The Hymn of a Broken Man
Occupation
- Adam Dutkiewicz - vocals, guitar, bass, drums
- Jesse Leach - vocals
The Hymn of a Broken Man is the debut album by the American metalcore duo Times of Grace. It was released on 18 January 2011 on Roadrunner Records. It was also released as a deluxe edition with a bonus piece and an additional DVD.
Style
The album mixes melodic metal, often with polyphonic guitar solos, with elements of hardcore punk, together gives a metalcore -like mixture. You are playing some part played acoustic rock ballads. More experimental elements of the progressive metal as well as interim blast beat parts or gegrowlter singing can be heard.
Formation
Adam Dutkiewicz said he had the album during his hospital stay during a back surgery quasi- written " in his head " and recorded it at home later.
" I wrote it in my head and once I got home and what able to get out of bed and get in motion I started demoing material and felt like I wanted to make a record. It was very personal to me and I ended up getting in contact with Jesse Because I do not think I'm the greatest vocalist and lyricist so I wanted a little help in department did. "
"I wrote it in my head, and when I got home and got out of bed and moving, I started with the demo recordings and I felt that I wanted to make a record. It was very personal, and I finally came up with Jesse in contact because I do not think I 'm the greatest singer and songwriter, so I wanted some help in the relationship. "
For this purpose, also to take over the drumming himself that he had been motivated by the fact that the album was for him very personally. Many pieces deal of content with life and love ( Fight for Life, Live in Love, Hope Remains ). It was noted that some pieces are relics of Killswitch Engage.
Reception
Wrote Phil Freeman of Allmusic, the album was indeed addressed to the Killswitch fans, but it could those modern metal and hard like rock, will find much here edifying. Who had but a " radical departure " expects, would be likely to be disappointed. He praised both the songwriting as well as the voice of Jesse Leach and awarded three and a half stars out of five. On the side of the plate Artistdirect.com by Rick Fiorino received a perfect score of five out of five stars. He called the album a "journey through the pain ". The album has all the ingredients for metal classics. Times of Grace are the "future". , Michael Edele heard "beary ex- Killswitch Engage - guys " on Laut.de. The song Until the End of Days prefer singing " all the stops ", as well as the Southern Rock of The Forgotten One prick out. Edele evaluated with four out of five. Timo of in -you- face.de criticized the proximity to Killswitch Engage and partly resembling songs of the first part of the plate. In the second part there is quite " rousing songs ". He especially liked The End of Eternity. The reviewer missed seven out of ten rating points. Buffo Schnädelbach noticed in Rock Hard, the " beautiful, epic pop choruses, as we know from CFE ". He saw the album as a symbiosis between Alive or Just Breathing and The End of Heartache. His rating was 8.5 out of ten.