Hold Your Breath (album)

Hold Your Breath
Studio album by Embodyment
Released October 9, 2001
Recorded 2001
Genre Alternative metal, Christian metal, Alternative rock[1]
Label Solid State
Producer Barry Poynter, Jason Magnusson
Embodyment chronology
The Narrow Scope of Things
(2000)The Narrow Scope of Things2000		 Hold Your Breath
(2001)		 Songs for the Living
(2002)Songs for the Living2002

Hold Your Breath is the third studio album by the American Christian metal band, Embodyment.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Theprp4/5[2]
Cross Rhythms9/10[3]
Jesus Freak Hideout[4]

Jason Taylor of AllMusic says with Hold Your Breath, Embodyment directs "their sound toward passionate alternative rock", and compared to past releases, "Embodyment targets a much more mainstream version of heavy rock." However, he concludes that Hold Your Breath "is missing that extra something to claim it is an outstanding album" and "fails to meet expectations."[1]

Wookubus of Theprp writes, "Gone are the screams and grating guitar work and in their place are twisting melodies and emphatic croons, bringing to mind the likes of a tougher version of Far, Jimmy Eat World or recent Cave In with an occasional prog-rock styled excursion." He claims "the material present here is perhaps the band's most mature offering to date." Hold Your Breath is "a worthy purchase for anyone looking for something a bit different from cookie cutter emocore or the mainstream norm."[2]

Amber Authier or Exclaim! states, "drummer Mark Garza shines" but "vocalist Sean Corbray sounds like he is struggling to perform at the same level as the rest of his band-mates on some tracks".[5]

Mark Broomhead of Cross Rhythms wrote "Hold Your Breath grabs you immediately as it kicks straight in with a riff slightly reminiscent of The Smashing Pumpkins." He compares Embodyment's sound on Hold Your Breath to Kings X's heavier side.[3]

Blake Garris of Jesus Freak Hideout expressed Embodyment's "screaming seems like a thing of the past and melodic hardcore seems like the key to their bright future." He calls the lyrics "repetitive" but "very artistic".[4]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Yours Truly"3:31
2."Belly Up"3:32
3."Decade"4:24
4."K-9"3:11
5."Set the Stage"4:32
6."Heaven in a Letter Bomb"2:38
7."Season's End"3:38
8."Binge and Purge"2:52
9."Moving On"4:05
10."Cruise Control"3:50
Total length:36:13

Personnel

Embodyment
  • Sean Corbay – Vocals
  • Andrew Godwin – Lead Guitars
  • Derrick "Stone" Wadsworth – Rhythm Guitars
  • Jason Lindquist – Bass
  • Mark Garza – Drums
Production

References

  1. 1 2 3 Taylor, Jason D. "Embodyment – Hold Your Breath". AllMusic. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Wookubus. "Embodyment – Hold Your Breath". Theprp. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Broomhead, Mark (September 4, 2001). "Embodyment – Hold Your Breath". Cross Rhythms. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Garris, Blake (October 14, 2001). "Embodyment – Hold Your Breath". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
  5. ↑ Authier, Amber (February 28, 2002). "Embodyment – Hold Your Breath". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
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