Album Review: We Came As Romans - Tracing Back Roots

The third album from US melodic hardcore dudes We Came As Romans is their most schmick release yet. Tracing Back Roots delivers the same brutal rhythmic punches and nasty-meets-nice vocals as past ware, and brings it in spades on the opening title track book-ended by supremely addictive riffs, but there's a more commercial wash on some tracks. Fade Away's mid-section breaks down with an electro pulse underlying it and Hope's glossy key opening quantises everything into a neat little package. For the true ball-buster of the bunch, look no further than Present, Future, And Past. Filthy stuff.