Music Review: Escape the Fate - Dying is Your Latest Fashion - Page 2

Escape the Fate is sure to have fans that will flock to their black hair, eye shadow, and tight jeans image and their "deep and meaningful" lyrics, but why? There has to be other bands that do this better, and with a bit more integrity. Did anyone actually believe singer Ronnie Radke when he gave us this quote, "I don’t want to come off like an asshole, But we’re gonna be that change in music. I have a vision. I want people to have fun, put their fists in the air. We’re getting recognized in every city. It’s gonna happen. Watch. I’m not jokin’. We’re gonna be the biggest thing. So huge. I know it."

When I listen to Dying is Your Latest Fashion I do not hear any vision. I do not see a music changing force, nor delivering anything remotely memorable. It is a band with moderate talent that let it go to waste after showing some initial promise.

Bottomline. This would be best left on the shelf while more worthwhile pursuits are being explored. Or perhaps take the couple of good songs and add them to an MP3 mix of other similar bands that only have a little to offer. I am sure there are enough of these bands around that you could scrape up a decent little playlist.

Not Recommended.

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  • 1 - Jesseca

    Nov 02, 2008 at 1:21 am

    Haha the only songs worth listening to were Situations and rhw guillotine

  • 2 - thrash

    Feb 24, 2011 at 12:36 am

    the album has great lyrical content and on the contrarey all good bands have alternate personalities/ genre's... im a songwriter and the genre of my compositions is largely based on the mood that i'm in and my train of thought... and by the way if i may ask what is your views on the latest albums that feature craig mabbitt as the vocalist? yes i can see validations of your opinion although i disagree on the most part.

    regards thrash ;)

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