Some of the Best Stuff Around
C. Brauer | Lakewood, CO | 06/16/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Trap Them is a difficult band to categorize, which is why it makes it fun to do! It is a mix between punk, grind, and metal. Some might call that hardcore, or even metalcore (bear with me on this). Both are a bit off base. It is much too fast-paced to be metalcore, and much too rythmic and groovy to be strictly hardcore. Actually, it can be too fast for the "hardcore" genre at times too. Make any sense to you? Yeah, me neither. And yet, it still seems to describe the music!
These songs are fast-paced. Lets get that straight. They very frequently use grind-esque fills in parts of the music that only a discerning listener would be able to hear (easiest example is "All Hands on the Medic" from Sleepwell Deconstructor, an earlier album). There are also slower (sic), groovier parts strewn throughout the music. For as fast and in-your-face as this album is, it has some very subtle tricks up its sleeve. This is not an album you can entirely absorb in one sitting, or even three. It can be extremely technical music, with great dynamic timing changes.
It is the best example of whatever genre it actually happens to reside. And its heavy."