Unitron With Devils Amongst Us All is the third studio album from metalcore/hardcore punk band Walls of Jericho.

The band reached a new height with their comeback album, All Hail the Dead, which showed a perfect balance between blistering thrash metal and punchy metalcore/hardcore of the Hatebreed variety. With Devils Amongst Us All continues mixing the two, although it's not as balanced as it was.

Walls of Jericho keeps delivering a brutal slab of thrashing and sometimes groovy hardcore/metalcore with punishing breakdowns for the most part. Just one listen to "I Know Hollywood and You Ain't It" will give you a brutal thrashing that you'll never forget, while the breakdown in "The Haunted" will hit you over the head like a sledgehammer after an ominous beginning. "And the Dead Walk Again" is another brutal thrasher, armed with dissonance making it sound a bit like a mix of a groovier Voivod.

There is less thrash metal here than All Hail the Dead, which is disappointing because the band's great blend of blistering Slayer-esque thrash and punishing hardcore/metalcore is what made All Hail the Dead and The Bound Feed the Gagged such masterpieces. The metalcore is up front more here instead of a balance, and there is also a "Nothing Else Matters"-esque power ballad with "No Saving Me" which just sounds out of place on an album like this. A lot of the songs are also quite forgettable.

While there are some winners here, it's quite a step down from All Hail the Dead which I see as one of the greatest Metalcore albums ever made. It's worth a listen, but don't expect a masterpiece.

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Unitron All Hail the Dead is the second studio album from metalcore/hardcore punk band Walls of Jericho.

Walls of Jericho had went on a hiatus after the release of their first album, as drummers Wes Keely and Derek Grant had left the band. The former left to finish school, and after only five months of touring, The latter went on to join punk band Alkaline Trio. Finally after two years, Alexei Rodriguez joined the band as drummer.

Despite the long wait and drummer switch, All Hail the Dead leaves off where the previous album left off for the most part. However, the thrash metal elements of the debut have been increased ten-fold, so much that I'm tempted to call this primarily both thrash metal and metallic hardcore. Just listen to songs like "Day and a Thousand Years", "Thanks for the Memories", "Fixing Broken Hearts", and the title cut and you'll hear some killer Slayer-esque guitar licks mixed with hardcore punk. "Thanks for the Memories" especially has guitar riffs that are total Slayer worship, and I mean that in a good way! Pretty much every song is made for headbanging and moshing, and there's no other musical combination that suits this like thrash/hardcore. "To Be Continued..." acts as a really nice mellow yet ominous closing track.

All musicians are in absolute top-form on this album, with the drums and guitar combining together into machine-gun attacks, and Candace Kucsulain's raw screams and snarls. In songs like "Jaded", all of these attributes combine and create chaotic walls of sound. There are still some crushing breakdowns, and also the occasional soulful clean vocal. Also, that album cover is an awesome painting that really paints a good picture of the album.

This is an album for both thrash and metalcore fans, a perfect album to get a metalcore fan into thrash or vice-versa. If you want a short ride of pure aggression and headbanging heaven, do yourself a favor and check this killer out. One of the greatest metalcore/hardcore albums I've ever heard. Hope you found this review helpful.

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Unitron Walls of Jericho - The Bound Feed the Gagged

"The Bound Feed the Gagged" is the debut studio album from Metalcore/Hardcore band Walls of Jericho. Before Metalcore really took off as a genre when bands started to take more elements from melodic death metal and use more melody, the older bands of the genre were a lot closer to Hardcore Punk hence why these days many are probably called Metallic Hardcore instead.

Walls of Jericho certainly fits into Metallic Hardcore, taking influence from Hatebreed and Slayer. You'll get crunching guitar, relentless thrashing riffs, rapid drum attacks, spit-fire vocals, and the occasional breakdown. One of the most punishing moments in the album is at the end of 'Misanthropy', which just beats the listener over the head with a fast crushing stomp of guitar and Candace Kucsulain's spitting vocal assault. At times her vocals actually remind me of Mille Petrozza of Kreator. One song on the album that sounds completely different is 'Angel', which is a very beautiful classical guitar piece with soft vocals and it provides a nice little break before the last blistering track.

Other favorite/standout songs for me are 'Playing Soldier Again', 'Home is Where the Heart is', 'Beneath the Exterior', and the final song 'Inevitable Repercussions'. 'Playing Soldier Again' especially, which hits you in the face as soon as you put on the album with crushing vocals, drums, and riffs. The final song makes sure that you go out the way you came in sounding even heavier in contrast with the mellow song coming before it.

Overall, "The Bound Feed the Gagged" may be short, only clocking in at about 23 minutes, but it's one killer debut full-length. While not as consistently memorable as their debut EP, it's still a really great relentless album. I highly recommend this album to any fans of Hatebreed, Metallic Hardcore, and fans of Slayer who enjoy hardcore as well. Hope you found this review helpful.

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Unitron Walls of Jericho - A Day and a Thousand Years

"A Day and a Thousand Years" is the debut EP from Metalcore/Hardcore band Walls of Jericho. Unlike a lot of the more popular metalcore bands, Walls of Jericho has very little melody to be found in their sound, and offer what is these days usually referred to as Metallic Hardcore.

"A Day and a Thousand Years" was originally released in 1999 on vinyl, but re-released in 2002 with three bonus tracks, one of those being an earlier version of 'Why Father' which would appear on their debut full-length later in 1999. The other two songs are good hardcore tracks, but aren't really anything to write home about. The original release however, while only being just over 9 minutes, contains four songs that will just crush your skull.

The title track and 'Moment of Thought' showcase strong Slayer influence with Chris Rawson and Mike Hasty's guitar work, and the drumming during the bridge of the latter sounds like it could have come straight out of "South of Heaven". 'Our Fate Ends' begins with some menacing clean vocals from Candace Kucsulain before becoming a great crushing track. 'Athenian' features some nice groovy crunching guitar and more Slayer-esque drumming. The production isn't as loud as their later releases, but like many releases similar, the raw production compliments the music.

Overall, it's quite a feat for a band's debut EP to be such a crushing and punishing release. While the bonus tracks on the re-release are a bit lackluster, the original release is one short but swift punch release. A classic of Metallic Hardcore, and highly recommended for any fans of Hardcore, and bands like Hatebreed and Slayer. Hope you found this review helpful.

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