My Children My Bride – Unbreakable

So another day and another metalcore CD sits on my desk waiting for me to review. This time it comes courtesy of Alabama’s My Children My Bride. With a name like that, you would think they were a doom band on Peaceville Records circa 1991! But no, we can’t all be that lucky. Instead I’m forced to listen to more of the faceless death metal influenced hardcore that has swamped the hard music community. Don’t get me wrong, there are exceptions to this musical plague. Bands like Maroon and Poison The Well do this stuff justice but more often than not, all we get from these young outfits are an endless stream of over-arranged, lifeless and directionless riffing with screaming on top of it. I wish I could say MC MB fell into the first category but they fall way short of reaching that level of craftsmanship.

Unbreakable starts off promising enough with some tasty double-guitar melodies but they quickly make way for a fast tempoed attack of screeching courtesy of vocalist Matthew Hasting on the song “Faithless.” The six-string harmonies are still found throughout the track but they are ultimately overshadowed by the rest of the instrumentation. The band doesn’t do much to distinguish themselves from their counterparts anywhere on the record. It would be easier to overlook if they had the songwriting chops to compensate for the lack of original ideas. There are few bright moments, like the guitar work of Kyle Ray and Robert Bloomfield on “Headshot,” but they sound stale due to the weak mix by Adam D. of Killswitch Engage fame. Hopefully the band spend more time honing there songwriting skills before they bother entering a studio again.


Rating: 3/10
Label
: Solid State Recordings
Website: www.myspace.com/mcmb

by Carlos Ramirez

14 Comments

  1. RYYP says:

    I Just Bought This CD Today 4-24-08. It Is A Awesome CD I Would Recommend It To Anyone That Is A Hard Rocker, And Enjoys Christian Metal.

  2. zaoadore says:

    whoever did this review is a FREAKING MORON!!!! apparently all thhis person does is sit around all day and tries to review cd’s but in the end this person SUCKS at reviewing cd’s, here is a review for your review buddy, go find another day job because you don’t know anything about metal or anything close to it, how about getting off your lazy butt and attend a show or 2 and how about attending a My Children My Bride show and tell them what you think because I know a whole bunch of people that won’t put up with your crap so why don’t you just shut the hell up and waste someone elses time with your crappy reviews, stupid retard! MCMB ROCK!!!!!!

  3. joshXpure says:

    Haha! Oh, Zaoadore, thanks for the laugh.

  4. mauricio says:

    dude how the fuck can u say that mcmb should think twice before entring the studio again.
    oohh yeah thats right they dont hit the fucking studio cuz they are to busy touring all the time and making people like me happy with their double-guitar melodies and fast tempoed music.
    poeple like you make me fucking sick.
    talking shit but yet u dont even step inside a venue to watch’em play.
    oooooohhh yeah before i forget get off matthew’s dick.

  5. Mike K says:

    I find it amusing how almost all the bands that get reviewed here put out the same boring music, yet one band will get 8/10 and another clone will get a 3/10.

  6. Loucifer says:

    I HOPE THIS BANDS TOUR BUS FLIPS 63,00 times.

  7. Bri Brutal says:

    You have no right to judge a band as amazing as MCMB. If they are such a shitty band then why are they selling CD’s? Huh? Answer that one for me smart ass. Oh and you fall way short not only in your pants, but also in your job. I mean seriously, just because you have a shitty job and/or don’t get paid enough…… THATS YOUR OWN PROBLEM JACKASS! If you ever come across MCMB and actually listen to how they perform and who they are, then you would regret writing this review and you would most likely feel like the jackass you are!

  8. Ihatestupidpeoplewhomakelamepoints says:

    It’s funny to see all the lame comments you all leave on this guys band review. No one here knows the first thing about good music and should probably focus more on keeping your day jobs than judging the way this guy writes his band reviews. MCMB isn’t bad, i like them. But the fact of the matter is, in a few years no one will care for them and different types of music will replace them. The fact that you freakout over music so much is also pretty pathetic. Also, im sure someone will freak out over what i just wrote, proving my point that most of the people responding to this review are idiots who need to keep their lame comments to their lesser selves.

  9. Octobra says:

    I haven’t listened to this band much but from some of the songs I’ve listened to their pretty good. I’m really looking forward to the show at the Corner Stone church on Saturday. I can’t wait to see them and the other bands playing with them. The opening band is showing lots of promise to. I hope to catch you their my fellow Huntsvillinites.

    P.S. Loucifer’s mom will suck for a buck. =P

  10. coreyBURNSred says:

    i think u most definetely let your personal opinion disrupt your “review.” so next time when you “attempt” to write a decent review keep your mind open because a music review doesnt revolve around YOUR opinion its a summary of a cd, fact, what the thing acutally does. so..i think i dissing this cd is far from a review (:
    anywho
    i personally enjoy MCMB
    and i think they are very successful musicians
    in the extent of them creating something that they like and not nessessarily what the mainstream likes ^.^
    i mean, do they scream? yea
    does everyone like that? no
    does that mean they suck? heck no
    PERSONAL OPINION is all it is…
    so
    jus cause u dont care for it
    or
    jus cause it seems all the same to you
    doesnt mean it sucks
    and it doesnt mean they suck
    it jus means that YOU dont like it
    so..yea
    jus saying ^.^

    oh and loucifer…
    dont be so angry
    seriously..
    you (most likely) dont know those guys
    i mean i dont know you
    but i think youve got to be a serious douche bag to “hope” something like that towards people you dont know
    sorry..but its rude

  11. Chrysten says:

    OK look. all the people that are dissing this band needs to stop because you guys don’t know the first thing about good MUSIC all you people probably know is sissy lame ass music where people are crying and telling there long sorry life story. GET A LIFE. By the way the MY FAMILY IS IN THAT BAND

  12. Anonymous says:

    i havent listened to the band. yer, so no comment hey.

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