Palehorse – Amongst The Flock

Palehorse
Amongst The Flock
Bridge Nine Records
3/10




While you can give Palehorse points for stepping outside the box with non-stereotypical themes about The Illuminati and how they plan to kill you, Amongst The Flock fails to rise above patent mediocrity. Rudimentary Metallica marches augment repeated bouts of HxC slop - plain and simple, Palehorse pales in comparison to today’s modern hardcore leaders.

Yes, hardcore kids wear tin foil hats too, and you can bet that the pissed peeps in Palehorse catch a daily dose of the Alex Jones Program, but beyond that, this is really simple, average sounding stuff. During “Bleed The Sheep” one would swear that this group was trying to rock the fuck out, but the tones are so flat and mundane, it’s hard to feel good about banging your head along to it.

If you know your music, you’ve seen plenty of local bands churning out this type of stuff. You can definitely mosh to it but it doesn’t kick your ass like it ought to.

Instead, listeners get some tepid, clunky chunking and nasty bulldog growls about your impending untimely demise at the hands of the global financial elite…or whatever.

By: xkingofallcorex