History goes that Save Our Souls was the message sent for the first time by the Titanic. The acronym turned out in the S.O.S. we all know. As usual, I went to the moderno oracle Google to check out the story. Unfortunately, the reality turned out to be not that exciting as they popular story. I got from the other modern oracle, Wikipedia, this: SOS, when it was first agreed upon by the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in 1906, was merely a distinctive Morse code sequence and was initially not an abbreviation. Later in popular usage it became associated with mnemonic phrases such as “Save Our Souls” and “Save Our Ship”. Moreover, due to its high-profile use in emergencies, the phrase “SOS” has entered general usage to informally indicate a crisis or the need for action. Not so exciting, isn’t it?
Ok, then, after the ice breaking, we have here the album named “Save Our Souls,” the debut of Sujin, a Deathcore band. Well, you all know how I feel about the ‘cores.’ Truth be told, I’m not in love for any of them. Of course, that doesn’t mean that an album of this subgenre can’t win my heart. This one did. Intro “· · · – – – · · ·” is here to prove at least the band was inspired by one of the stories I tell here, which one I really don’t know, but the album is a soul savior as it sounds better than many bands of their peers. This is so because Sujin have a more careful instrumental than average. The songs here are well-planned, with musical intent, if you what I mean. Not a truckload of undisguisable noise with vocals that sound to be mocking us all. No, sir, songs here have musical intent. There are well-developed ideas along the album. Of course, this means there are guitar leads in the songs. And pretty good ones. How about vocals? They really do the difference here. Vocalist Julien Mellier makes lots of voice shifts using lots of techniques in order to mke the songs sound not the same. In other words, though the album tittle “Save Our Souls” may be a little clichè, the music in here isn’t. This counts a lot. Take, for instance, the instrumentals of “Throne of Chaos.” Pay attention to the guitars and their melody. Way above the average. But I guess it’s “Dagon” that expresses better the ideas I wrote here. Melodic guitars always shifiting techniques, a prominent bass whose lines it’s actually possible to listen and the vocals that shifts all the time.
“Save Our Souls” is a great debut album. It showcases a very promising band. a highlight to the musical ideas Sujin deliver here. They made the difference.
Sujin “Save Our Souls” will be released on February16th via Scarlet Records.
Track Listing:
- · · · – – – · · ·
- Save Our Souls
- Ashes from the Abyss
- Dead World Beyond
- Wasted Progress
- Bleeding Chains
- Throne of Chaos
- Dagon
- Scavengers
- Insanity
- Winter Breeze
Watch “Bleeding Chains” official video here:
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