Dedicated for Life "Another Dawn" [2008]

Dedicated For Life is a quintet from Macedonia that was formed in 2001. The band has released a demo (in 2002) and a full length album (‘By All Means’, 2005). In heir early years they concentrated on playing only hardcore but by adding a thick Swedish layer the band has gone a different way.

The five members have been influenced by names as At The Gates, Hatebreed, Lamb Of God and The Haunted, but this act only has similarities with these names in the far distance. ‘Another Dawn’ is being characterized by an overall cliché approach: the mixture of death metal, the Swedish influences, hardcore breakdown and similar vocals are all things we have heard many, many, many times before. And although the musical part, despite the straight forward approach, is not that bad at all, it are vocalist Kiril and guitarist/second vocalist Ognen which wring the neck. The unintelligibility and I am certainly used to some, rules. It may add some to the ferocity of the death core, but that what they are spitting out only ensures the standard sound and after a while even gets annoying. Next to the three tracks a video pf ‘Once More’ is on the cd. This song is neither available on this demo or their full length album so why they have made a video of this track just leaves me wonder.

Dedicated For Life is the next band in a (too?) long row of bands which follow the path of a mixture of death and hardcore. The death-blow is the grating of vocalists Kiril and Ognen. There has to change a lot will the dream of this band - being able to make a living out of music - ever come true.