I've read where Diecast has gone through some type of evolution... maybe progression
is a better word since their "Undo the Wicked" EP days
and if that's the case, I'd hate to think what they must have sounded
like. But even so they do possess this refined sound that I would
characterize as an extension of what they were -- extending the reach of
simple Hard-Core music and adding extra elements to the playing without
sacrificing the core or band principles.
So far with hearing
"Disrepair," "In the Shadows," and "Singled Out," there's a well-timed
mix of power, speed, angst, and even traces of melody-and it's here
where I feel the band's strongest potential exists. The mechanized
beats offer an industrialized quality to the rhythm section which by now
is nearly off the meter and the guitar work is non-stop nerve damage -- no
holds barred intensity throughout that's a cross between Pantera, Stuck
Mojo, Shadows Fall and your worst nightmare, past or present.
The
Northeastern-based Diecast, a five some out of the Boston area is
already a veteran of the Hard-Core scene having done time with the likes
of One King Down and All Out War as well as appearing at the annual New
England Hard Core festival -- they'll wow 'em in the pit for sure! Take
all of the above and file them among other up and comers as Stretch
Armstrong and Blood for Blood, maybe also Living Sacrifice if we forget
they're about ten years old -- but there's too much of this VOD, Slipknot
stuff going around -- these guys have a lot more instrumental talent going
for 'em…
Worry not beleaguered members of the "cause," Diecast has not
gone soft, sold out or off the deep end, to the contrary, they're
succeeding at a worthwhile attempt to broaden the scope of a genre of
music that's been in danger of drowning in a dead pool of its own dread.
