Life Goes On Without Me

Here it is, on a silver platter, local metal at its best! Well I actually got it in a brown mailing envelope (not quite a silver platter), but you get the point. Life Goes On Without Me are a fairly new Canadian Metal band who reside in the bustling city of Toronto. Having formed as recently as March of 2004, it is rather impressive how this unsigned band has managed to hone their skills in such little time.

Now I love homegrown talent, and I think the band is talented, I just don’t like the production on the album. Ultimately, this probably has more to do with budget constraints than anything else, but I had to point it out either way. Nevertheless, that does not take away from the band as a whole, and what they are trying to convey with this release.

The guitar riffs are pretty tight, the vocals are rowdy, and rough, and hardly understandable, clearly a moshing Metal CD. Twirl that hair! Metal is back! I have to say that although still very early on in their career, these guys have a good chance to go far as long as they keep up the practicing and touring.

As they play more and more they will only become a tighter group and gain a larger fan following (local or not). As it stands, despite their short existence LGOWM have already managed to play countless local shows and took part in both a South American tour and the most recent Milwaukee Metalfest.

The band has only been together for a few short years, but their dynamic is just awesome, and the chemistry between them is clearly evident. Go check these dudes out at www.myspace.com/lifegoesonwithoutme. I hear double bass pedals and that makes me happy. Happy enough to give this homemade CD a whopping 7/10.  [ END ]

Track Listing:

01. Alas
02. Army of God
03. Northwind
04. Lochetic State…
05. …Prey
06. New Age Calamity
07. Sacrifice
08. SameDeal
09. We Are
10. For What Remains
11. The Funeral

Run Time: 40:07