Only the Dead See the End of the War
Only the Dead See the End of the War is the first professional EP of the US-American - Iraqi band Acrassicauda and its first production since the flight from Iraq in 2006. Produced album of was Alex Skolnick ( Testament ). The EP was officially released on March 9, 2010 , but the album was only sold on March 13 during the Scion Rock Fest in Columbus . There the band played with Cannibal Corpse , Voivod and other metal bands. The band produced a music video for the song Garden of Stones . It is also the band's first professional music video.
Track list
- Message from Baghdad
- Garden of Stones
- Massacre
- The Unknown
Reviews
Sputnikmusic describes the background of the individual pieces with the band's past, from the time when they survived the Iraq war and fled to Turkey . The critic does not clearly define the musical style. In the songs Massacre and The Unknown, elements of metalcore can be heard, whereas in the song The Unknown one can also hear influences of Metallica from the 1980s in the drumming. In addition, the critic is of the opinion that the music is influenced by Fear Factory and Trivium . So far, users have given the EP a total of 3.7 out of 5 possible points.
The RockSins critic is of the opinion that you can hear the singer's anger and anger very well in all 4 pieces. The lyrics are about war , destruction and death , whereby the band does not improvise, but build in their own experiences during the war in Iraq. The critic describes Acrassicauda as a great caliber in the global metal scene .
Heavymetaladdiction describes the album as a thrash attack with hard guitars and strong double blasts. The critic describes the style of music as a mix of Metallica , Iron Maiden , Testament and Slayer . He describes how the melody in the Bay Area thrash metal and the local metalcore scene would fade over time.