RAUNCHY — A Discord Electric (review)

RAUNCHY — A Discord Electric album cover Album · 2010 · Metalcore Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"A Discord Electric" is the 5th full-length studio album by melodic Danish metal act Raunchy. The album was released in October 2010 by Lifeforce Records.

Raunchy play a combination of styles such as melodic death metal, metalcore and pop/ rock. This is a mix of styles the band have played since the beginning. They´ve honed their craft along the way though and what we have here on "A Discord Electric" is probably the most memorable, well produced and well composed album yet released by the band. The first thing you notice when listening to this album is how good the band are at writing memorable chorus lines and secondly how close to being pop music disguised as metal they actually are. This shouldn´t be misinterpreted as something negative though, as one of Raunchy´s main appeals, definitely is their accessibility. They can go from playing powerful heavy riffs with synth backing and raw vocals to singing the most accessible chorus melodies in a matter of seconds and make it work. The opening track "Dim the Lights and Run" is probably the best example of this, but the quality is high throughout.

So if you´re interested in melodic and well composed metal with a focus on accessible melodies "A Discord Electric" is recommended. While some of the band´s influences are quite obvious ( I think there´s a very obvious Soilwork influence on the album. Albeit an influence from the most accessible part of Soilwork´s discography), Raunchy have their own sound. Generally the songs could have stood out a bit more from each other but that´s about my only complaint about the album so a 3.5 star rating is deserved.
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