blessthefall is one of those bands that's not gonna change the genre, but they're gonna take the genre tropes, add great ABR-esque guitar work, and they're gonna have their distinctly soaring blessthefall-ass choruses. Every album is so consistent with their sound, but are so distinct from one another. You can always tell what's from Witness, Awakening, To Those Left Behind, Hollow Bodies, and Hard Feelings. Very interested to hear how they sound in 2023 after this! Extremely glad to have them back. Like seeing an old friend again.
fun fact: blessthefall's debut was with Craig Mabbitt, the current vocalist for Escape The Fate, and Beau (the reigning btf singer) is married to the electro-pop icon Lights.
Totally agree with your first point - this track had everything an old fan would want. Just classic , solid 2013 metalcore. Nothing crazy but also the kind of song that would slap on a summer drive going a little too fast.
These guys were relatively big from like 09-15. Then they sorta fell off. Everyone thought they had silently disbanded over the last few years. All the members took “blessthefall” out of all their socials and everything. So hearing a surprise new track from them after 5 years just feels good. I was a fan of them like 10-15 years ago. I think this is a solid track, but not super amazing. But it just puts a smile on my face
If you're a fan of huge melodic choruses check out the "Hollow Bodies" and "To Those Left Behind" albums. Both are bangers from start to finish! Both of these are similar in style to "Wake The Dead"
blessthefall was always a basic band, but a really damn good one at it, its a pretty damn basic post hardcore/metalcore band, some nice jumpy riffs, basic structures, catchy choruses and massive breakdowns, imo a really cool band since its something i really like
Loved blessthefall since 2007 so they're super nostalgic for me. This song reminds me of their sound on their Hollow Bodies album from 2013 - glad they're back!
Listen to yhe album witness. Its so good. The best songs by blessthefall are Hey baby... 40 days Hollow bodies. They are one of my favourite ever bands so happ you are checking them out. Looking forward to you checking out their other songs.
If you REALLY want to get to know more about them check out their OG stuff, songs like "Guys Like You Make Us Look Bad" or "Higinia" are an absolute staple in the scene. Keep in mind back then their lead singer was Craig Mabbit (currently singer for Escape the fate). The first song they released with Beau (current vocalist) was "whats Left of Me", amazing song too btw.
I think they did quite a good job with this single. I grew up with BTF but never fell head over heels for them. They were that generic defacto post hardcore/metalcore sound. There are elements of that here, but also some new sounds I like
