HATEBREED wholeheartedly believe that their new self-titled album is their best yet…and they are right. It sounds like the band has done some growing up as artists and musicians because Hatebreed is the band’s most musically diverse and accomplished record yet. Dynamics are what it’s all about and HATEBREED have expanded their arsenal of riffing styles, incorporated more spacing in the songs, added some new moods/atmospheres, and all overall maturity. There’s even a melancholic instrumental which shows a new side of the band.
As we all know, the lyrics and attitude behind them are the core of what HATEBREED are all about, and this record is no different. While the details and stories may be different, the lyrics involve the hardcore ethos. If every band could take their lyrics this seriously, everyone would always say what they mean and mean what they say.
The “Exclusive Best Buy” Edition involves a 65 minute DVD featuring tons of performances at European festivals. We all know how absolutely insane the band stirs up a crowd in the U.S. so it’s cool to see how European crowds react to the band. Also included in the DVD is a “making of” the new record.
HATEBREED have been one of the most successful bands to make the leap from the underground to the mainstream and Hatebreed only proves that the band continues to mature. Hatebreed will more than satisfy diehard fans but might also appeal to fans who were turned off by the band’s more “one-dimensional” stylings of the past. (E1 Music)
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HATEBREED have confirmed a summer tour of the U.S. in support of their new album, For the Lions (in store May 5th). The tour, dubbed Decimation of the Nations, is sponsored by Hot Topic, and will feature CHIMAIRA as the main support act on all dates.
The biggest hardcore band on the planet return with an album sure to please their diehard fans. HATEBREED stay within their trademark sound and deliver all the heavy-handed riffs, high energy, and aggression that you can handle. Supremacy sounds like it was specifically created to be the soundtrack for a perpetual moshpit. And these are the kinds of moshpits that HATEBREED are infamous for conjuring. It simply does not let up. The lyrics roar just as much, if not more, than the instruments themselves. However, this is also the aspect of Supremacy that may make or break one’s enjoyment of the record. With a detailed intro and extensive liner notes, vocalist Jamey Jasta explains and elaborates on coping with his recent personal struggles. However, after a few songs he turns out to sound more like a preacher than a hardcore vocalist. This will wear down those who are not interested in being told in a sense how to live their lives, though this may not have been the original intent of the band. But HATEBREED fans will eat up as this is more or less in line with their previous records. With Supremacy, they continue their strong consistency and show no signs of letting up as one of the mainstream’s most prominent figures. (Roadrunner Records)