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'The Safety Fire - Mouth Of Swords' review






 I find this review of The Safety Fire's new album particularly interesting as it is very well written; although it is short, it is very direct and to the point. Throughout this review, the writer consistently uses impressive vocabulary; utilising words such as '...esoteric...'. He also uses a lexical set in this review when he mentions '...thundering low-end riffs...' and '...lightning fast tapping...'.

 This review comes from a magazine about guitars/guitar playing and so there is plenty of jargon used throughout this review which only people educated in music will understand such as '...prog-metallers...', '...arpeggios...' and '...esoteric harmonics...'.

I also found that the writer uses juxtapositions in this review to describe the unique sound of The Safety Fire. He writes '...finger-breaking...', '...thundering...' and '...lightning fast...'; all of which are very powerful adjectives and seem quite applicable to use when describing this band. However, to oppose these strong adjectives, the writer uses soft, gentle words to describe other sections of the bands' songs which also perfectly describes their sound. For example, he also writes '...delicate chordal parts...' and '...esoteric harmonics...'; making the bands' sound seem quite mysterious and leaving the reader wanting to hear the band itself.

 

 The writer also constantly compliments the bands' diversity in terms of style which I find interesting as it is surfaces that the reviewer is surprised by the mash of genres. He says, 'It could be a mess... but everything finds its place.'