“RESIST” — AS BLOOD RUNS BLACK ARE BACK

I remember when Allegiance came out in 2006, people were talking about As Blood Runs Black like they were the second coming. Along with groups like The Black Dahlia Murder (who were already much more well-established by then) and All Shall Perish (whose own, and in my opinion superior, breakthrough, The Price of Existence, came out the same year), they were supposed to be the future of death metal, one of the bands that would update the sound without straying too far from their influences. By now, they should have released at least two more albums, and, in theory at least, be enjoying their status as one of the godfathers of deathcore.

But something went hideously awry. I honestly don’t know what, because I thought Allegiance was fine but not great, and I didn’t pay as close attention to ABRB as maybe I should have. I kept hearing about line-up changes, but, like I said, I wasn’t paying very close attention. In any case, it seems like at a certain point everyone stopped talking about this band, and then I wasn’t even sure that this band existed anymore.

But they do! And they finally have a new album, Instinct, coming out next year. And now you can listen to a song from that album, “Resist,” by going to the band’s Facebook page and clicking the “like” button.

Now, honestly, I’m feeling pretty over it with having to publicly declare my love for a band to hear their latest music, especially when I don’t really like the band all that much and I just wanna hear the song for the sake of being up-to-date on the ins and outs of the metal world (as is the case in this instance). And I don’t even think this is really a new song — a quick search of my inbox shows that some readers were sending me YouTube links to the track as far back as July. Presumably those were demo versions or something, but what I heard in those links just reaffirmed my opinion of As Blood Runs Black, which is, again, that they’re perfectly fine, but nothing really special.

Some of you are gonna love this song, though, and those people should definitely go here and help the band spread the word of their new release. And then those people should come back to MetalSucks and tell me why this song slays, and why I’m an idiot. I probably won’t believe you, but I’ll be curious to read your argument.

Instinct will be released on Mediaskare on February 15.

-AR