vocalist sings fairly frequently, which is one of the reasons that I compared them to Killswitch Engage but he isn't nearly as talented as KSE.  

I do enjoy Collapse but if I had to classify them into a genre category, it'd be that of pop/metal.  The album feels more like it was produced rather than written and even proves to not be as hardcore as I had been led to believe.  Across Five Aprils is a great band and I enjoy their music but I wouldn't recommend anyone look in their direction for something new and exciting. 

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