Bleed The Fifth - Divine Heresy

Bleed the Fifth is the debut album from Divine Heresy. It was released on August 27th 2007 in the UK.

I went out and bought this album after hearing reviews for it in metal magazines, and with Dino Cazares on guitars and one of the world's fastest drummers, this does not disappoint. Dino has brought something new to the metal table, whilst there are tiny hints of his Fear Factory days with certain industrial sounds.

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...if like me you like it, buy it.

Top tracks:

Bleed the Fifth
Failed Creation
Rise of the scorned

Fillers:
Soul Decoded

For fans of:
Decapitated, Fear Factory, any types of extreme metal basically!  ... more

Bleed the Fifth is the debut album from Divine Heresy. It was released on August 27th 2007 in the UK.

I went out and bought this album after hearing reviews for it in metal magazines, and with Dino Cazares on guitars and one of the world's fastest drummers, this does not disappoint. Dino has brought something new to the metal table, whilst there are tiny hints of his Fear Factory days with certain industrial sounds.

Band Info:

Divine heresy is a heavy metal/ death metal band with heavy influences from many genres including thrash metal and metalcore. The band features Dino Cazares on guitars, who was a team leader for the Roadrunner Records 25th anniversary album and was a member of big industrial metal band Fear Factory.

The band also features Tim Yeung on drums, who recently won a world's fastest drummer award, and Tommy Vext on vocals. The bass player for their upcoming tour is former Nile bassist Joe Payne.

The band was formed after Dino Cazares met Tim Yeung at a gig and they started jamming together. After eight months of rehearsing and writing material, the band recruited Tommy Vext. Bass was played by Dino on the album's recording.

Band Members:

Tommy Vext - Vocals
Dino Cazares - Guitar
Joe Payne - Bass
Tim Yeung - Drums

Song by song review:

1. Bleed the Fifth - 3:06

The album starts without any warning and gets straight into a really heavy riff, before leading into a really heavy verse. Plenty of double pedal drums and big drum fills. There is big influence on black metal and death metal melodic riffs, which really add something to the song. A big all out assault, with the vocals complementing the song well. There is a solo at the end of the middle part of the song, which shows Dino can shred as well as play heavy riffs. 9/10

2. Failed Creation - 3:37

The words "Failed Creation" open up the song before a huge barrage of blast beat drums and really quick guitars hit. This has some real thrash influence but bringing in the new death metal feel to it. This also features proper singing from the vocalist, and he shows he can sing well. The melodic singing lends itself to metalcore bands such as machine head. There is an awesome breakdown in the middle of the song with some brilliant drumming and riffs. 9/10

3. This Threat Is Real - 4:23

This has a cool riff to get the song going, with some more really fast double pedals, but has a slight different feel to it which is good. There is a fair amount of diversity early on, and although this isn't as good as the first two tracks, this still has some amazing riffs. 8/10

4. Impossible Is Nothing - 3:55

Again this song starts straight away with some heavy riffs and double pedals. The verse is quite similar to before but the pre chorus is really good with more melodic guitars. This song starts to sound like another all out assault but suddenly features a melodic singing part, which adds a good depth to the song. 8/10

5. Savior Self - 3:18

A bit of industrial sounds before again there is more heavy riffs, and a better verse riff makes you nod along. There is some shred riffing at high pace. Another good song, with a breakdown of more melodic singing. 8/10

6. Rise of the Scorned - 4:54

There is an acoustic intro to this song, before a smooth build up brings a huge main riff. I'd consider this to be the album's centrepiece. More blast beats at an unbelievable pace along with double pedals. It gets a bit repetitive after repeat listens but is a great song. 9/10

7. False Gospel - 3:20

Another really cool leads this song, with big influences drawn again from thrash metal. Possibly more accessible than other songs, keeping the standard high. 8/10

8. Soul Decoded (Now and Forever) - 4:01

This song is completely different from the rest and draws from Fear Factory style heavy riffs. It is slowed down a few notches too here. Not a song I particularly like, too hard for me to get into. It does pick up with some quicker bits but still not one for me. 6/10

9. Royal Blood Heresy - 4:42

This has a black metal influenced intro before changing completely into a death metal riff, with more blast beats and double pedals. Takes a while to warm to but all in all is a good song. There is a happy sounding breakdown which showcases the drummer's talents with some unbelievably fast drums. 7/10

10. Closure - 3:33

This song closes the album out of nowhere. The speed is taken right down and gone is most of the screaming and growling, for a stripped down ballad style song. Not what I would expect to close the album as I was expecting one last barrage of riffs, but this is a great song and if released as a single would open the band up to the mainstream. I'm not one for ballads and songs like this but I like this song. 8/10

My overall review:

I was expecting a good album because Dino Cazares was leading this band, but I never expected the album to be quite so good. There is a real mixture of genres accounted for here; mostly death metal, but with melodic singing that comes from textbook Trivium or Machine Head metalcore, this album could appeal to all sorts of fans.

The final song on the album could well be released as a single to gain attention from people outside of metal, whilst almost any other song could be released to the metal community as a single and would get huge acclaim.

I will give this album 8/10 overall after much thought, because I think that this song includes almost anything I would want from a metal album of this sort. There are intense riffs by the bucket load, amazing drumming and blast beats, and the vocalist is talented both in singing and screaming.

Anyone who likes death metal or thrash metal, or any type of extreme metal, should give this a listen to see what they think, and if like me you like it, buy it.

Top tracks:

Bleed the Fifth
Failed Creation
Rise of the scorned

Fillers:
Soul Decoded

For fans of:
Decapitated, Fear Factory, any types of extreme metal basically! 

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