5IVE
Hesperus
(Hydra Head)

UFOMAMMUT
Idolum
(Supernatural Cat)

MACHINIST
S/T
(Debello)

HEX MACHINE
Run to Earth
(Molsook)

CORPUS CHRISTII
Rising
(Moribund)

MUTE THE SILENCE
Cursed With Ambition 

(Venerate Industries)

SADAHARU
Resist.Revolt.Reclaim

(CI)

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If some of the CD packages that I am getting from overseas are any indication, the record industry may not be in such shambles. At least not in Greece, from where this emo melody friendly hardcore punk band hails. Pretty difficult not to have my review affected by the look of the digipack; gorgeous artwork and all, the lyrics are served not in a booklet but in loose pages each with mock handwriting that outlines the band’s most wholesome aspirations, ‘I will be waiting for you, there’ll always be reasons, the comforts of home. But I will be waiting for you. We are friends for a reason, let’s open the door’. Holy shit, I am about to cry. But what’s the good of being cynical especially considering how promising the current times seem to be? All bullshit aside, we all need a hug from time to time.

And that’s precisely where Mute the Silence come in; mittens in hand, leg warmers on legs and donning a smile bigger than Ronald McDonald’s this Greek quartet makes some pretty decent melodic hardcore du jour. Some of the playing is top notch, like the escalating guitars in “Monocratic”, the whole hesitant beginning of “Pathetic” and many passages here and there. Was Mute the Silence an American band I could see no obstacles for them to be some sort of MTV poster boys. Just a little more power, girth and sheen on the recording and they are grand. Unfortunately, like their photogenic counterparts Mute The Silence seem to emulate so accurately Cursed With Ambition is quite predictable and for an aggressive genre as lethal as a snowball to the face in the glowing sun of Kefalonia.

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