Review by Rachel Jablonski
Though the genre is most often associated with male angst, I can’t help but pose New York’s Sworn Enemy to the chicks both in and out of the metal loop. Sworn Enemy’s thrashing sophomore album Beginning of the End is a heavy outpouring for metal fans. But it could also very well teach gossiping, backstabbing, unreasonable females to retreat to the beginning of the end of needless badmouthing and hurtful hatred toward one another.
Beginning of the End begins with a growling scream that is completely comparable to the frustration I feel regarding fellow females who insist on being sworn enemies. The time to change is noooooooooooooow! vocalist Sal Lococo insists. You tell em Sal! Produced by Tim Lambesis (frontman of As I Lay Dying), the Sworn Enemy album is rhythmic and riff heavy, complete with fast tempo, double bass drum, and roaring vocals. Nothing groundbreaking in Sworn Enemy’s sound, the lyrics tend to scornfully and amusingly accompany the traditional metal.
“We Hate” is a humorous piece with a chorus that says, we hate your music, we hate you too, we’ve got reasons for what we do. You cannot hide, you stupid fucks we really think… your music sucks!
Surrounded by gossipy females, Sworn Enemy’s Beginning of the End has become the soundtrack for these recent frustrations. Just as typical as female drama, Beginning of the End is nothing dramatically distinctive. However, it is a good listen, particularly when in a female quandary.