Excellent. This one took me a bit by surprise, because it is different than 99% of the other stuff on my desk right now. If you crossed the manic intensity of Botch with the heaviness of early VOD and an occasional dose of death metal you get Die My Will. Seven songs here and they have been kicking my ass for about an hour and a half again and again on my CD player. In fact, everything else I'm supposed to review is going to have to wait until I get through with Die My Will which might not be for awhile yet. Why haven't I heard of these guys before? Maybe CT HC kids think they're too metal. Fuck it. I don't know how much this costs, but write to the address and find out. If you like your hardcore with an innovative metal twist, you'll be glad you made the effort. 5X (out of five) - RUST fanzine
This is one of the better bands I have heard come out of CT in some time. As Originality goes it is nothing earth shattering, but it is solid. Lots of influences, including: Integrity, Dead Guy, some good old fashion metal, and a little Metallica. The artwork is so Metal it hurts, all in black and white, all with some type of religious outlook. I really like this for a small local band, it definitely grows on you. People should check this out and support the locals, not to mention hear some really good chunka-chunka stuff. - Under the Volcano #38
If I'm not mistaken, this was one of the first things submitted for this issue. Why it took so long to get to is another story. But fuck. This is a great collection of angst, pain and intense aggression. I've got nothing but compliments for Die My Will. Full on pissed off vocals, I've been listening to this type of hardcore for quite a while, and quite frankly I thought I've heard it all, until now. There are seven tracks, total time is under twenty minutes. This is just intense, I really liked, "Endless Suffering", "Homunculus", "52" and "Man's Cry". Shit, I like them all, this is one of the most recommended releases in our sixteen-issue life. - Midwest Metal # 16
Here's the debut album from these Connecticuit heavyweights. Brutal, twisted metal that's precise and innnovative. From uncontrolled chaos to deliberate pounding rhythms and tortured vocals. If you dig the likes of Today Is The Day, Coalesce, and Unsane,check this out. Now signed to Pin Drop Records. - Lumberjack
No kids, Hatebreed is not the only brutal band out of Connecticut. Crazy metal core with some insane vocals. Sounds like a mix between Coalesce and Will Haven. Not for the weak at heart. - In The First #2
7 Songs in under 15 minutes... But 15 AWESOME minutes!!! Heavy, dark, metallic HC that shifts between slow sludgecore, fast grind(ish)core and everything inbetween. Desperate, screamed vocals to match the dark & doomy lyrics. GET THIS!!! Mr Hardcore #1
Very dark yet fueled by anger and fury equal to a pack of charging elephants! Speed and heavy groove...a great blend for hardcore/metal fans! - Lost Disciple Records
Metallic hardcore that's more on the slow, dragging side. This is pure fuckin anger put to music. This has a tendency to speed up, then slows down to the heavy crushing stuff. Yeah, I'm impressed. - Paranoize #9
Ugh..Maybe it is just my distaste for hardcore bullshit, but this angry cock i.e. Type O Negative band didn't suit me well. (Why do I feel like there is going to be a hitman sent my way...Maybe it's the music.) - Jersey Beat #59
This is a 7 song cd that runs about 15 minutes. Although that sounds short, it's serious the type of cd you can listen to again and again for hours and not get tired of it. You know how when you first get a great cd, you spend a couple weeks in amazement at how good it is? That's how i am with this, except i've had it for about 8 months. The music is dark, doomy CT hardcore, mixed in with great dance beats and supermetalfast parts. Kids of all fashions seem to get into these guys. One of my favorite cds. - Slave Union Records
Self titled and self released, DIY fuck yeah! but i have a feeling these kids will get snatched up by a label soon as the word gets out. i think metal would be the word, with those trademark CT breakdowns. - Plus Minus Records
Trembling coursed through my body as I opened the package from Die My Will. Shakily I put the cd in my player awaiting the insanity that was to ensue. I wasn't disappointed in the least, in fact I was surprised at how good this is. With one of the best grind/noise bands to come out in a while in my cd player, I was surely in seventh heaven. Die My Will boasts some of the sickest vocals I've heard, with some of the fastest guitar riffs I've ever heard. This is pure grind at its best. Fans of Pig Destroyer and Enemy Soil will fall in love with Die My Will. This is faster than Morbid Angel and Cannibal Corpse, but without the ridiculously stupid lyrics. But alas it had to end eventually so after the seven song EP had finished playing, I hit repeat. I suggest you do the same thing. -
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