The Unseen
State Of Discontent

THE REVIEW

Criticize me if you want, but in my opinion we are facing one of the finest works in the punk scene of recent years.

This CD is an explosion of energy; it's frantic rhythm from the first to the last track, it's music that assaults the eardrums like never before, but that gifts a fierce melody to the ears, capable of making the listener pogo even on the bed of their own room. Born in 1994 and hailing from Boston, this band plays an aggressive street punk that immediately brings to mind the Casualties: ultra-fast rhythms, oi!-style choruses, and vocalist Mark Unseen's shouted singing throughout the CD.

The guitar strings start to vibrate, Mark starts to scream at the top of his lungs, and the drums set the pace for the first song "On the other side"; you don't even notice when the transition to the second track happens until the distinctive guitar riff of "Scream out", a superb song of which I can't help but quote a few words from a review from another site. A track that alone is worth the purchase of the CD. "Weapons of mass deception" is a potent and aggressive track both in Mark's singing and in the choruses from the rest of the band; the rhythm softens slightly (although the meaning of this term is relative, talking about this album) with "You can never go home", the second single that in the last part resembles the previous track, with Mark's very fast singing and background choruses, which in my opinion are the real strength of the CD; "Waste of time" at first might seem the slowest and calmest track, but the power reveals itself entirely in the chorus, where Mr. Unseen unleashes himself, creating almost a screamo worthy of the best metalcore band.

Among the last tracks hides another gem, namely "Final execution (Armageddon)" with the CD's most melodic chorus, which precedes the shock of the last track, which starts off very slowly compared to the rest of the CD and begins with choruses that wouldn't be out of place in a satanic ritual! It is a punk cover of a famous Rolling Stones song, "Paint it black", which erupts with the usual shouted singing in the chorus and closes a superb CD, giving a jolt to a musical genre now infested by a myriad of useless and unimaginative little groups.

In summary, 30 minutes of violent and shouted punk without a moment's pause, which rightly might bore and give major headaches to those not fond of the genre, but certainly a CD not to be missed for those who desire a healthy half-hour of pure chaos!