Submersed - In Due Time
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TraptStrata
Seven Wiser
Creed
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Wind Up RecordsTracklist
1. Hollow 4:042. To Peace 4:06
3. In Due Time 4:03
4. Dripping 4:38
5. Flicker 5:16
6. Parallelism 3:47
7. Deny Me 3:34
8. You Run 4:09
9. Divide the Hate 4:27
10. Piano Song 3:56
11. Unconcerned 5:16
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This is definitely a frustrating cd from a reviewer’s perspective. Submersed, Wind-Up’s newest artist, tread a fine line between falling into the same musical shithole that many of Wind-Up’s bands are wallowing in (Alter Bridge, 12 Stones, and Drowning Pool come to mind) and excelling to become a great new musical talent (such as Strata or Atomship).
With In Due Time, Submersed simultaneously write songs that indulge the harder, well-written edge of label mates Strata and, unfortunately, tread into the Creed, radio-friendliness territory as well. At many times, it felt like this disc was a compilation of two distinct bands trying to synthesize their sound into a cohesive whole. One great example of this is the song “Dripping”. It starts out on a mellow rock vibe (a la most rock radio singles) and the verses share this vibe, yet when the chorus kicks in, you’re confronted with a textured, heavy passage that feels so much more… mature than an average radio rock band’s songs.
Some songs are just blatantly bad, like “Parallelism”, “Piano Song”, and “Unconcerned”. Each of these fall smack dab into the middle of Creed-wannabe-ville. On the other hand, there are songs such as “Flicker”, “Divide the Hate”, and “At Peace” that are very competent hard rock songs. It’s because of these offsetting good and bad songs that this cd may or may not be a good purchase. In the end it’ll have to come down to how well you can tolerate listening to throwaway songs to get to the good stuff. If you don’t mind doing that, then you might as well give this disc a shot.
--Rick Gebhardt
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