Reviews

SHORT: 
As the press release suggests, this is for fans of As I Lay Dying.  Melodic and not-too-hardcore metal for beginners.
 
LONG: 
The first song of this debut pumps and strains like the bastard son of Atreyu and Shai Hulud.  The production is also LOUD.  “The Broadcast” is an example of a great combination of metal and melody with a great hook that really attacks.
 
Unfortunately, by track two, all of this fades away.  The fourth song, “Morse Code Romance,” is a pop-emo-metal core song.  Horrible. 
 
But THEN the very next song, “Dear Seductress,” kicks back in with the energy and edge of the first song. 
 
THEN NOTHING until the ninth song and by then all attention spans have been lost.  Umm…they have a cool logo…I’m sure their T-shirts are very pretty.  Searching for a compliment here…
 
OKAY.  This would be a really good EP with the three or four good songs offered here.  The Burning Season needs to focus on their strengths (melody, heavy riffs, song writing) and not their weaknesses (pop hooks, emo-radio rock, and poor dynamics).  These guys need to stay loud and proud with an emphasis on THE RIFF.  Fuck this Orange County Metal thing that they are trying to do- girls don’t really buy these records anyways.  “Onward Anthem” sounds like a band with too many arguments going on in their rehearsal room over whether to be heavy or light.  Stay heavy, guys.  You’ll be better off.