"The Haunting piano line on "Death Of Eighty's" opening track, The Medic' is worringly reminiscent of nu-metal jokers Linkin Park'. Thankfully, when the doom and destruction vocals kick in with a vengeance, the band reveal themselves to be a tidy screamo outfit with a Funeral For A Friend fixation
Death of Eighty also win "best track name' award' for "Elevator music for the faint hearted' , its lilting, strumming beauty underpinned by soft sheen drums, while the bitter and not-so-sweet vocals drip with pain and regret "I wont lie, I hope your choking where you are" they tenderly sing, hearts firmly on sleeves.
Elsewhere "Stendhal Syndrome Part 1' is pure mogwai magnificence with post-apocalyptic musings which build into a noisey crescendo. If "Part 1' was post-apocalyptic, "Part 2" is very much its cataclysmic counter-point, the searing guitar licks and end-of-the-world vocals making it a magestic headache of majestic noise"
Time Out Magazine
Dancing along the lines that divide emo, post-hardcore and metalcore, Death of Eighty have been making eclectic, aggressive and imaginative music for the past year and a half. Sick of playing the same old rock music clichs, the five-piece have blended metal, hardcore, rock, and punk to make an exciting musical mlange, bursting with vitality.
The brainchild of guitarists Henry Miller and Jonny Muir, Death Of Eighty rose up out of the United Arab Emirates underground scene and immediately won over fans and critics with their electrifying mix of genres and styles, and their incendiary live performances. Completed by vocalist Dariush Kamyab, bassist Andrew Hughes, and drummer Anmol Pinto, the quintet hail from the U.A.E., a highly cosmopolitan environment where all manner of cultures and peoples meld and mesh, and the music of Death Of Eighty can be described in a similar way. Death Of Eightys music is a melting-pot of styles and influences, and the band claim inspiration from bands as diverse as Alexisonfire, Thin Lizzy, the Deftones, and Thrice.
Its all about juxtaposition for the Death Of Eighty boys. The band flirts between aggressive riffing and rhythmically intense dynamics, and mellow, richly melodic textures. Piercing screams stand beside soaring guitar melodies. Ear-splitting riffs stand beside delicate clean sections. Crushing drum and bass stands beside intricate harmonies. Its original, melodic, aggressive, manic music at moments chaotic and frenzied, at others precise and controlled, played from the heart and from the soul.
Death Of Eighty have gone from strength to strength since the bands inception in late 2004. Between recording and self-releasing their Medicine For The Psyche album, and playing shows such as their televised performance at the ESPN X-Games Dubai 2005, the band have kept active, becoming regulars on the local gig circuit. Heralded for savage and brutally cathartic live shows, the band have built a solid, dedicated, and ever-growing fan-base, winning scores of fans with their singles Fourteen and A Year In 12 Days, as well as with exciting and athletic stage antics.
Regardless of what happens, Death Of Eighty will continue to do what they do best - write music that comes, with equal parts sophistication and ferocity, from the heart. Music that is emotionally turbulent in the most hard-hitting way, yet uplifting and profound. Music that transcends simple classification, music that borrows from across the generic spectrum, yet is somehow greater than the sum of its stylistic parts. And as long as Death Of Eighty can share what they do with whoever will listen, theyll keep gigging, keep writing, keep playing
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