Hold onto your seats kids!
Dignity Dies First are a real phoenix from the ashes. Recruiting ex-Funeral For A Friend front-man Matthew Evans and blending his extremely aggressive vocals with the pure musical talent of Martin Fairchild (guitar), Nic Small (guitar), Mike Drew (bass), and Jonny Gardener (drums), the band has created a new hardcore beast to rival even their figures of inspiration. Once again, hailing from Wales (as all good new bands seem to be), Dignity Dies First are a band who, from the moment you put their album in your CD player, will have you hooked on their determination, passion and sheer spirit of rock.
‘With Our Blood We Shall Water These Fields’ is not for the faint hearted. Each track is a glorious train wreck of relentless aggressive vocals and musical ingeniousness. ‘Gunfire, Prior To The Night In Question’ kick starts with instant hard hitting guitar riffs and a barrage of vocals, the mere sound of which give you a sore throat. It is fast paced and has more guts than the latest Tarantino movie! ‘To Love And Light With Gratitude’ builds into the raucous melodies and drags you under into an abyss of inexorable drums beats that challenge you to keep up. ‘The Resolution’ also extrudes as a pure song brimming with the bands message, evident in the ending speech ‘We don’t write poems because it’s cute. We write poems because we are the human race, and the human race is filled with passion!’ And ‘A Disposition To Ignore All That Is Real’ is a complete blow to the system as it plays the album out with never-ending guitar wielding majestics and a scream that remains in your head due to its absolute fanaticism.
To quote the band themselves they have ‘a mutual disrespect for corporate culture and a total appreciation for self control.’ A bloody good thing that they do too, because this album is just dripping in the pure passion and purpose that most albums lack today. Each track proves the band want you to get drawn into their music, and see what they see in it. And this album has got me by the throat. It is simply one of the best debuts I have heard in a long time...