A GIANT FAIL FOR THE FAIRER SEX
Thanks to our buds over at The Number of the Blog, today I stumbled across A Lovely Day for Bloodshed. GroverXIII pretty much summed it all up, but being the “women in metal” fan that I am I needed to add my own commentary.
Unfortunately, there’s not a whole lot to write about. I like the idea, but frankly they just kinda suck. They have potential (I guess) but some serious music lessons are in order. That especially goes for the drummer. Listening to “15 ways to die” is like a total time signature clusterfuck to my ears. As in, WTF is wrong with that rhythm? Where is the beat?
ALSO, WHEN is the hairstyle of parting your hair at the EAR to make bangs and two drastically different hair colors gonna die? That goes for men and women alike. FOR REAL. And snakebites? You look like a retard. All of you.
But here’s the real skinny though on why this all kinda sucks. The only good thing about this band is that they clearly are trying to just be a deathcore band, and NOT an all-female deathcore band. There’s this double-edged sword in this little genre of ours, where whether you’re amazing or amazingly sucktastic, being a female will overshadow everything else. Even us. I genuinely think that a lot of us aren’t thinking of this fact when we are trying to be our most brutal, knowledgable, respectable selves, but it kind of overrides everything. Like a giant boil on Lemmy’s neck, the only thing you can do is try your best to just ignore it. Just a fact of life I suppose… Carry on ladies, and practice practice practice.
-Julia
