Call to preserve-From isolation

Facedown
2008

Florida’s Call to preserve play a heavy brand of hardcore that at times resembles classic hardcore more than today’s hardcore or metal core. It is certainly more in the hardcore camp, but heavy enough to appeal to some metal fans as well. This is a very short album because eight of the thirteen tracks clock in at less than three minutes each. They go straight to the point though as most songs launch right in. The vocals have fewer growls than some of their peers and that helps in being able to hear and understand the message that this Christian hardcore band is trying to get across. However I think that they are more creative lyrically than they are musically. About four or five songs in it dawns on me that they seem to be running out of ideas. Not that the music is bad because in fact it is decent and their spirit is strong. Still they lack variation in their music and that fact becomes evident and on the second half of the album they seem to just be trying to hold on until time runs out. This is a shame because the vocals and lyrics are solid, but people are going to have trouble focusing if the music doesn’t do enough to keep their attention. I heard enough potential to believe that they have the playing ability to do more. They just need to work harder in the writing department.