#13 - Greeley Estates - Calling All The Hopeless
Greeley Estates is a long-established metalcore act out of Phoenix who were recently on hiatus until coming back together to release their EP "Calling All The Hopeless". They announced plans to make a new record back in 2015 and finally dropped the lead single back in the spring of 2017. It immediately feels like a mix between metalcore contemporaries A Plea For Purging, Haste the Day and perhaps Wrench In The Works, with chugging riffs and crunchy choruses. Although the band pondered breaking up before putting this record together, it would be a shame if this was their final offering. The only knock I have for it is that you can absolutely tell that there is only one guitarist handling lead and rhythm on the record, but there are other bands that are able to get away with that; E.G. Veil of Maya, 36 Crazyfists.
The title track finds its way onto our countdown at #13, which is one that has had a huge dose of metal on it in the past as well (2014, '12, '11 and '10). There's no beating around the bush - this song is a straight up bruiser. It's a song about getting through depression and overcoming your past. "The life you used to lead is not the person you are now - live life and learn from your pain" is a lyric that absolutely resonates within the depths of my depressed soul. If you're not head-banging to this one, you probably don't have a neck.
Title: Calling All The Hopeless
Artist: Greeley Estates
Album: Calling All The Hopeless
Previous 13s
2016: Mad Anthony - Sad Songs (ft Steve Wethington)
2015: Passion Pit - Lifted Up (1985)
2014: Beartooth - Beaten In Lips
2013: The Mowgli's - San Francisco
2012: Veil of Maya - Punisher
2011: Red - Feed the Machine
2010: Haste the Day - White as Snow
2009: Gorilla Zoe - Echo
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