Album Review: Devour the Day's S.O.A.R

When a band is still young, they can either develop into something unique to their genre or fade into the rest of the others because they don't have anything that stands out about them. Sadly, a band I had hope for still hasn't found that thing that makes them unique.

You can try to argue that a new band takes two albums to do that, but bands like Breaking Benjamin, RED, and even Flyleaf has had something that made them stand out on their first album and have developed that further. Devour the Day has yet to find that thing with their second album, S.O.A.R.

It is 10 songs and only 2 of them sound different from the others. That is something that really needs attention. This is a hard rock band and I got bored listening to them.

The guitar work is good rhythm, but nothing special about lead. Their isn't a guitar riff or even a solo that stands out and with that it all fades together. Drums and bass hold the beat, but that is it.

The lyrics aren't even interested. They use analogies that have already been used and nothing is really that interesting with the writing. If Devour the Day doesn't want to fade into obscurity, they need to change it up and make themselves stand out. Right now, they aren't doing that.

Final Verdict: 5/10. Sadly average for a band that really needs to find something that can make them stand out.

Songs I liked: Lightning in the Sky, Save Yourself
Songs I don't Recommend: Step Aside, Quicksand, S.O.A.R