I am stunned by how subpar Breag Naofa's performance is compared to Monuments Collapse's. Based
on the music I would completely have thought the bands were the other way round; MC sound more
like BN than BN do. 1 is a classic intro that is cool and functional, and the unfold into 2 is
outright excellent. 2 is pretty run of the mill fat riffey post-metal, but it goes quite ahrd,
works well, and does show brief excellence at 5:30 with the added guitars. 3 has an extremely
BN/FoE type intro and a great one at that. The unfold is a bit less cool than 2's, and the track
is a pretty simple progression, but the riff at 5:45 is immense and the track picks up
thereafter. In contrast with MC's contribution, 4 feels quite dull and even gets a bit annoying
with some of the high pitched ritournelles. The vocals though nicely roarey are overproduced and
frankly I'm not a fan. MC's vocals sounded more like the BN vocals I am used to than this. The
second act rise around min 9 is more engaging, and the guitars at 12:20 are kinda cute. 5 has a
much bette intro especially the melody at 0:55, but the unfold is very underwhelming and the vox
feel even more metalcorey. Again the second rise around 8:50 is a lot cooler, but the ensuing
explosion is really awful, then the album concludes into nothing. The unnamed bonus track is the
best BN track here with a nice intro, kinda cool vox, a nonlinear progression with more than
chugchug, and frankly some excellent bits like 7:30, but hey I dont rate for bonus tracks. Oh
btw, not a trace of BN's punk side here, even though some buildups call for it. MC: 3.8 (makes me
want to check them out), BN: 2.9, Total: 3.4
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