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Band
Chapter VIII
Title
Your Halo Is My Noose
Type
LP/EP
Company
Independent
YOR
2004
Style
Heavy/Extreme
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8/19/2004 - Review by: Troy Cole
Creative, yet bland considering the amount of talent
CHAPTER VIII – Your Halo Is My Noose – Independent 2004 reviewed by: 1evil1

Track Listing

1. In Paralysis
2. Hourglass
3. Heartbreaker
4. Never Catch the Sun
5. Looking Down the Path
6. No End
7. Bury Me in the Shade
8. The Life Inside
9. Skeletons
10. White Wedding
CHAPTER VIII’s 4th independent release is versatile and battering; hardcore vocals fused with well crafted metal riffs.

The riffs and drums were enough to keep my attention but not for more than a couple a spins. Props for the independent releasing but the production needs some help, vocals distort and the drums sound flat at times. Most non-redeeming quality of this album is the rape of “White Wedding” recorded here. The music is creative, yet bland considering the amount of talent that may be here but not shown.

Bottom line: Not my usual cup of tea. Hard-Core fans need only apply.


--1evil1 8.20.04
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Your Halo Is My Noose
2004
Independent
Troy Cole8/19/2004
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