Track Listing

1. Sympathy Orchestra
2. Hands To Hide the Shame
3. Fever Dream
4. Womb Disease
5. Infidels Hymn
6. Year One
7. Angel With a Dirty Face
8. Disposably Yours
9. A Devil's Ransom
10. Fool's Gold
11. Dust To Dust

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31109 in Music
• Released on: 2008-03-18
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Solid 3.5 Stars, But Not Quite there [3.5 Stars]
Well Ok I'm just going to keep this review kind of short and tell you more or less what you need to know about the record:

The Good: Mike Terry is more than a suitable replacement for Matt Bruso on vocals. In fact he almost sounds identical to Matt in a lot of ways. If the cd had come out and there had been no notice that the band had changed vocalists, I guarantee no one would even notice. The music is still heavy, it's still got that Bury Your Dead groove, and there's plenty of breakdowns and sing-a-longs like one would expect. The production is super tight, so the album sounds just as good if not better than most heavy releases you'll hear in this genre.

The Bad: Well as with most hardcore of this type, the songs are kind of generic. Personally I feel the band was coming off what was their best effort in "Beauty and the Breakdown," and compared to any of their back catalogue, these songs aren't immediately catchy or that special. Yea they have some nice parts here and there, but I can hardly think of any standouts on the disc aside from maybe "A Devil's Ransom." Unfortunately (as is a major downside to this genre) the disc doesn't offer that much replay value.

The Ugly: Funny enough, it also involves Mike Terry's vocals. Sorry but I can't be the only one who believes that clean singing has absolutely no place on a BYD album. It just doesn't fit their style. Yea it only comes in about 3 or 4 songs, but the parts just aren't done that well. I appreciate the fact they tried to step up a bit and diversify, but it falls short.

So for what it's worth, the self-titled BYD album is more-or-less what you'd expect from the band and this style of music. It's tough, heavy, got the mosh parts, but it's not really that interesting. It's not a total throwaway, but in comparison to some of their much better written songs ("Magnolia," "House of Straw" etc..) there isn't much to write home about here. I don't think most people expect anything groundbreaking from a band like Bury Your Dead, but they are one of the better bands of this type simply in terms of lyrics and musical ability. Overall the disc might be fun to listen to occasionally, but I don't see it tracking up a large amount time on anyone's cd player or ipod.

Dont waste your money
It's Ok . Liked had me at hello better. Nothing new or exciting about this band.

Bury Your Dead: Hardcore Kings
I often read reviews if I am 50/50 about buying a CD. Hopefully this helps. I purchased this album the day it came out because it's Bury Your Dead, they make hardcore music the right way. Fast, catchy and unrelenting.
If you are looking for the best hardcore CD ever, this is not your CD. If you are looking forward to Bury Your Dead's new album and enjoy their old stuff this is definitely for you. If you enjoy hardcore music for the above reasons I would recommend this CD.

If I was to compare this CD to their back catalogue, I would describe it as a musical progression from Beauty and the Breakdown. A thing I love about BYD is that they have definitely gotten better song writing and production wise over the years, but there style of music is still the same. They have stuck to writing hardcore songs. BYD isn't a band you liked who has changed over the years and you say 'I like there old stuff better than there new stuff.'
I would put Hatebreed and BYD into the same breath on this aspect, one legendary (Hatebreed) and one great (BYD) hardcore band that have stuck to hardcore, but there sound has evolved and simply gotten better over the years. You can enjoy all of there cd s because it is the hardcore sound you love but all the albums are different.

My thoughts on a couple of criticisms I have heard about this record;
1. "It is a new singer, and he isn't as good...."
Well yeah, it is a new singer, (and too bad Michael Crafter didn't work out, it would have been awesome to BYD in Australia) but I would rather be listening to this CD with a new BYD singer than 99% of other CDs being made at the moment. (The same goes for AC/DC, I hate it when people compare pre and post Bon Scott AC/DC. At least they are still going!) And even though I knew it was a new singer, honestly he sounds crazily like Matt. I don't know if that is a coincidence or they did something to his voice post production. He is a good singer, and I reckon the band landed on their feet finding this dude. Welcome aboard Myke!

2."This is another band that has gone melodic"
A post above this touched on this issue, and this is no Atreyu. There is 11 songs and two songs have one melodic verse in them each. I think this is more the band trying something new. I would be up in arms if 9 songs were melodic and only two were fast and riffy.

I would recommend this if you have past BYD cds but if you are a first time BYD buyer check out 'Cover Your Tracks' you won't regret it.