Hatebreed frontman Jamey Jasta returns second solo release, this time containing mostly singles he made with other song writers + a entrance song for UFC fighter Matt Brown & a Die era Black Sabbath song. Other songs he released throughout the past few years after the first Jasta release and a few that weren’t finished and some that were almost lost due to a hard-drive snafu. For those that may be unfamiliar, Jamey Jasta has been the frontman for metal/hardcore legends Hatebreed the last 20+ years. One would ask what a solo album would dictate from a guy who’s musical motto is “Let a Caveman live;” but instead the solo material acts like a more experimental place for Jasta to branch outside of the brutality that is Hatebreed.

This experimental nature means going beyond the comfort zone not just for Jasta himself, but the listener as well. The songs themselves range quite a bit outside the Hatebreed box, but it’s kind of inescapable. One of the acquired tastes of experimentability is Jasta isn’t just screaming at you in the typical Hatebreed fashion. He’s singing a lot in terms of what he’s done very briefly in Hatebreed, but a lot more in his collaboration with Kirk Windstein of Crowbar in their band Kingdom of Sorrow. Instrumentally, the songs take on a more “radio friendly” type than Hatebreed. I guess if you think of Ozzfest-styled as a radio friendly type, it’s a lot more melodic and more closer to the lines of the lighter side of some of today’s arena headliners, while still throwing in an occasional Hatebreed or Kingdom of Sorrow styled riff.

TRACK LISTING:
01. This Is Your Life
02. Parasitic
03. The Same Flame
04. Back To What Matters
05. Until We Bleed Again
06. Chasing Demons Featuring – Howard Jones
07. The Immortal
08. Deadly Business
09. Buried Alive (Black Sabbath cover)