To cram the first 90 seconds of your debut album with not just one, but two brutal breakdowns you need to be either brave or stupid. Dying Wish are neither. The Rose City metallers are simply just that good to pull it off – and Fragments Of A Bitter Memory abounds with such head-turning moments. There is a tendency in metalcore to restlessly jump from idea to idea, and it’s here where many bands come unstuck. If you pull it off, it’s a flex; if you don’t, it comes off as flinging half-baked shit at the wall. Where Dying Wish excel is in stuffing each song with more memorable hooks than Captain Hook’s tackle box. The clean melodic section of Severing The Senses may only last 15 seconds, but it’s not arbitrary – it’s a gasp for air before the hammer c...