The Unseen
International Salvation

THE REVIEW

Overwhelming. This is the word that describes "International Salvation," the eighth album by the band from Massachusetts capable of blending Hardcore punk and Street punk in a highly enjoyable way. The year is 2007 when the band releases this excellent album capable of outdoing the majority of today's "crap-pop-punk" productions in recent years (simpol plan, sumfortuan, gud sciarlot). Fast rhythms only when necessary, guitars as aggressive as a big cat left unfed for a week and ready to jump at your throat, vocals perfectly suited to the type of lyrics, all of this makes this album a "must."

Indeed, from the intro, you can perceive an atmosphere saturated with anger, people are tired of everything they have to endure, a revolution is needed. And so the rage explodes, the lyrics start to scratch, criticizing everything within reach, revealing a great hunger for truth. "Everything is rotting here, things need to be changed, we are tired of the lies you tell us, every form of religion must be abolished, every kind of media illusion, we are immersed in a sea of hypocrisy and injustice, this is the truth, the American dream does not exist" The Unseen seem to shout at us. And they do it in the most natural way possible, theirs is a concentrate of exasperation that comes from the guts that, when released, showers us with a myriad of reasons to rise up.

From beginning to end, you certainly cannot distinguish several musical styles, every detail of the album is spontaneous without the slightest hint of reflection, there is no time to waste on melodic parts or interludes flaunting their technique, it is a breathless race aimed at increasing a desire for truth and justice that in these times is becoming more and more pressing, but one question remains: when will we reach the finish line?

The album is over, by now we have plunged into silence, we wonder what will remain of these thirty minutes that unloaded all this tension on us. Then we understand, the album is over, but it wasn't enough, the anger remains and will continue unless something changes, this is the message we intercept.