Finally, the new Shattered Sun album is out on mighty Victory Records. I told you many times during my writing and your reading the articles in this zine, that I am not the fan of metalcore. Well, the music of this Texas band is not metalcore, I would rather define it as melodic modern metal with some hardcore and metalcore influences. Somehow they remind me like a crossbreed between Fear Factory and In Flames. The album surprised me because I was not expecting such fine tunes delivered by these guys. This album contains 10 new songs of aggressive but also melodic and memorable metal songs, based mostly on faster paced drumming with excellent moshing parts and lovable interaction between brutal and clean vocals, with atmospheric keyboard passages that hit you and awake in you pleasure while listening. I cant recall the last time I was so pleased with some new band playing this kind of music. The memorable songs on this album are:”Keep Your Eyes Shut”, “Out For Justice”, “Die For Nothing”…

8,5/10

http://www.victoryrecords.com/shatteredsun