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I had my doubts when I first received the brand new debut album of As My World Burns. I’ve been bred with the likes of Scream Bloody Gore and Slowly We Rot so I’ve grown quite suspicious of genres that try and take something away from what I consider Death Metal.

On top of that, most bands labeled under the federating subgenre of Deathcore have drawn way too much undeserved attention because most of them format their music and their looks to attract teenagers into some kind of destructured version of Death Metal with many popish hints clearly aimed at sounding cool. Add to this that it almost became a given that most Deathsters automatically despise anything labeled Deathcore and you find me quite curious and anxious about the content of Letters from Alaska.

My worries almost faded away instantly when I inserted the record in my CD player. What we’ve got here is solid music for fans of solid music. Forget the labels, try not to think of the pretty babes of Waking The Cadaver or Avenged Sevenfold (or you can type A7x if you’re kewl), because the Spaniards of As My World Burns are just playing in a different league.

As their bio describes it accurately, try and picture a band like The Dillinger Escape Plan playing with the rage and fury of a Death Metal behemoth and you’ll figure out what As My World Burns is about. Most of the vocals are guttural and while most of them tend to lean on the hardcore side there’s a few hints that Raul Lopez could go Death Metal all the way for he really has some talent. I’ll spare you the couple clean vocals, especially on Waltz Of Masks, which in my opinion are either performed poorly or just don’t fit the picture rendered by Letters from Alaska.

All tracks display some nice and welcome variety and they abound in multiple breaks and convoluted structures which at first may sound a bit disconcerting. I wouldn't be able to point out a track better than another (or poorer) because they’re rather well thought and give this impression of a bulky aggression throughout the album. Still these walls of guitars and drumming sometimes make the whole thing sound a like giant buzzing creature and sometimes you feel like a gasp for fresh air. Why is that? Mainly because too much variety kills variety. Still don't get undermined by that last comment because it's also exactly how I feel when listening to prolonged periods of TDEP.

For a debut album, it sure sounds promising and if you're into the genre, you might want to check out your nearest record dealer and get the thing on CD ASAP. For people that feel like they’re allergic to Deathcore or Mathcore, I still would recommend it because this is definitely not intended for emo pricks and the brutality displayed here might well surprise you!