Daysend - The Warning

Daysend, pronounced 'days end' and not 'day send' how I always incorrectly refer to this Australian band, finally gives us a follow up to Severance. I've been worried about this new album from these Aussies because of the vocalist change since the absolutely amazing Severence. The vocalist on Severance really helped define that album and made it such an enjoying listen. He was your mostly typical harsh vocalist with a very good clean voice, but it was just done to absolute perfection on Severance that I just didn't think that a replacement could ever fill his shoes.

However I shouldn't forget that behind the really strong vocals of Severance was some very good instruments by the other members of Daysend. The guitar riffs created some great pieces for the vocalist to sing over and this mostly continues on The Warning. Even though the vocalist isn't nearly as strong as the former guy, the guitars elevate this band above others in the metalcore genre. Even though there's no super catchy chorus such as those found on Severance, the songs are good. The album does improve in the 'avoiding hardcore elements' division. Severance did occasionally skirt the hardcore breakdown hole that often plagues metalcore and that makes me instantly push stop on a cd. The Warning does a good job in avoiding these breakdown regressions.

7/10 Not as good as their debut, but a good album in the sea of terrible metalcore.