Search - Envy :: A Dead Sinking Story

The most emotional record i ever heard!!

William Tanko | Perth Amboy, NJ United States | 09/21/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"last year, lovingly caressing my respectable collection of pretty rare records of this rather unconventional genre that i'd fallen in love with, i really thought that i owned the best of best, when i randomly came across this very vaguely known japanese band. i bought Dead Sinking Story on sheer impression from reviewers, though i'd never heard a single track of it before. i expected an alright record, and would never have dared to guess that the CD would change my view of life!

the very first listening of Dead Sinking Story i couldn't believe my ears! the incredible sincerity of emotion enducing an almost trance-like experience totally took my breath away for weeks!

now i simply can't understand why i'd spent so many years looking for the best band of this genre and never looked across the pacific ocean.

City Of Caterpillar is bliss, Isis is hypnotism, Balboa is redemption, but Envy? Envy is more than anything ever created or comprised.. Envy is GOD! - as someone mentioned before.



for those interested, here is the complete discography of Envy:



1.Breathing And Dying In This Place

2.From Here To Eternity

3.Angel's Curse Whispered In The Edge

4.The Eyes Of Single Eared Prophet

5.All The Footprints You've Ever Left And Fear Expecting Ahead

6.split with Iscariote

7.Dead Sinking Story

8.split with Yaphet Kotto and This Machine Kills



reviewed january 2005: after months of frustrating and desperate search in every possible and impossible source i finally managed to buy the nearly complete discography (except the debut, which is extremely rare even in Japan where i got the rest from), thus blessing my CD collection with the "best hardcore band that you never heard".

thanks to the japanese Amazon, although it really wasn't easy especially because most of the contents don't have an english translation :/ hehe..

the rest of their albums only confirmed and punched a period mark on the fact (..my jaw is still fallen in awe..), that Envy really are the best!



to finish this review, please allow me to recommend a couple of awesome bands in the genre: Funeral Diner, A Day In Black And White, Quantice Never Crashed, Yaphet Kotto, On The Might Of Princess (especially the debut album), The Assistant..."

Epiphany

J. C. Berry | 07/17/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Envy are the realization of what so many other bands have tried to accomplish: excellent, majestic, melodic, thrashing harmonies composed with astonishing intelligence. What else could anyone want from their music?"

Excellent introduction to this long-running band

J. C. Berry | 03/31/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"To be honest, I'd never heard Envy before seeing them in New York City back in January, but after I heard their unique fusion of hardcore and post-rock, I was hooked. They really have their own, unique brand of hardcore, featuring moderate to slow paced riffing (almost Isis-like at parts) crushing you with a huge wall of sound, then slower, softer parts, accented by malleted drums and gentler keyboards. They've forged their own path throughout the jungle that is emotional heavy music, and hopefully will continue to do this in the future."