Haste the Day
Album: Attack of the Wolf King
Release Date: June 29, 2010
Label: Solid State Records

Track Listing
01. Wake Up the Sun
02. Dog Like Vultures
03. The Quiet, Deadly Ticking
04. Travesty
05. Merit for Sadness
06. The Un-Manifest
07. The Place Where Most Deny (featuring Micah Kinard of Oh, Sleeper)
08. White As Snow
09. Crush Resistance
10. Walk With a Crooked Spine
11. My Name Is Darkness

Reviewer: Eric

Well shit if any band bringing out an album after nearly two years started out with a breakdown we would love every album. Come on Haste the Day, your way of saying “hello” again after a dismal last release is the track Wake Up the Sun then you got some problems, problems I hope to share with everyone.

This is Haste the Day and this is the album they hope to sell nearly 100,000 albums again, just like they almost did with When Everything Falls and Pressure the Hinges. Attack of the Wolf King just doesn’t have that special something that makes it stand out amongst other metalcore releases. This is just “pass on effort” music that has what music goers want.

Among the disappointing 38 minute record I did find a few things I liked. The simple, yet boring, breakdowns are toe tapping. Sure I can give credit to the guitar team on this record but I think there is a part in The Quiet, Deadly Ticking that sounds too Killswitch Engage. What is this flatter another band as you try to make more money off them? Not going to happen guys because most metalcore craziness has been done and I don’t see Haste the Day revolutionizing anything any time soon.

That might be the albums biggest fault when I really think about it. Attack of the Wolf King isn’t its own record. It is a bunch of good ideas other bands used in the past, maybe 3 to 5 years, mixed with Haste the Day from 2004 to 2007. Before you say “well that isn’t so bad” I am pretty sure you have the albums Haste the Day praised on their record and by praising I mean copying off of.

Final Verdict
I just want to give Michael Murphey (only original member) and the rest of the band a nice thank you for letting us listen to an album that went sour. Where is the magic that made Haste the Day a somebody in the sea of metalcore bands? Attack of the Wolf King is a copycat record that doesn’t deserve much credit. I found parts to be catchy and my score is semi-reflecting on the good parts the band stole from other metalcore acts.

Rating
6 out of 10

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