BEAUTY AND THE BREAKDOWN - BURY YOUR DEAD
We’ve got a feeling that when the Family Values tour winds through the States this summer, Bury Your Dead will be a top contender for inducing the bloodiest mosh pits along the way. The only pretty thing about the hardcore onslaught the band designed for “Beauty and the Breakdown” is the song titles, which are taken from elements of fairy tales that center on women (”A Glass Slipper,” “Mirror, Mirror …”). It’s got the requisite fury and guttural hollering, but once you hear album opener “House of Straw,” you’ve heard it all. Beyond some frantic technical guitar that floats in the background of “The Poison Apple” and brief, dreary intros to “The Enchanted Rose” and “House of Brick,” the Massachusetts quintet beats a dead horse for the rest of the record. Being aggressive doesn’t mean you can skip variety. Billboard
