Search - Path of Resistance :: Can't Stop the Truth

Disappointing

Arthur Kicker | Your Mom's House | 09/05/2006

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Back in 1997 when the first Path of Resistance album 'Who Dares Wins' was released , it was an instant classic. The band was a side-project containing members of other hardcore bands (including NYHC legends Earth Crisis) and 'Who Dares Wins' is a textbook example of what a late-90s hardcore album should be.



Fast forward almost 10 years later and POR releases 'Can't Stop The Truth'. I hadn't heard that POR was even working on a new album, so I was quite suprised when I came across it at my local music shop. Being a huge Earth Crisis fan and a big fan of the first POR album, of course I snatched it up. I could not have been more disappointed.



POR uses three vocalists, which in itself, though a bit gimmicky, would be fine... if it didn't sound like each vocalist was constantly stepping on each other toes. There's no rhyme or reason to the vocals. It just sounds sloppy. Speaking of sloppy: the guitars sound awful and the drums... what drums? They're lost in the mix. And the songs themselves just aren't catchy or memorable. But the biggest negative of this album is the production. It is the muddiest sounding album I have heard in a long time. I don't know if this was an "artistic" choice by the band to give the album a more "raw" feel, but it destroys any chance of enjoying the album. The album sounds like it was recorded in a tin can. Its awful.



'Can't Stop The Truth' is the most disappointed I've been in an album in a long time. Even if you're a big EC or POR fan, you will absolutely not like this album. Who knows what the album would've sounded like had the production not been so awful? Maybe good, maybe not. But this release, as it is, is atrocious. Skip it."