Kryoburn - Three Years Eclipsed
New Mexico’s Kryoburn is just one of those bands that doesn’t really deserve love or hate. They’re okay at what they do, which is aping Fear Factory, Strapping Young Lad and Mnemic to the point of near copyright infringement. The problem for them is no target market. It’s not quite brutal enough for Death Metal fans, not fast or filthy enough for Thrashers or Grind freaks, way too digital and false for Black Metal misanthropes, not enough breakdowns for the junior high Tai-Bo moshers, and nowhere near Industrial enough for the guyliner clientele. So, that essentially leaves relatives and friends. To Kryoburn’s credit, they can write a decent tune. One-two punch album openers “Broken Hero” and “Burning the Doubt” are heavy and catchy with just enough saccharine in their Pop-Metal choruses to stick in the craw. But the heavy verse, slick chorus, break, repeat pattern is about all they can do, and by album’s end you’ve had about enough. Only other standout cuts: “Introspective” and “Suicide Season.”
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