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Die Young (TX)
Graven Images
Eulogy CD
“If you bought this album because Jesus is on the cover, the joke’s on you!”
Die Young (TX)’s debut Graven Images features fast, gritty hardcore. It contains some metallic qualities, and the hardcore is angrily lethal, but the one aspect of Graven Images that really caught my ear’s attention are the socially conscience lyrics. Plus the booklet even combines the lyrics with quotes from George Orwell, Sigmund Freud, John Gray, Jack Kerouac, Daniel Quinn, and Shakespeare, among many others.
I just recently saw Philly’s Hot Cross play (which was one hell of a show). During downtime between songs, the vocalist Billy Werner talked about how he felt Christianity doesn’t belong in punk-rock because of the religion’s “intolerable” and close-minded beliefs. I couldn’t agree more. On Graven Images Die Young (TX) touch upon and throw out questions about religion and Christianity that will force the gears in your cranial capacitor to turn and make you think (unless you’re a narrow-minded lemming). Vocalist Rev. White Devil speaks his mind loud and clear, pointing fingers at the absurdity of society while spitting venom filled with truth serum. It’s definitely nice to hear a band introspectively speak their mind about issues that a lot of bands won’t address.
The sounds found on Graven Images are murky, fast, and thick like a dense fog. There are a few moments where Die Young (TX) pulls the reigns back (“Carried by Visions,” and the two atmospheric fillers “Desperate Hope” and “In Limbo”), but overall there’s hardly a moment for a breather. This is what hardcore and the Punk spirit is all about. They don’t reinvent the wheel musically, but Die Young (TX) doesn’t waste your time with the same old message and lyrics.
Hailing from the Bible Belt of Texas, Die Young (TX) plays scathing hardcore that is both uncompromising and controversial. Graven Images will hopefully provoke debate making you question your own thoughts on issues, while increasing your blood pressure with some hardnosed music. Hell yeah!
by Fake Train
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