I Hate Sally - Sickness Of The Ages

1. Intro

2. Clean Up The Blood

3. Crushed Against The Grain

4. Iron Fist

5. Sickness Of The Ages

6. Under The Ribs Of Death

7. In The Name Of Democracy

8. Root Of All Evil

9. This Must Be Hell

10. Wake Up Screaming

I Hate Sally have released their debut album titled "Sickness Of The Ages". This album shows the band as a very heavy screaming, aggressive band and sound. The album has a pretty raw and unique sound to it, that isn't really associated with this type of music. These guys have a similar sound to bands like Flee The Scene, Converge, or Johnny Truant, so if you liked any of these bands, you could like this album. They have done an okay job here. When looking at the recording quality of this album, the music has been recorded fairly well, while the vocals seem very distant, distorted and hard to hear. We think the vocals could have been recorded a little better. The instrumentation on the album is actually pretty solid. This band can play, and they show off what they can do throughout the album. Solid job on this part of the album for sure. Now onto the vocals and lyrics, with the vocals, they are very growly and dark. We aren't sure if its the quality or not, but the vocals are pretty hard to hear at times, so getting the lyrics out, might be a little harder. He can certainly scream, and he does a good job at it though. All in all, not too bad. With the lyrics, the band seems to go for songs about having voices inside that eat away at you, change how you do things, society and more. It seems like they have gone a more political sort of route, and want you to believe in your own way, doing things the way you want to. This is a good message, but it doesn't always work. We feel people can get behind this though. If you are looking for a single to this album, there isn't really one, so just pick a song and give it a listen to get the idea of the album. I Hate Sally has established a style and sound that they'd like you to get into. This introduction seems a little raw and rough around the edges, but with a refined recording, we thing this could really hit. Listen to this album to decide what you think, we can't wait to hear whats next. They have since called it quits (R.I.P.)

Genre: Hardcore/Metalcore/Screamo

Release Date: 2003

Location: Kingston, Ontario
Website: http://www.ihatesally.com/

Label: Blacula Records