Music Review for Pro-Pain: No End in Sight
Written By: Peter Willette
From a general sense I believe this is among the best albums Pro-Pain has produced. They really come together as a band to create a fine production. All of their skills have grown tremendously from their first release. Unlike some bands who as they age sound worse Pro-Pain has taken their extra skill and focused it on one hard hitting, hardcore album. This is a must hear album for anyone who likes hardcore speed metal, but also likes a change up and break from it every once in a while. This album has a definite perfect balance of chaos and serenity.
To start Pro-pain uses so many different musical faces that it’s pretty unbelievable. They have the typical metal distortion for a portion of the time. Other times they use more conventional ska vocals and even instrumentals. There are also times of mixed punk rock, speed metal and thrash. Just when you think the album has presented all their tricks, they throw in some rain and quite an interesting progression in “God’s Will”. The vocals range from traditional single voice screaming to several voices melodically and lyrically in synch. Sometimes it sounds like there is a small chorus singing with the band. It is pretty amazing how the singer can scream and pitch his voice all at the same time. Though his range is usually in the low pitches, which is good for metal, he has his bouts of high pitched screaming, usually as background vocals. This makes for a good variety and a good bout of interesting effects and layers.
The lyrical content of Pro-pain is pretty standard of most hardcore. The album starts out with a song that seems to be directed towards many current events taking place in recent years. “Let the Blood run through the streets” inspires listeners to stand together and strong in hard times and fight for the revolution. “Halo” is more focused on individual moral in an everyday regular Joe’s life. From here the lyrical content takes a certain pattern. Like I said before it resembles most hardcore lyrical content. It is focused on being strong on the inside and taking what you are given and being sure not to let your voice be silenced. I find these lyrics to be very inspirational, even though at the same time they are angry. Who wouldn’t be angry after being chained, beaten and shackled?
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