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Band
Resist the Ocean
Title
Heart of the Oak
Type
LP/EP
Company
Bleeding Nose
YOR
2017
Style
Metalcore/Hardcore
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Metalcore that hits all the right notes
Bavarian metalcore unit Resist the Ocean offer up some very solid material on "Heart of the Oak". Plenty of groove, hooks and all that you come to love from metalcore are present throughout the whole album. Gang vocal choruses abound and get a little tiresome at times but still make you wanna scream along every time they announce themselves. There aren't that many clean vocal parts so that is a bit surprising but an element that I'm ok with not being as prevalent as it lends a bit of difference to the genre. Overall this is a fun listen and one that you can chant and pound your fist to.
Recommended for fans of: Upon A Burning Body, Bring Me the Horizon, Of Mice & Men
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Heart of the Oak 2017 Bleeding Nose Greg Watson 5/3/2017 3.5
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