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MP3 A Moment Of Silence - The Silence Is Harder
11 MP3 Songs in this album (45:58) !
Related styles: Rock: Hard Rock, Rock: 90''s Rock, Mood: Upbeat
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CD Review by Adam Wujtewicz
Though most angry young musicians have pointed their style towards tough-guy hardcore or noise rock there are still the select few who realize that a big riff and mid tempo pounding drums can show just as much aggression. A Moment Of Silence is one of those bands and they’re set to release their debut CD The Silence is Harder. I would bet my bottom dollar that there is a double meaning there....
There is a great deal of grunge worship on this record. The vocals are vaguely Chris Cornell-ish while the music sounds more like Alice in Chains, especially on the track “Valek”... or the Undertow era of Tool like on the track “Retina”. The big difference between the records of the early to mid 90’s and The Silence Is Harder is the production. This record is slick sounding, which usually wins over a bigger audience but it also takes a lot of dimension away from the guitar and it sometimes loses the bass in the mix. On the plus side of that coin is that Reid''s drums are clear as a bell and punch through everything, keeping you tuned into where the song is headed.
The vocals are probably the biggest part of the slick sounding equation. They are always out front and this puts pressure on vocalist Tony to sound just as ferocious as the instruments, a task which he successfully completes. Even though the vocals are a touch too loud for my taste most people like the singer’s thoughts to come across loud and clear.
The one thing that most people will write off as fluff, (even though I think it shows a great deal of character), is the weird and nonmusical track #7 “Untitled”. It’s just background noise and it only lasts 1 minute and 19 seconds but it proves to me that they were thinking of this release not as a collection of songs but as an album. They use this track to give the listener time to breathe before the home stretch of the record.
Even though the production doesn’t showcase it, the songwriting on this album is what makes it worthwhile. The loud-quiet-loud approach, and the bass lines that seemingly jump around the big guitar chords are what set this apart from another teenage rock bands demo.
Pick up The Silence Is Harder by AMOS at their CD release party @ The El-N-Gee Club (86 Golden Street) this Saturday February 20. Also on the bill are Botfly, Brevity, The Jibs & Swim The Mind. $10 cover, all ages, doors at 7pm. Facebook Event Page
Review April 2008 Norwich Bulletin
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A Moment of Silence’s sound comes mainly from the modern rock of the late 1990s and early 2000s. Mazzotta cited Incubus as a major influence, as the band straddles the harder, almost metal-like sound the California band featured on its debut 1997 album, “S.C.I.E.N.C.E.” “The newer stuff is more nu-metal type things,” Mazzotta said. “We try to stay as hard as we can without screaming.” It’s a very tight group, Mazzotta said, saying they go back and forth with lyrics and music, playing along with all the ideas brought to the table. It’s a result of being such a close group of friends.
review 9/14/07
.."The 3rd band of the night was the first to really catch my ear. They were called A Moment of Silence. A foursome that was mixing Melvins-esque guitar riffs with new metal vocals. The girl playing guitar was what really stood out, she had a great sound --fuzzy and low but with enough punch so that you could hear all the notes she was playing."-Adam Wujtewicz (Wailing City)
A Moment Of Silence - "Jackie O" Can we please have A Moment of Silence. This group of eager young go-etters hails from Waterford & Old Saybrook, CT. They bring back memories of bands like Hum and Far, which is fantastic company to be in. They''re in the process recording a record in NY and then bringing their rock solid rock sound back home to CT. This is a another of the bands that will be making up the next generation of music makers in the New London scene, so show your support.
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