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There are at least four bands that share Showdown in their name;
1. "The Showdown" is a crushing five-piece band from Elizabethton, Tenn. who have crafted an epic heavy metal sound for listeners who enjoy their music relentlessly. The Showdown's style shifts effortlessly from Southern rock to European death and everything in between. Lyrically, their writing tells of heroism, sojourns and battles of life; melodically, their crushing rhythm and articulate guitar play takes the listener on a roller-coaster ride of emotion. Read more on Last.fm
I was really let down with this one. Maybe I’m being too harsh. Transitions are always a doubled edged sword.
Their transition to Solid State was, for me, not as salient here as their time spent on the road with thrash-commodifiers like Shadows Fall. It was a dumbing-down; a derivative meta-idea of what “heavy metal” should “sound like.” There were handfuls of cool moments, but they never managed to sustain anything interesting for even a full song’s duration. Sadly, it was a solid step up from the paltry identity-crisis disaster that was its predecessor (Temptation Come My Way).
Their transition to Solid State Records was far too obvious on Back Breaker. For a band that tries to act like they don’t try hard, they seem to be trying too hard.