Hatebreed - The Divinity of Purpose (2013)

Having never really heard much of this band before I listened to this album, I have to say that I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, there's a lot of good melodeath-sounding riffs and fairly tight songs. On the other hand, some of songs are rather bland, and the cliche "tough-guy" image along with the "tough-guy" lyrics kinda poison the well on this album. That's not to say it's a bad album. It's just my stylistic preference, but if you like it then, hey, that's great.
7.5/10