From Death To Destiny

Asking Alexandria are a band you either love or hate. Whatever your view, you can’t deny that the British metalcore outfit have taken a more mature approach with their third album, From Death To Destiny.

While it’s a heavy album, it also has quite an orchestral, old-school metal feel to it, beginning right at the start with ‘Don’t Pray For Me’.

Before too long the heaviness kicks in though, with screamed and clean vocals tearing up the mix. And while those clean vocals are good in their own right, there’s just something about the screams that sounds better.

While ‘Killing You’ has a similar sound to ‘Don’t Pray For Me’, it doesn’t compare to the virtually unnoticeable transition into ‘The Death Of Me’. It’s unknown what purpose is achieved by blending two tracks with clean choruses that sound almost exactly the same,

The start of ‘Poison’ then gives the listener something else to contemplate. Could that sound be something once described as rap metal?

The less heavy tracks on the record – ‘Break Down The Walls’ and ‘Believe’ – provide a nice balance, and at times, seem even better than some of the more aggressive numbers.

There’s also a bonus track – a rock remix of ‘The Death Of Me’, which is just the same track but full of clean vocals (ergo, nothing special).

It’s heavy, there’s some good guitar playing, and it shows Asking Alexandria have grown as a band. Nonetheless, there’s nothing here to make the album stand out among the many other metalcore records out there.

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