Bury Your Dead

Bury Your Dead's sixth studio album, Mosh'n'Roll, sees them reinventing themselves with a new brand of unhinged East coast metalcore. The album reunites Bury Your Dead with original vocalist Mat Bruso, who left the band in 2007. Bruso's return produces a punishing sonic experience, taking the unit in an even angrier direction than they're known for. Bruso's homecoming is welcome and Mosh'n'Roll is significantly heavier, more impulsive and powerful album than 2008's self-titled offering and 2009's It's Nothing Personal, both featuring Myke Terry on vocals. Bruso's vocals bring back the band's more genuinely hardcore elements, sounding less produced across the board. On Mosh'n'Roll, Bury Your Dead have neither the time nor the taste for the melodic vocal styles dominating their last two releases, as Bruso delivers his pummelling, throaty growl. The rest of the group produce a storm of power riffs supported by a steady rhythm that ensures every beat is a declaration of war. It's fitting that the album should be titled Mosh'n'Roll because each track oozes the kind of aggression that only materializes in a mosh pit. Mosh'n'Roll is an album with a visceral, head-bobbing quality, and you'll likely find yourself under the spell of Bury Your Dead's infectious breakdowns.