Forever Is Forgotten - The Architecture Is Still Burning

Seconds after pressing the play button on Forever Is Forgotten’s debut full-length I can tell I’ve head this all before. Yes, it blurs the line between metal and hardcore. Yes, it sends its sound through odd time signatures and unconventional song structures. Yes, the vocalist sounds like he’s gargling shards of broken glass. Essentially it’s a sound that results from slicing the Dillinger Escape Plan in half and mending it with Meshuggah or any of the countless other bands that have replicated their tech-metal blueprint. The Architecture Is Still Burning is not the premier example of this sound, but it’s also not on the lowest tier of talent. However, to be noticed in the overflowing populace of brutal, metallic musical artists, they will have to give up the already downtrodden formula and forge new territory. It may be a good thing that I neither like nor hate this album as it falls somewhere in between. But it also means that it made such a little impact on me that it isn’t even worth my time to decide. [www.foreverisforgotten.com]