Seizure Crypt

Hello, My name is...Madness

3:16 Productions 2007

Seizure Crypt are from New York and they sound like it.  Rooted in traditional NY style hardcore like Sick of It All and Youth of Today, Seizure Crypt belt out high energy and furious songs.  Their dual vocal attack lends an extra layer of to this assault.  One sounds like Ray Cappo (Youth of Today) and the other sounds like Paul Bearer (Sheer Terror).  Most of the material on Hello My Name is...Madness is pretty straightforward relying more on holding your attention with its unbridled intensity rather than any sort of innovation or originality.  In a rapid fire succession the album's 8 tracks blur by without any let down in energy level save for maybe the seething and brooding Enigma whose dark and menacing metal riffing explodes into a furious dual vocal onslaught.  For me though the album's highlight is the mosh inducing second track The Deadend with its stomped out pace and clean guitar passage in the middle.  A Big deal is made of the knob work of famous producer Don Fury who has produced many other hardcore luminaries like SOIA.  But to me it is neither here nor there and the album either sinks or floats on the quality of the music.  And once again I stress that even though this album is intense it is far from original.  I can listen to it but it lacks some emotional depth.  For the most part though the strength of the material on this album's is its ability to translate to a live environment.  I am certain many people would be decapitated by the unstoppable typhoon of round house kicks and flailing fists in the pit.  If you like above average though unspectacular NY styled hardcore tinged with metal then Seizure Crypt is for you.