Bloodlet - Three Humid Nights In The Cypress Trees

Bloodlet is made up of veterans, but as far as the quality of a release is concerned, that's not a factor. Their lastest release, "Three Humid Nights In The Cypress Trees" is generally no different than their other releases regarding style except in a few respects. Bloodlet is still wandering in the same formula. You've still got evil-core, with muddy, yet creative guitar sounds, tight groove/metal drums, and a singer in total despair. One respectable thing about Scott Angelacos (vocals) is his brutal and honest display of his words. Over the years, people have learned to stop screaming and start "faking it". Singers have learned about their throat, and there are many, many ways to fake it - to sound like your pushing with all your might, when in fact, you're just gargling to your audience. If there was one man that would represent all that is holy in metal vocals, it's Scott from Bloodlet. One difference between "Three Humid Nights In The Cypress Trees" and the oldies is in the vocal area. He's started.... well... singing. Like many other bands drenching the style, Bloodlet has decided to incorporate a little more melody into their relentless noise, much like Earth Crisis did on their last album. I must say, it doesn't work very well. I can understand the need to experiment, but his singing voice is not very good at all. The only track that deviates from this is the first. After hearing "Learn to Fly: Ascent" I thought I would be replaying this CD for a while! I honestly thought I'd have something to satisfy the Helmet head in me! After track 1, it's all downhill. Although the songs vary from each other, in themselves, they suffer from bad repetition. The whole disc sounds produced in an oversized cardboard box, muddying up the guitars and putting the bass somewhere indiscernable. The wild chords I was used to hearing on previous releases have replaced by drop-D simplicity, and uninteresting riffs. Like bands they tour with, albums for them are simply something to keep interest while they tour, and their shows will make up for any flaws this album may be burdened with. Even so, it's a below par album, and it is worth a listen for the fan, but I wouldn't recommend it. Bloodlet get's 2.7 manstyle points, for this last attempt. [www.bloodletmusic.com]