Unearth-The March

The Band

Trevor Phipps- Vocals
Buz McGrath- Guitar
Ken Susi- Guitar
John Maggard- BassDerek
Kerswill- Drums

The Track Listing

1. My Will Be Done-3:37
2. Hail The Shrine-3:57
3. Crow Killer-3:17
4. Grave Of Opportunity-3:53
5. We Are Not Anonymous-3:03
6. The March-3:29
7. Cutman-3:13
8. The Chosen-3:54
9. Letting Go-4:44
10. Truth Or Consequence-11:12

The March is one of the band’s aggressive albums, the guitar work of Susi and McGrath has a more technical and solo-friendly direction for the band.
“My Will Be Done” opens the album with a prime example of the slight evolution in the sound of Unearth. Trevor Phipps’ vocals are the same as before, so if you liked them before, you won’t mind them on The March. If you couldn’t stand them before, this album won’t change your mind in the slightest. The trade-off solo halfway through “My Will Be Done” is an instant highlight that shows the tight chemistry the guitarists have seemingly formed.
The rest of the album follows suit, crafting a slab of metal that pushes the band closer and closer away from the dreaded “metalcore” shadow. There are elements of thrash metal present, as there was in the previous album. “Hail The Shrine” has a fast melody in the verse, but slows down in the chorus and leads to a head-banging breakdown that closes the track on a high note. “Cutman” earns bonus points for the extended finger-tapping solo that would even impress Eddie Van Halen. The bonus track, which follows after the disappointingly bland closer “Truth Or Consequence,” starts off with an epic drum intro before the band builds to a breakdown that is Slayer-worship at its finest, complete with solos that abuse the whammy bar.
There are lighter moments sprinkled on The March, including brief acoustic guitars in the bridge of “Grave Of Opportunity” and the lumbering “Letting Go,” which is one of the slowest songs in melody the band has ever performed. The majority of the album is a freight train of metal, but it shows maturity for the band to take a step back from time to time to show the listener their songwriting capabilities.