Seriously? Do you know anybody that has a Hatebreed album? They must be out there because these guys appear to have a huge-ass following. I just punished myself by listening to their latest album, Hatebreed. Some of the riffs are actually pretty cool, but the content is just way too cheesy to overlook. I thought bands were done with that East Coast hardcore breakdown shit? You know what I’m talking about – that part in the song that goes, “Dun-dun-dun-dun. (pause) Dun-Dun. (pause) Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun.” Weak-sauce.
The whole tough guy/hardcore thing is really unappealing. I’m almost positive that if you wear a Hatebreed shirt you’re pretty much guaranteed to never have a woman speak to you. The whole album just comes across as 15 tracks of pre-pubescent hormonal frustration. Take a look at these lyrical gems:
“Born to bleed, fighting to succeed, built to endure what this world throws at me!”
“Every lasting scar shows us what’s it taken to be who we are.”
“You fucking bleed now! ERrrrrrrrah! This will be the bleeding of your life!”
How this band got so popular is beyond me. They’re headlining the Decimation of the Nation Tour over Cannibal Corpse and Hate Eternal for fuck’s sake. Although, I guess that’s actually a good thing because then I don’t have to sit through Hatebreed to watch Cannibal Corpse tear it up. And yes, I’ve seen Hatebreed live once at Ozzfest and they blew goats.
Hey, Jamey Jasta, I got news for you: You weren’t the first one to wear a bandana on stage:
As if all that wasn’t bad enough, for some reason white-pride and neo-nazi assholes have taken the band’s logo and used it as a mark of their ilk:
Did you spot it yet? Yeah, it’s most likely not the band’s fault, but still – what the hell? I can’t wait to hang out with THESE GUYS at the beer garden between sets. Jesus.
I heard that one song of there’s that goes dun dun dun.