Trap Them - Seizures In Barren Praise

Trap Them have been making a lot of waves amongst underground heavy music fans since about the time they signed to Deathwish Inc. in early 2007, hot on the tail of their first full-length 'Sleepwell Deconstructer' on the Trash Art! label. Shortly after their joining with Deathwish, the band put out an EP 'Seance Prime' and a split 7" with Extreme Noise Terror. With each release, more and more people have been taking notice, and now the highly anticipated 2nd full-length, 'Seizures In Barren Praise' is here.

Trap Them's sound spans every realm of aggressive music from hardcore, to death metal, to thrash, punk and beyond. It is an addictive, intense, assault of noise that never fails to pummel the listener into the ground.

'Seizures In Barren Praise' is a fantastic trip from beginning to end. The first track 'Fucking Viva', starts as a slow build into what fans of Trap Them have come to expect. The slow solitary guitar riff, joined progressively by all pieces of the band build into an attack that Trap Them's fans come to expect. That album takes off from there and never misses a beat, from the undoubtedly evil sounding riffs in 'Targets', to the unrivaled heaviness in 'Reincarnation of Lost Lones' this album is just great through and through. The final track is the 7 minute epic 'Mission Convincers', the slowest, yet most brooding track on the album, a perfect end to this 10 song explosion. I can't think of a song that I would take out of this, and I can't think of anything I would want to add to it.

While I think that there is a somewhat noticeable shift to a more hardcore sound on this album, it is still definitely Trap Them in all interpretations. It makes no excuses, it has no bullshit, it is a straight forward, in your face musical assault of the extreme music variety that few bands today can touch.

I think that anyone who has liked this band in the past is already super stoked for this album, but if they aren't they'll probably really enjoy it, and if you haven't gotten into this band yet for some reason, you should because they are one of the best bands around right now and you are missing out. In a year full of great hardcore and extreme music releases, this album stands above the pack. Check it out.

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