Review – Hounds – We Burn Our Bridges (single)

Hounds UK return with a massive track that, similar to a crowd killer, punches you right in the face out of nowhere with no apologies!

Their newest inferno of iniquitous indignation born from a fresh new line up see’s them venture into the front lines of brutal hardcore metal and I’m here for it!
Opening the song with a superbly-toned, thiccc, heavy bassline that twists your face into a grimace as you brace for the impact of the drop. BANG! you’re windmilled in the jaw with an amalgamation of Mike-Tyson level punchy guitar riffs accompanied by eerie dissonance that feel like the ringing in your ear from a concussive blow.

The vocals are delivered in a demonically powerful fashion, straight from the start and set the mood of the track and it’s clearly fuelled by an unprecedented source of searing anger.
Sticking to their hardcore roots they deliver a verse worthy of a million two-steppers crushing the earth asunder beneath their crisp white Nike air max.

I particular enjoy the use of the layered hardcore-style vocals with the deeper deathly gutturals that really serve to drive home the brutal tones of the track and really nail down each line like a sledgehammer.

In the second half of this captivating offering we feel the song transform into a hellscape of beatdown and utterly evil deathcore style vocals that round off the song and keep you entranced in this sadistic barrage. Then it ends. Leaving your mind black and blue and wishing for more punishment!
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‘We burn Our Bridges’ portrays a message worth heading! To burn your bridges in life could lead you on a path of isolation and solitude with no way back but can also be
the consequence if you have become unbearable and intolerable to those around you.Ā 
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Overall i loved this song and will be spinning it on my daily listen for months to come!
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For composition, production quality, lyrical content and overall enjoyability of the song, this get’s a crimson 9 blugeoned skulls out of 10. Great work Hounds!Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 
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Pre-save ‘We Burn Our Bridges’ and be sure to check it out on Friday 21st July on all platforms!

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