Silent Civilian
Rebirth of the Temple

February 2007
Released: 2006, Mediaskare
Rating: 2.5/5
Reviewer: MetalChick

Silent Civilian is an example of when music and vocals take two different roads, one overpowering the other like a bully so the good cannot shine through. With music that can be compared to bands like Scar Symmetry, Shadows Fall, and Arch Enemy, the riffs crunch hard, the solos stand up as stellar, and the songs are thick with tight musicianship. What would be the vibrant heart and meat of every song is then overshadowed by the brutal screams that were surely chosen to be the main vocal style just to make the music sound, well, brutal. In the fashion of Scar Symmetry or even Into Eternity, clean vocals are woven in as well. It is during these moments that the songs come alive.



There is so little diversity that no song stands out above the rest as notable. At over an hour in total length with a handful of songs stretching into the six and seven minute mark, this lack of diversity makes an average time seem agonizingly long. In general, though, if the tight songwriting and clean vocals were utilized to their full potential, this could be a very good record. It is instead geared towards the fans of that brutal style.