Across Five Aprils
Collapse
Indianola Records
Grade: A-
Chattanooga, TN’s Across Five Aprils are so fucking good that it’s amazing that they haven’t just blitzkrieg every other hardcore band out there and wrapped up all the imaginary music awards for hardcore and metal bands. The five-piece expertly mix thrashing screaming metalcore with harmonies pulsating with dark imagery – and thus aptly described as melodic metalcore; possibly the very definition of. One may comment that during shifts from screaming to the melodic, AFA may be lazily compared to My Chemical Romance, as on the super opener “Tallahassee is for Hookers,” but at the very least it hooks the uninitiated ear for a moment. The other hang up folks have with bands moving between screaming and melodic vocals is the unnatural and contrived feeling it portrays. How AFA pulls off not sounding like this is hidden, but a listener would have to be a grump to pull away with this sense. Take a spin on Collapse and enjoy one of the most underrated hardcore bands going. And as your head gets smashed in by songs like “With These Hands” and “Shot Down With Arrows” realize that AFA have a strong back catalog, particularly 2003’s A Tragedy in Progress.
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