Exit Ten - This World They'll... Drown

not a monster, more a mouldy daddy long-legs that might give your wee sister a night-time fright

Single Review by Chris Nordeng | 15 Jul 2006
Single title: This World They'll... Drown
Artist: Exit Ten
Label: Deepburn Records
What's that coming out of the speakers? Is it a monster? Nope, this Reading quartet probably wanted to create one but their debut EP is more a mouldy daddy long-legs that might give your wee sister a night-time fright. The instrumental elements are - to be generous - from time to time fairly interesting, ranging from Swedish Death/Trash (In Flames, The Haunted) to hardcore oriented metal (Meshuggah, Machine Head); the riffage is on the odd occasion quite chunky but taking the trendsetters of the genre into consideration, Exit Ten make an interesting equation sound bland. On top of the metal packaging comes torturous vocals that occasionally growl but descend into nonsensical emo whining, thus making This World… not only completely unlistenable but also completely non cred considering the hardball ballpark. Avoid! [Chris Nordeng]
This EP is out now. http//:www.exit-ten.co.uk