Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Silence - Glassjaw

The subject of break ups is a heavily tapped area in all genres of music, not only rock. But whilst most bands like to wallow down in the mire dragging the music with them, some like to come out of the corner fighting. Enter Glassjaw. Rarely has an album been released that possesses such a vital energy, whilst managing to bear all at the same time. Ignore if you can the 'produced by Ross Robinson' on the inlay, these boys are a gear above the pantomime metal of Slipknot, preferring to dip their toes into the grinding dynamic of hardcore rather than the biscuit-tin batter of thrash. It sets you up from the start, the off-kilter churning bass of 'Pretty Lush' ...  Read the complete review

Glassjaw must be looked upon as a up and coming band, as their debut album 'Everything you wanted to know about silence' is simply crushing. Kerrang labelled this album perfectly as 'an unexpected slug to the gut', as this album is indeed crushing stuff. The New York quintet have managed to record an album that manages to be original in a crowded genre, full of sub standard bands jumping on the Nu-Metal bandwagon. In the inlay of the CD lead singer Darryl Palumbo leaves the quote, 'F*** anyone who looked for the hook', which is more than true as the album contains no real hooks, but still gives us very catchy songs. The first ...  Read the complete review

One day a friend of mine came to school and said: "Superdez, do you know a band called Glassjaw, I bought their cd and it is real good". So I replied:"Fine lets listen to it!" This is how it started. My admiration for a rather young bad full of energy and quite a deal of anger. Some people may not approve with the vocals of the singer, at moments he is singing rather melodically, the next he is screaming his head off. One can not really settle down to Glass Jaw. You have to live it. I personally like the album, but most metal fans won't even lift an eybrow for them. Speaking in musical terms, the band contains rather talented ...  Read the complete review

Imagine taking every possible human emotion, multiply it eight times, and Glassjaw would be the soundtrack to this week's episode in the day and the life of humanity. Daryl who orchestrated the, band is the lead singer. His voice is just simply amazing. No other way to put it. One second he sounds very similar to Chino Moreno of the Deftones, but the difference between the two bands is the emotion going to both ends of the spectrum from Glassjaw. Guitar variety? Beck is all over the place in his writing, taking aspects of punk rock, then breaking out to a style in the vein of Satriani, then just going completely heavy with a hint of hardcore. Through this album the ...  Read the complete review