It is very usual for a band to present itself to a world that can't comprehend them. Even the logo is incomprehensible, and this is, in fact, exactly what the band is all about.
The Boy Will Drown: extreme music à la Botch, seasoned with lashings of death metal, and more than just a smidge of odd. Blast-beats and fiddly, scale-based riffwork characterise this band. It seems they have gone for the old standard of throwing whatever they can think of into the mix and hoping it comes out well, which it does: beef is the word, and plenty of it. Their self-titled debut EP is a testament to modern noise-core, and has laid a foundation for a new generation of bands who want no more than to beat our eardrums into submission.
However, unlike many other "arty" bands, TBWD are a band that can take a joke, as the EP's opening song's title proves. Lactating's Only Fun When It Curdles is a song that combines those three metal classics: death metal grooves, an array of odd noises and scales, and jazz. While the opening track seems to be extreme metal replete with a few oddities, it is nothing on its successor: Deepthroat Isn't A Movie, which is a song that strives to bring in as many sounds and senseless themes as possible, but my God is it good. While far from classy, as many similar bands strive to be, TBWD have already set themselves up a band that knows what they are doing. They have a certain honesty other noisy bands cannot claim.
Track two flows seamlessly, in its own dissonant way, into We Take The Out Of Psycho Therapist, a song stuck somewhere in between nonsense and a kind of genius. With clashing, complex guitar work and as many noises as can be crammed in, it continues this ongoing theme of strangeness that TBWD have established in their debut. But the strangest, and perhaps the best, song on the EP has got to be Dead Girls Don't Say No, a song that has become something of an anthem to the band's growing fan base. This last track sees many more of those odd, graceless scales, with even the bass joining in the festivities. By the end, that old classic is back: the jazz has returned; a jazz which flows into an unnervingly strange, yet melodic closing phrase. So, you may ask, are we any closer to understanding The Boy Will Drown after all this? And the answer is no; not by a long shot
James, Albatross
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Review of the Underworld Show 5th July
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09/07/08 – Adam Large @ Sendol (http://www.sendol.co.uk/blog.html)
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These guys kick ass with their technical and chaotic grind death metal inspired by bands like 'See You Next Tuesday', 'Necrophagist' and 'Ion Dissonance'.
The four songs (Deep Throat, Therapist, Lactating & Dead Girls) aren't all relax and peace, only poison spat in your face.
I feel that in their music, the pleasure to experiment with different musical genres where blastbeats meet ultra chaotic drums, acid guitar parts and melted with brutal breakdowns; can rise with unexpected post-hardcore riffs like in "deepthroat" and "dead girls".
The songs are played with such surgical precision and great accuracy and the singer is a beast who will devour your ear with awesome growling and screaming.
Now we wait for their first full length and I'm sure TBWD will not disappoint
(03/06/08 - Fago – (www.myspace.com/deviatetheline / www.myspace.com/malthecoreproject)
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We get into the venue as tech-metal outfit The Boy Will Drown are starting to crash through their chaotic set. Whilst being a fairly new name to most people, these kids can certainly handle themselves on stage. Whipping up a frenzy of twisted, contorted yet noise, those not flinging themselves around the dancefloor, are stood slackjawed at the display of musicianship on show. As signature tune Dead Girls Don't Say No bring their set to a fittingly crashing climax, the bar has well and truly been set for the headliners
(22/02/08 - Graham Finney www.planet-loud.com)
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The Boy Will Drown have possibly one of the most indecipherable logos we've seen over at Planet Loud in a while. Looking like a bunch of spiders mashed onto the screen, the logo is a good indication of what to expect from their sound. Inspired by the likes of See You Next Tuesday, Necrophagist and Despised Icon, these boys are a step above the rest of the UK Death Metal scene. Discordant, grinding filth is the order of the day and with song titles likes Dead Girls Don't Say No and an attitude of if it offends you we don't care, you can't help but sit up and take notice of these grimy grinders. Gigs are in the pipeline as is an EP both of which should help the band leave their nasty mark on the UK scene kids
(11/09/07 - Graham Finney www.planet-loud.com)
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The Boy Will Drown, play crazy technical death metal mixed in with melodic harmonies and heavy beatdowns. Imagine Necrophagist, The Red Chord, Between The Buried And Me and you get The Boy Will Drown! They are on the rise!
(20/06/2007 – Norwich Metal Fest)
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There is no denying that these young lads can play. If you're into the likes of 'The Dillinger Escape Plan', 'The Red Chord' and 'Architects' I'd certainly recommend checking them out.
(30/09/2006 - Wroed from Rockers Digest)
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The technical hardcore approach 'The Boy Will Drown' adopts makes them very unpopular with a couple of the more closed-minded metal heads. They show promise in their 'Sikth' meets 'Between The Buried And Me' style.
(10/09/2006 - Ross Baker from Virtual-Festivals.com)
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The band are young with a fresh approach to their brand of metal and show a lot of promise.
(01/09/2006 - Paul Sims from bbc.co.uk)