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Midwestern metalcore quintet the Color Morale make their label debut for Fearless Records with Hold on Pain Ends, their fourth album overall. At this point in the Rockford-based band's career, most of the original members have turned over, leaving frontman Garret Rapp to essentially guide the band's direction. Riding a wave of success from their 2013 release Know Hope, Rapp and his bandmates continue with their dark vs. light formula, waging a passionately delivered campaign that again pits hope against themes of abandonment, loss, and rejection over a backdrop of technically airtight metal and post-hardcore riffs and rhythms. Employing a pretty standard array of clean and screamed vocals, Rapp's chorus melodies are generally strong and succinct and he's at his best doling out the clean, more harmonic fare. Lyrically, Hold on Pain Ends feels somewhat sophomoric. Rapp follows many of the standard aggro tropes of the genre and the tedious wordplay of songs like "Damnaged" and "Prey for Me" doesn't do a lot to set the Color Morale apart from the multitude of other pseudo/former faith-based bands working in this narrow milieu. But, what the aforementioned "Prey for Me" lacks in poetic grace, it makes up for musically with its bold arrangement and memorable melody. "Is Happiness a Mediocre Sin?" also stands out for its strong lead riffs and heavy but accessible chorus. The usual glitchy electronic elements weave throughout the album's ten songs and there is a strong pop element in many of the arrangements. While Hold on Pain Ends is generally well played and well produced, little new ground has been broken and by and large it comes across as a fairly standard, mainstream pop-oriented metalcore record.
© Timothy Monger /TiVo
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Mike Green, Producer - The Color Morale, MainArtist - Garret Allen Rapp, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Eugene Saunders, ComposerLyricist - Devin Robert King, ComposerLyricist - Michael Robert Honson, ComposerLyricist - Steven Charles Carey, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Green, Producer - Erik Ron, ComposerLyricist - The Color Morale, MainArtist - Garret Allen Rapp, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Eugene Saunders, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Green, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Color Morale, MainArtist - Garret Allen Rapp, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Eugene Saunders, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Green, Producer - The Color Morale, MainArtist - Garret Allen Rapp, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Eugene Saunders, ComposerLyricist - Devin Robert King, ComposerLyricist - Michael Robert Honson, ComposerLyricist - Steven Charles Carey, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Green, Producer - Mark Weinberg, ComposerLyricist - The Color Morale, MainArtist - Garret Allen Rapp, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Eugene Saunders, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Green, Producer - The Color Morale, MainArtist - Dave Stephens, FeaturedArtist - Garret Allen Rapp, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Eugene Saunders, ComposerLyricist - Devin Robert King, ComposerLyricist - Michael Robert Honson, ComposerLyricist - Steven Charles Carey, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Green, Producer - The Color Morale, MainArtist - Garret Allen Rapp, ComposerLyricist - Devin Robert King, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Green, Producer - Craig Owens, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Color Morale, MainArtist - Garret Allen Rapp, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Eugene Saunders, ComposerLyricist - Devin Robert King, ComposerLyricist - Michael Robert Honson, ComposerLyricist - Steven Charles Carey, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Green, Producer - The Color Morale, MainArtist - Garret Allen Rapp, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Eugene Saunders, ComposerLyricist - Devin Robert King, ComposerLyricist - Michael Robert Honson, ComposerLyricist - Steven Charles Carey, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Green, Producer - The Color Morale, MainArtist - Garret Allen Rapp, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Eugene Saunders, ComposerLyricist - Devin Robert King, ComposerLyricist - Michael Robert Honson, ComposerLyricist - Steven Charles Carey, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Green, Producer - The Color Morale, MainArtist - Garret Allen Rapp, ComposerLyricist - Aaron Eugene Saunders, ComposerLyricist - Devin Robert King, ComposerLyricist - Michael Robert Honson, ComposerLyricist - Steven Charles Carey, Jr., ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Mike Green, Producer - The Color Morale, MainArtist - Garret Allen Rapp, ComposerLyricist - Devin Robert King, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
Midwestern metalcore quintet the Color Morale make their label debut for Fearless Records with Hold on Pain Ends, their fourth album overall. At this point in the Rockford-based band's career, most of the original members have turned over, leaving frontman Garret Rapp to essentially guide the band's direction. Riding a wave of success from their 2013 release Know Hope, Rapp and his bandmates continue with their dark vs. light formula, waging a passionately delivered campaign that again pits hope against themes of abandonment, loss, and rejection over a backdrop of technically airtight metal and post-hardcore riffs and rhythms. Employing a pretty standard array of clean and screamed vocals, Rapp's chorus melodies are generally strong and succinct and he's at his best doling out the clean, more harmonic fare. Lyrically, Hold on Pain Ends feels somewhat sophomoric. Rapp follows many of the standard aggro tropes of the genre and the tedious wordplay of songs like "Damnaged" and "Prey for Me" doesn't do a lot to set the Color Morale apart from the multitude of other pseudo/former faith-based bands working in this narrow milieu. But, what the aforementioned "Prey for Me" lacks in poetic grace, it makes up for musically with its bold arrangement and memorable melody. "Is Happiness a Mediocre Sin?" also stands out for its strong lead riffs and heavy but accessible chorus. The usual glitchy electronic elements weave throughout the album's ten songs and there is a strong pop element in many of the arrangements. While Hold on Pain Ends is generally well played and well produced, little new ground has been broken and by and large it comes across as a fairly standard, mainstream pop-oriented metalcore record.
© Timothy Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:12
- Main artists: The Color Morale
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Fearless Records
- Genre: Metal
© 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 2014 Fearless Records, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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