Alice In Chains
We Die Young

THE REVIEW

Let's take a moment and go back in time; precisely seventeen years. Yes, because it was in 1990 that one of the most important and fundamental bands of the "Seattle Sound" scene was born: Alice In Chains. It must be remembered, even in its modesty, the first step of Layne Staley and company, because it not only proposed new coordinates for music that was desperate and rebellious at the same time (at least for that moment), and a hit on which they would build their success especially in the early years, but this EP is primarily a base for a Grunge impossible to imitate and emulate in originality and emotional charge.

And to think, it's not even grunge, but alternative metal full of stylistic influences that would scare challengers like the minimal metal offered by Nirvana and Melvins, and the hard rock played by Soundgarden. Ten suffocating and captivating minutes, opening with the violence of We Die Young, inspired by the sight of a young drug dealer; the first absolute classic of the band. It continues with the slow progression of It Ain't Like That, presented here for the first time and included again in Facelift. By this point, you already feel quite worn out and mentally tired; when the toxic Sabbathian riffs and funk-tinged rhythms of Killing Yourself hit you, concluding the suffering with its two minutes.

To possess and cherish, because "We Die Young" is one of those rare records that, as soon as they are released, already appears consumed at first approach.