1. Resistance
2. Dependence or Faith
3. Make your Spirit Burn
4. In the Dark
5. Blue Smoke and Mirrors
6. Words
7. Fourty Two

Endzweck have a great sound – that good blend of hardcore vocals and melodic guitar that made all hardcore bands from Shai Hulud to Comeback Kid endlessly popular, although with Endzweck their chord sequences perhaps owe more to skatepunk and screamo than hardcore.

The progressions don’t have a lot of direction and don’t create much tension within the music, this means that the feel of the music can be a little flat on some of the tracks. Ok, I might be getting a little bit technical for what is essentially hardcore punk, but this mini album isn’t as thrilling as it could be and I’ve been trying to work out why; all the ingredients are there for an amazing album of music, but my attention wanders somewhat.

There are some real high points on the album – the breakdown in “Dependence or Faith” has a proper fresh change of mood which builds up back up into double speed with relentless energy, and the one minute of mayhem that is “Words” manages to cram in loads of sections while still remaining coherent and emotional.

Good stuff this with nice production and cracking blend of sounds, have a listen and see how you enjoy it, but for me it did drag somewhat.

http://www.myspace.com/endzweck