Century | Black Ocean

Prosthetic Records is an awesome label with a lot of really great bands on their roster. They have sent me various cds to review in the past and I have really dug every cd and band…until now.

Century’s Black Ocean arrived in the mail the other day and I was excited to hear it. When the music started playing it was cool. It was very heavy and relentless on the ears. I thought “This is great”…and then the vocals hit. As any metal fan, I’m very picky when it comes to vocals and If I don’t like the vocals it can ruin the entire cd for me. This is one of those cases. I love the music but…

The drums are good, the guitars are great with the exception that there aren’t really any exceptional if any solos, but to me the vocals are a little too…well, screamy. When it comes to screams I like a good screamer but I can not seam to shake my dislike for Carson Slovak’s vocals. I thought this was going to kind of be like the first time I listened to Hail!Hornet. I hated the vocals there but after a second listen I really started to enjoy it.

Some of may like it, some may not. If a cd is garbage you know I will say so. This is just one of those cases where there is only one thing about it that I don’t like. You can check out Century on their Myspace and have a listen and read up on them at Prosthetic Records if your not familiar. The new CD Black Ocean comes out on April 29th.

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