{"id":38616,"date":"2005-11-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/all-that-is-solid-melts-into-air\/"},"modified":"2005-11-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-14T00:00:00","slug":"all-that-is-solid-melts-into-air","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/all-that-is-solid-melts-into-air\/","title":{"rendered":"All That Is Solid Melts Into Air"},"content":{"rendered":"

The pivotal fourth release for self-proclaimed hardcore punkers
\nAmulet is
\nAll That Is Solid Melts Into Air<\/i> — an album that can honor
\nthe claim of “Scandinavia’s most persistent hardcore band” made in
\ntheir label’s press release. Or, it could be yet another effort
\nthat settles on softened melodies as we’ve previously discussed on
\ntheir last album,
\n
\nDanger! Danger!<\/i>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

Optimistically, I entered into my purchase of this album
\nthinking these Oslo rockers were surely heading back to their
\nblistering roots. The first single, “Warpriest,” shows all the
\nhallmarks of a track that was pressed to victimize and brutalize
\nits audience with lead throat Torgny Amdam honorably wailing his
\nway through large portions of his missive. It’s not as strong a
\ntrack as “Life On The Edge Of Chaos” or “Won’t Hold Back” from
\nAmulet’s truly hardcore debut,
\nThe Burning Sphere<\/i>, but one that is worthy of “single”
\nstatus for sure.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for me, “Warpriest” is nothing but a dupe effort,
\nas the rest of the album is essentially nothing more than an easy
\nrock ride highlighting drummer Jonas Thire’s percussion and Amdam’s
\nproclivity to find the matching key.<\/p>\n

Being so obviously faked out by this revelation, I instinctively
\nwant to sit here and rail on this album, but I’m not going to go so
\nfar as say that Amdam isn’t suited for this relaxed vocal approach.
\nHope actually does hinge itself on the fact that Amulet has never
\nsounded better in this muted rock form than when performing the
\nopening track, “Crash Into My Room.” This track is what one would
\ncall a bonafide rock hit if ever there was such a thing —
\nnevermind that real rock is never played on the radio anymore and
\nthus never charts. “Crash” has definite singalong appeal with its
\ndefinitive back beats and curiously winding guitar paths.<\/p>\n

Too bad there is not much else on this album to rival either of
\nthe tracks I’ve described. “Oslo Death City” does not inspire any
\nfear, as the performance merely settles on a groove rhythm and
\nlittle else. And after listening to the mundanely forced “LFMDFM,”
\nI care little in finding what this song title abbreviates as
\nusually; such a quirky title will force me into finding out the
\ninspiration.<\/p>\n

Oh sure, “Pitch Black Void” is a song that is likely to find its
\nway onto future setlists with its catchy non-hardcore chorus being
\nthe signature piece. But the track would surely be more interesting
\nwith a more consistent oomph behind it.<\/p>\n

Amulet is a widely talented band with one of rock n’ roll’s most
\ncapable voices leading the way. But their current efforts in mixing
\nthe extreme with the more mainstream is a bad idea and while I am
\nsure there are probably equal numbers of folks that prefer the
\nband’s current instrumental and vocal pace, I doubt there are many
\nthat wouldn’t agree with me when I state that the band hasn’t yet
\nfound a way to credibly package both rock styles on one album.<\/p>\n

That being said,
\nAll That Is Solid Melts Into Air<\/i> shows that Amulet has
\ndecided promise in mastering either rock style. I just find issue
\nwith the fact that the band proclaims to be a hardcore band first
\nand foremost when it is so obvious that those days have largely
\npassed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":27258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6942],"rating":[5614],"class_list":["post-38616","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-amulet","rating-rating-c-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38616"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}