Reign Supreme - Testing the Limits of Infinite (2009)
Deathwish Inc.
Written by: Tanner Fisher ©
Jacob Bannon is a musical genius. If any hardcore fan disagrees with this statement, then they clearly just don’t get it. He has influenced so many in his band, Converge, and with his record label, Deathwish, Inc. he exclusively releases hardcore that tops all the competition. REIGN SUPREME is one of these up-and-coming hardcore bands that Mr. Bannon has his hands on.
The band plays their own brand of modern hardcore. No clean singing. No choruses. Just total destruction from beginning to end.
It seems pointless to point out highlight tracks, considering that the album flows together, and it plays like one colossal, cohesive piece of music, but I feel compelled to do so anyway. Track four, title “Apostle” just seems like the perfect hardcore song. Fast? Check. Gang vocals? Check. Earth shattering breakdowns? Oh hell yes. In fact the build up the final breakdown should be captured and put in a steel cage, so little hardcore children can walk up to it in a hardcore museum, and stare at it with amazement. Hardcore wannabes take note. This is how you do hardcore.
“And Come What May” is a song that slightly switches up the style towards the end. The band implements a little Comeback Kid-style melody to its speed. This was expertly executed, as it bleeds right in to the next track, “False Prophets”, a song that kicks up the speed right from the get-go. This contrast adds some serious oomph to the flow when listened to straight through.
The album ends with “A Ghost in the City”, and it definitely is a fitting closing track. It showcases every aspect of the band, in four minutes and seven seconds. The song starts off with a really fast tempo, and then it slows down to a nice breakdown. In the tail end of the song, it gets a little melodic and then the (somewhat predictable) repeated chants cue in the listener that this is the closer of the album. Some songs you can just sense that they close out the album and this is totally one of these songs.
What makes this album so refreshing is that, while they are still are fairly young band, they have such a no-bullshit approach to the genre. While they do have a full length and a 7” under their belt (pun intended), the band has released them in such a short amount of time, they are still fresh faced, but they can still hang with the toughest, most veteran hardcore acts out there.
There is no reason for any hardcore fan not the have this album.
Check out REIGN SUPREME’s song, “And Come What May”, off of their 2009 Deathwish Inc. release, Testing The Limits Of Infinity, and boy do they test ‘em!
((( Headbang here: http://www.myspace.com/reignsupremehardcore )))
Deathwish Inc.
Written by: Tanner Fisher ©
Jacob Bannon is a musical genius. If any hardcore fan disagrees with this statement, then they clearly just don’t get it. He has influenced so many in his band, Converge, and with his record label, Deathwish, Inc. he exclusively releases hardcore that tops all the competition. REIGN SUPREME is one of these up-and-coming hardcore bands that Mr. Bannon has his hands on.
The band plays their own brand of modern hardcore. No clean singing. No choruses. Just total destruction from beginning to end.
It seems pointless to point out highlight tracks, considering that the album flows together, and it plays like one colossal, cohesive piece of music, but I feel compelled to do so anyway. Track four, title “Apostle” just seems like the perfect hardcore song. Fast? Check. Gang vocals? Check. Earth shattering breakdowns? Oh hell yes. In fact the build up the final breakdown should be captured and put in a steel cage, so little hardcore children can walk up to it in a hardcore museum, and stare at it with amazement. Hardcore wannabes take note. This is how you do hardcore.
“And Come What May” is a song that slightly switches up the style towards the end. The band implements a little Comeback Kid-style melody to its speed. This was expertly executed, as it bleeds right in to the next track, “False Prophets”, a song that kicks up the speed right from the get-go. This contrast adds some serious oomph to the flow when listened to straight through.
The album ends with “A Ghost in the City”, and it definitely is a fitting closing track. It showcases every aspect of the band, in four minutes and seven seconds. The song starts off with a really fast tempo, and then it slows down to a nice breakdown. In the tail end of the song, it gets a little melodic and then the (somewhat predictable) repeated chants cue in the listener that this is the closer of the album. Some songs you can just sense that they close out the album and this is totally one of these songs.
What makes this album so refreshing is that, while they are still are fairly young band, they have such a no-bullshit approach to the genre. While they do have a full length and a 7” under their belt (pun intended), the band has released them in such a short amount of time, they are still fresh faced, but they can still hang with the toughest, most veteran hardcore acts out there.
There is no reason for any hardcore fan not the have this album.
Check out REIGN SUPREME’s song, “And Come What May”, off of their 2009 Deathwish Inc. release, Testing The Limits Of Infinity, and boy do they test ‘em!
((( Headbang here: http://www.myspace.com/reignsupremehardcore )))
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