{"id":31891,"date":"2013-09-16T09:19:43","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T14:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/?p=31891"},"modified":"2014-02-08T08:37:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T13:37:53","slug":"defy-tolerance-stop-the-bleeding-cd-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardrockhaven.net\/online\/2013\/defy-tolerance-stop-the-bleeding-cd-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Defy Tolerance | Stop the Bleeding<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Mark Allen<\/span>
\n– Senior Columnist —<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"DefyDefy Tolerance occupy that middle ground between rock and metal. Heavier than Hinder, but not quite as gruffly bruising as, say, Five Finger Death Punch. This album\u2014their debut\u2014is bulging with muscle yet sports plenty of commercial hooks, but never exudes the need to suck up to the mainstream. Not the easiest fence to straddle, but these guys pull it off with aplomb.<\/p>\n

Powerful vocals, powerful guitars, powerful drums, powerful riffs, powerful rhythms, powerful production \u2026 sensing a pattern here? Weak is not a word in the band\u2019s vocabulary. Not even in the songwriting department; most of the tracks are strong, hefty, heavy-rocking numbers packed with beef and brawn and a kind of gritty kick-butt catchiness.<\/p>\n

Speaking of power, check out the drums. They really pack a wallop, like a sonic fist right in the guts. No surprise, really, when you consider the album was produced by Fifth Angel drummer Ken Mary who naturally has a fondness for the skins and ensures they thunder through the mix. And not only does he expertly engineer the drum sound, he infuses everything else with the appropriate crunch demanded of the modern heavy rock genre.<\/p>\n

\u201cBall and Chain\u201d hits hard and immediately dispels any notion of fluffiness by getting right down to the business of headbanging. This is followed by \u201cEmpty Bottle,\u201d which fires off a slew of testosterone-fueled guitar riffs on its way to a commercial chorus. These two songs combine for an excellent one-two punch to kick off the album. <\/p>\n

But the prize for best song goes to \u201cGet You Nowhere\u201d thanks to a vicious groove, full-throttle intensity, a buzz-saw guitar solo, and some serious aggression that is more in your face than an 800 lb. gorilla you just kicked in the cajones. Almost as good is \u201cUntil I\u2019m Done\u201d which sounds like a Nickelback song pumped up on steroids. (Yes, that\u2019s a compliment \u2026 silence, you Nickelback naysayers!) The song is infectiously catchy and features some razor-sharp vocal hooks to accompany an ear-worm chorus.<\/p>\n

All in all, it\u2019s an impressive showing for these Arizona-based first-timers. The band incorporates an amalgam of influences\u2014everything from Alter Bridge to Soundgarden to Staind to Shinedown\u2014to create a thick, semi-melodic post-grunge sound that ensures they will defy the odds and be more than a one-and-done band. Let\u2019s face it, some indie acts are so bad that after just one listen you want to run home and stuff cotton in your ears to stop the bleeding \u2026 but Defy Tolerance is not one of those bands.<\/p>\n

Genre: Modern Hard Rock, Metal<\/p>\n

Band:
\nFreddy Kilo (lead vocals, guitars)
\nBrian Miller (guitars, vocals)
\nDonny Rosko (bass, vocals)
\nGarin Wolfe (drums, percussion)<\/p>\n

Track Listing
\n1. Ball and Chain
\n2. Empty Bottle
\n3. Epic Failure
\n4. Get You Nowhere
\n5. Live For Today
\n6. No Complaints
\n7. Suffocate
\n8. Time and Money
\n9. Until I\u2019m Done
\n10. Zombiefied<\/p>\n

Label: Able Records<\/p>\n

Webpage: www.defytolerance.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Hardrock Haven rating: 8\/10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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