[1.5/5] Comedian Brian Posehn must have had Since The Flood in mind when he penned "Metal By Numbers." No Compromise, the sophomore outing from the New Hampshire five-piece, has everything it is supposed to have, including mookish monotone vocals paired with lyrics about how truly underwhelming everything and everybody around singer Chuck Bouley happens to be; gang choruses that only sound good when careening around in a mosh pit or as a soundtrack to some YouTube street fight clip; and riffs Hatebreed stopped using 10 years ago. No Compromise is compressed and overly produced in a manner that puts the vocals and percussion right upfront, as if the band were conceding that bludgeoning is their business, and business is fine. Maybe it is, or maybe Since The Flood didn't get the memo that just grimacing to music isn't good enough anymore. (METAL BLADE) Brian O'Neill
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