Death By Stereo - Into the Valley of the Death (13 tracks) +Album Reviews

Their best album yet!

François Blanchette | Drummondville, QC Canada | 05/31/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I saw Death by Stereo live, I think that they are one of the more intense bands I saw on stage! And Into the valley of death is also a real crude, brutal and intense album! The guitars are sounding like evil, the drums are fats, furious and amazing(Live, the drummer broke 2 snare drums during the DBS set!) and the screamed sobmophoric lyrics are also really intense! Highly recommanded!"

Very F-ing Good

avrilsfiance | Sierra Vista, Arizona United States | 12/02/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I've owned Death By Stereo's "Day of the Death" cd for a while and listened to it a few times. I was never terribly impressed with them on that disc, as to me they seemed just average...there were worse bands, but there was many better also.On this cd they've REALLY stepped it up. They almost remind me of Avenged Sevenfold, the way they pull off and mix so many cool elemnts and styles into their music here. You've got choir chants, guitar effects, and much more coolness mixed in with what they had going on before, which adds so much. This is one of the few cases were a band "maturing" has actually made them better in my mind. Also, listen to the beginning of song 12 for some cool Misfits sounding "GO's", and then during that same song the backing vocals sound very AFI-ish. They're really expanding their sound, and I love it.The hardcore backbone of their music hasnt changed much fortunatly. The guitarist's do some very cool solo's on this cd, which wasnt very common before, and all their riffs sound great. The drumming and bass are both better than most bands can claim. And then of course you have the vocals. Some people laugh at Efram Schulz when they hear this cd, but I think he's freakin awesome. I know switching from growling to singing and back again is pretty much standard now, but this guy does it very well. He's probably one of the most recognizable voices in hardcore, he grew on me very quickly and is now easily one of my favorite vocalists. Give him a chance, and if anyone tells you he sounds goofy kick 'em in the balls.All in all, this is a very solid cd. If you like rock or hard music at all, you will probably enjoy this...and if you're into hardcore then you should already have this."

One of 2003's Best Albums

Worgelm | United States | 02/25/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This disc is a stunner, and SMOKES from beginning to end. Period. If you could imagine Bad Religion spending four years at Berkelee they might sound something like this. Barely clocking in at around 40 minutes, the utter intensity still straddles the line from cathartic to draining. Vocalist Efraim Schultz is actually the only element that's really almost traditional hardcore, while the rest of the band, led by the eloquent riffing of Dan Palmer, whips up a technical thrash feast more suitable for Watchtower or Atheist records than a SoCal hardcore band on Epitaph. Despite the heartfelt, but more traditionally corny punk lyrics, the combination is strangely intoxicating and energetic. It just works. Lead single "Wasted Words" really caught my attention, with some downright gorgeous melodic guitar interludes sandwiched between lockstep thrash. "Unstoppable" is the closest thing to a slow tune you will find here, and this song about loss is a real nice change of pace. Some of the other production flourishes are interesting, too, such as the almost choir-like vocal interludes on "Let Down and Alone". (It should be mentioned that this is self-produced by bassist/engineer Paul Miner, and sounds absolutely GREAT - if nothing else the guy will have a career producing metal bands for a long time to come.) Schultz's occasionally bordering-on-Patton cartoonish delivery and sneering song titles ("I Wouldn't Piss In Your Ear If Your Brain Was On Fire") maintain a healthy sense of levity, but otherwise, its a lesson in fist-pumping, face-punching, bone-breaking brutality from start to finish. When Shultz screams "This world is vile..." from "These are a Few of My Favorite Things" the words strike you with more venom than a king cobra. You will believe him."

Death By Stereo: The gods of hardcore

dbs_chica13 | San Diego, CA, USA | 08/14/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is genius. It reflects on what life is really like, and is brutally honest. "These Are a Few of My Favorite Things" is my personal anthem, and "Unstoppable" lets you feel all of the pain that the songwriter is feeling. Anybody in the universe who doesn't own this CD should go out and buy it immediately (including me)!"

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