Track Listing:

1. Beast In The Beauty
2. American Reject
3. Every Time I Try
4. Assuming Nothing
5. Goodbye
6. Beneath Me
7. Ocean Of Angels
8. Suicide In Progress
9. Falls Apart
10. All You Ever Wanted

Artist:   Absence Of Concern
Title:    ”Open Letters To A Closed Mind”
Label:    Kik It Records

Written By:   Ken Pierce (copyright 2006) for Metal Edge Magazine

This article was originally written for Metal Edge Magazine when I was a contributor to their CD & DVD reviews sections. Writing for a print magazine is very different from that of an online one based on a strict word count and these items had to follow specifics to ensure proper spacing on the pages. With this being the case the review content that you see here is far different from the other reviews presented on PiercingMetal.com – The folding of the magazine in 2/2009 found me listing these reviews on the official site blog as a single article and eventually incorporating them into the main website content for maximum searchability as individual items.

Holding a little more of a fist in the air in a scene currently overwrought with “Emo” bands comes Absence Of Concern with “Open Letters To A Closed Mind”. Melodically sound and more related to All That Remains than to AFI – those who listen get a talented heavy band instead of sobbing milquetoast musical expose. The group mixes some clever riffs amidst both melodic and growling vocals and this should appeal to a younger crowd who is seeking a little harder edged band for their collection. “Every Time I Try” is a guaranteed hit for the group and should make them larger than life.

Thoughts about this once great magazine can be left on our original blog about this subject HERE

Official Web Site:   www.aocmusic.net