Search - Inhale/Exhale :: I Swear

I swear this is a great album

Kaylan Von Paxton | Elmendorf AFB, AK | 09/25/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I swear.. by Inhale/Exhale is a definite step forward for this band. When "The lost, the sick, the sacred" was written, the music was already written when they enlisted the help of their new vocalist. he then had to write lyrics and vocals to conform to the sound that was alreayd laid out. on "I swear.." he was able to show his vocal range, effectivley mixing Heavy with melodic. this fused together nicley and produced a solid album. the wide range of sounds and vocals help this stand out from the rest of the metal scene. thusly, it doesnt sound like everyone else. great album."

Inhale Exhale do not separate themselves from the pack.

J. Knapp | Tuscola, IL. | 04/12/2009

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I do not like to bash bands on Amazon. That's why almost all of my reviews are of the 5 star variety. What's the point of ripping on a band?



This band isn't offensive to me. I can listen to them. There's just nothing original here. I think they have potential to be much better. They need to find their own sound. If I played any of these songs, then played a song from dozens of other various metalcore bands you would not be able to distinguish one from the other.



I can hear some seedlings of originality and catchy songwriting. Take 'The Impatient Will Suffer' and 'I Live the Bad Life' as examples. There are some interesting things going on. But ultimately Inhale Exhale suffers the same fate as the majority of metalcore bands: why should I come back to this album? What is going to draw me back? There is nothing. I will listen once and put it away and never feel the need to listen again.



There's a good band hiding here. With time maybe they can break free from the pack. But they need a little tweaking. If you are a die-hard metalcore fan who can't get enough of the genre then 'I Swear' will put a smile on your face. But if you are looking for something new, something fresh, then look elsewhere."

Inhale Exhale's "I Swear . . ."

B. Newman | Long Island, NY | 06/11/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Inhale Exhale's first album was pretty awesome; it contained a handful of songs that helped it stand out among the homogeneity of sound in the current hardcore scene. I find this album disappointing to say the least. While I do appreciate the singer's solid attempt at using a wider range of vocal sounds, I feel the vocals took a hit in terms of the stylistic manner in which they are woven into the music. The screaming isn't very funky, mostly just blanketing over the guitar work in a semi-rythmic fashion. And the music . . . while some songs do have some pretty clever riffs, I don't really see a step forward with the guitar work or song writing. Instead there has been an incorporation of the type of spacy echoed clean notations that are characteristic of bands like Cave-In, etc. I can appreciate when bands expand horizontally, by incorporating new stylistic components, but I don't really see any vertical expansion in quality here--that is, expansion in the crafting of song structures, innovation of guitar, drum, and bass work, etc. Taken by itself, the album is great compared to commercial sounds or most other immitative stupid-core bands out there. All in all, I am disappointed, but only because my expectations were paved by prior work. For those of you who loved the songs "dance all night" and "Call to the faithful" and "Redemption," this album may be a bit of a disappointment for you as well. I'm still glad I bought the album though, because it does my part in affording the band the opportunity to make it up to me with their third album. The highlights of the album are pretty much the songs they currently have posted on their myspace page."