This will be a quickie.

I don't exactly have much time to do anything. I'm on break from school but I'm still pretty busy, and I have no idea why. Well, this review will be short and simple. I didn't really intend it to be, but when I saw the discography of this band, they only have one album. 2 EPs, but one full-length album. And having 6 band members, I'd imagine they'd be motivated since they did form 2005. Well, they've been working on a new album, so that's good news. But as of right now, I'll give them my score from they have now. This band is We Came as Romans.

We Came as Romans is a hardcore band from Michigan formed in 2005 signed with Equal Vision Records. The band has 6 members, Eric Choi (drummer), Brian "Lou" Cotton (rhythm guitar), Andrew Glass (bass guitar), Joshua Moore (lead guitar), Kyle Pavone (vocalist), and David Stephens (unclean vocals). Before releasing their debut album, To Plant a Seed, they had 2 EP's, Demonstrations and Dreams. I won't be reviewing Demonstrations since it is no longer available anywhere, the ones who have it are in luck, they can sell it and make major money. But right now, it's not out to the public, so I'll still review with what I have. Let's get to it.

"Dreams EP" 2008

This 4 song EP isn't that bad, but isn't that great either. If you recall from my PTH review, I dislike high pitched vocals. And that's what you mostly get from this band. But the screaming vocals balances it out, so it isn't that bad. I also like the little keyboard touches they have, but you have to really hear it to find it. Overall, for an EP, it isn't that bad. But, like every other 'core' band, the yelling gets annoying and sometimes even starts a headache. The two vocalist make a good balance, but they seem to use more of the unclean vocalists. Even when you hear the clear vocalist, he's so high pitched, you can't really hear what he's saying. In the end, a 7 out of 10.

"To Plant a Seed" 2009

Now this is their debut album. I can't really say much because honestly, they sound like your average 'core' band. This album is no different. But they do have their originality. It could probably with the style they perform their music. Normally, 'core' bands just have your average screaming and harsh guitar riffs, but this band also adds like, a synthesizer sound in this album, and it works for them. You don't see 'core' bands using much synthesizer/keyboard sound, but this band really do use it and make it sound good. For example, Broken Statue, the intro for We Are The Reasons, and I Will Not Reap Destruction are good examples of how they incorporate that keyboard sound and it really does sound well together. I can also see myself use this album in particular to listen to while working out and such. I give this album a solid 8 out of 10.

That's pretty much it for this band. In total, I give this band an 8 out of 10. Not bad, but they could be better. Heads up, there will be a new album from this band coming out sometime later this year, but they haven't announced a title for it yet. But whenever you see the release date, make sure get a copy of it by then because I'm pretty sure it'll be worth it.

Until next time, goodbye.

(P.S. I haven't written a review in forever. I'm really sorry guys, it's not that I don't have the time, it's that there are ALOT of bands I would like to cover and I wish I can just lay them down onto paper using my brain, and having words appear so I can write it down later here. But expect some more reviews. Trust me, in time, they will come. Patience.)

-phew- It's been a while.

I'm back. I've been missing this blog for some time now, and every time I look at it in my favorites, I always plan to start again, but never do. Well, now I'm back, and I'm staying. One small change though. I might not have the complete discography of a certain band, but with what I have, I'll give a review about that and have an insight of the band, like I always do, but I just won't have the entire discography. Well, let's start this out simple. This band doesn't have a singer. What does that mean? This is an instrumental band. Some people might not really like instrumental bands, but other haven't even heard of one, so I'll introduce you guys to one. You might know the drummer and the guitarist of this band, and once you search up the rest of the members, you'll recognize them immediately. This band is Liquid Tension Experiment.

Liquid Tension Experiment is an instrumental progressive metal band found in 1997. The band members are Tony Levin, bass guitar, John Petrucci, electric guitar, Mike Portnoy, drummer, and Jordan Rudess, keyboards. Theres only 2 studio albums with these men, Liquid Tension Experiment and Liquid Tension Experiment 2. The others are just live albums, and there's another album with these guys, excluding John Petrucci since his wife was giving birth so he had to be there at that time, and the band changed their name to Liquid Trio Experiment. I only have the two Liquid Tension Experiment albums, so let's go straight to it.

"Liquid Tension Experiment" 1998

I find this album to be fun. The first song, Paradigm Shift, is just so entertaining to listen. The only thing that's pretty bad about this album is that it stretches out too far and all of their songs are 4+ minutes, except for 2 or 3, but this album consists of 13 songs, so it's pretty much a long album. The most recognized song in this album, and in my opinion the best song, is Universal Mind. Mostly because it comes after a sad type of song in the set list, State of Grace. But once after that song is finished, the upbeat Universal Mind comes in and you forget about everything and just want to jam out. When I show this band to my friends, Universal Mind is what I put on and everyone seems to like it, and I'm glad. Then, after, theres 5 songs called Three Minute Warning I, II, III, IV, and V. Articles say that these songs were just jam-outs that this band were doing for fun and they just recorded the whole near 30 minute jam and cut it up into 5 pieces, in total being 27 minutes and 94 seconds. This album is a 9 out of 10, it could've been a perfect 10 score, but it seems to drag at some times.

"Liquid Tension Experiment 2" 1999

Now this album is way shorter, only 8 songs. But this time, all the songs are 4+ minutes long. The shortest one being 4:01, and the rest are way more. That's the only downfall to an album, where the music seems to last forever, and you expect the song to finish, but it's keep on going. Well, I can't really say that to this album much, because in some of the long songs, such as Acid Rain and When the Water Breaks, they seem to drag but the song itself changes from soft to hard in a heartbeat. Let's look at When the Water Breaks for a moment. It's the longest song in the album, being 17 minutes (16:58), it can seem to drag. But the song has solos from each person in the band, and they're all unique. Each person adds a quality in this song, so, even if it is long, it's still a worthy song to listen to. The other songs are also worthy to listen, but other just seem either too boring or drag. The album is an 8 out of 10 just because most of its songs are meh, excluding some really good songs.

This band deserves a 9 out of 10. The talent in this band is amazing, the only thing is that they don't have anything new. Their latest stuff is the Liquid Trio Experiment, and will be reviewed some other time. Each person are doing their own thing now, so don't expect much from this band, but expect from the band members to announce what each of them are doing and what they will be doing in this future.

Until next time, goodbye.