PARALLELS ARCADIA

Metal and hardcore have been combined to various degrees of effectiveness ever since the 80's. These two genres haven't been fused as effectively however as they have been over the past decade. In fact, people have been so good at incorporating one into the other that there's barely any distinction between the two genres anymore. No other band embodies this formula locally as much as Arcadia. Their debut album, Parallels has all the elements you'd expect from a metalcore release: galloping drumbeats, soaring two-part guitar harmonies, gut wrenching vocals and the requisite crushing palm-muted breakdowns. The band isn't reinventing the wheel by any means but any fan of heavy and aggressive music shouldn't miss this release.