CD Review: Throw the Fight – “Transmissions” (Bullet Tooth)
Just like a fine red wine, Throw the Fight has only
gotten better with age. The band has persevered through roster changes and a
brief hiatus since the release of 2012’s What
Doesn’t Kill Us, emerging out the other end relatively unscathed, and
honestly, the best they have ever sounded as showcased wonderfully on Transmissions, their third studio
release. The bands’ seamless blend of latter day Eighteen Visions and Lead Sails Paper Anchor-era Atreyu is on
full display from the outset on opening tandem “Don’t Let Me Down” and “Come
Drown With Me,” one of the best one-two punches you’ll hear in metal anytime
soon; a dizzying array of razor sharp riffs and bombastic vocals that shred as
easily as they pacify, a purely enjoyable cacophonous concoction that produces
one raging stomper after another (“Gallows,” “No Surrender,” “Scream Out Your
Name”). Though frontman James Clark spends a good portion of Transmissions channeling Alex Varkatzas,
he shines when the pace tempers and he flexes his vocal muscle (“Bury Me
Alive,” “Passing Ships”). Transmissions
is a slick record and shows a band in Throw the Fight who has not missed one
step, making for not only the best record of their young career, but one of the
better metal releases you’ll come across in 2016.
Grade: B+
Go Download: “Gallows”
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