As such, surprises are few, but it hits hard in all the right places. The opening title-track stomps and shouts, before bursting into a melodic passage, while Sink Below picks up the pace into faster territory, and Times Like This throws in some Trivium-like twin-lead guitar. When they marshal it properly, they have the energy of a wrecking ball heading toward a house of cards, which almost helps overlook how indistinguishable they occasionally are from Parkway, down to the eerily Winston McCall-ish vocals.
The Hell We Create isn't the most original album, but what's important is what's gone into it. And in that sense, of having a place to put the vagaries of life and the world and to funnel off the darkness away from a place where it can pull you down, it does its job admirably.
Verdict: 3/5
For fans of: Parkway Drive, Bring Me The Horizon, We Came As Romans
The Hell We Create is out now via Solid State