To Speak of Wolves - Dead In The Shadow (*New-CD) 2017 Solid State
New Factory Sealed CD Jewel Case Description To Speak of Wolves' comeback album revels in controlled chaos. Dead in the Shadow is the metalcore band's first full-length in five years and is also the band's return to Solid State Records, following a very solid EP released by Cardigan Records in 2016. That collection, titled New Bones, showed a lot of promise for To Speak of Wolves, but Dead in the Shadow fails to follow through on that promise, instead offering a frustrating mixture of styles and influences that invite comparisons to dozens of other bands. Album opener "Haunt Me" is one of the album's brightest moments: a grand display of the aforementioned "controlled chaos." Recalling aspects of Underoath's Define the Great Line, "Haunt Me" is catchy in its heaviness, without relying on conventional choruses or melodies. The Underoath comparison isn't particularly random, either; the band's sole remaining founding member is Phil Chamberlain, brother of Underoath's frontman Spencer