SOUL EMBRACED
Immune (Solid State)
Reviewed by Jason Thornberry

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Gargling sulfuric acid like he's trapped on a death metal album one second, then practically serenading you the next Chad Moore (along with Rocky Gray and Lance Gavin) can make three seem like six people. The songs match the vocals step for step, going from lockstep riffing to spacious choruses that beg for, and sometimes get, guitar solos heard on less somber recordings. Immune's titanium heaviness with hints of black metal, death metal, and industrial is offset with rich melody that climbs up out of the amps it came from -- the kind of album that makes you ache to hear anything that came before it, even demos or rehearsal tapes done on boom-boxes.

Grade: A.

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