Album Title: We Rise Released Worldwide 25/01/2010 Record Label: Rising Records Distribution: Plastic Head Worldwide Swindon's The Dead Lay Waiting make an accomplished racket on their debut, made all the more impressive by their relative youth. Having cut their teeth opening for the likes of As I Lay Dying, Dimmu Borgir and Soulfly they've clearly paid attention to how the big boys deliver with maximum force. With constant storm of diamond hard riffs underpinned by incessant rhythmic battery combined with a real ear for a soaring chorus and occasional brief melancholic passages, they strongly adhere to genre conventions and keep proceedings surprise free. But they do so with such aplomb that 'We Rise' maybe less of a title than a declaration. Dan Slessor - Kerrang! User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.