365 Days of Metal: Breakdowns for the Blind

Day 9

Blind Witness - Nightmare On Providence Street

Band Origin: Grandby, Quebec, Canada
Genre: Metalcore / Deathcore
Label: Mediaskare Records
Running Time: 40 minutes
Release Date: March 9, 2010

Best Part: TABARNAK!

Favorite Tracks: Baby One More Notch, Nightmare on Providence Street, and All Alone - (The New Year is also a great closing track)

Grade: 3.5

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Nightmare on Providence Street in 20 words or less:

An album dedicated to partying, getting wasted, and getting some, featuring catchy riffs, melodic solos and wall to wall breakdowns.

The Band:

Blind Witness is a five member outfit now hailing from Montreal who live their lives according to the creed of playing the heaviest music they can, and touring night after night to bring the pain down on anyone in their path. Having gone through a number of lineup changes throughout their history, Blind Witness still manages to perform on a solid and consistent basis - and their live performances are always energetic and straight in your face. The band is now working on their third full-length record, while continuing their seemingly non-stop touring.

Blind Witness' debut record was: Silences Are Words (2008)

Jay's Take on Nightmare On Providence Street:

Almost nothing was left off the list of improvements made by Blind Witness on this record. Jonathan Cabana's vocals are much improved over his performance on Silences Are Words, providing a wide range of growls and screams that fit the energy and pace of each individual track - and gone are the clean sections of their previous record (except at the very end of the final track). The guitar work features catchy riffs, but also has more melodic sections and timely solos. Drumming was always a solid point of Blind Witness' previous work, and continues to be with this record - and lends itself even better in a live performance. Lastly, it's funny to say that what would set one metalcore band apart from another would be the breakdowns, but for Blind Witness this is a resounding truth. They're present in every song, sometimes multiple times, but they're always there, kicking in the back of your skull - fucking brains out.

Sample of the Day:



- J