Weight Of The Tide- All Told, review.

Weight of The Tide hail from the USA, and have been around in various guises for many years. Their brand of mixing sludge, doom and bad ass heavy metal has earned them a serious following, and their new album All Told is the perfect mixture of these different styles. Containing two vocalists, and an epic drummer and bassist, the band has some serious edge over some of the other bands mixing in the metal scene at present.

Opening track All Told begins with a volume swell, before moving into a octave intro, containing a headbanging riff throughout the song, big choruses and heavy vocals, the track is definitely one that introduces the album appropriately. The End Becomes You starts with solid bone crunching riffs before moving to a jagged gallop that gets the feet moving and the heart racing. Vocally the song contains some serious melody and the theme of burden and laying it all out to rest fits well with the music and for the times. For All Tomorrows starts with haunting harmony vocals and moves to driving guitar harmonies and searing big, bold melodies and vocal lines, a solid song and one that has potential for massive epicness live.

Years Like Days starts off with a rhythmic pattern similar to black metal, before moving into doom territory, lyrically the song appears to be about the effects of time constraints that individuals place on themselves and how this can negatively affect them. The final track on the record is Architect, sludge riffs, big vocal melodies and solid drum patterns make this a fitting closer, and a song that should get fair reaction when played live.

All Told is a solid effort, and an impressive album. One that has definitely marked out Weight of The Tide as a band to look out for in the future. There was some minor issues in regards to the sound at one point, but other than that a brilliant album. Can’t wait to see the songs played live. 9/10.