The mighty Norma Jean return with their latest opus, Wrongdoers. The Atlanta, GA collective's sixth album and second for Razor & Tie features some of their most aggressive and thought provoking material to date. Meridional debuted at #44 on the Billboard Top 200 and has scanned over 36k since it's 2010 release.
The band is constant road dogs having completed treks with The Word Alive, Born of Osiris, After The Burial and numerous festival appearances. This summer they will be part of the Summer Slaughter Tour with Dillinger Escape Plan, Animals as Leaders and Periphery and don't plan to leave the road in 2013 and beyond.
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Nasty Never Sounded So Good| Posted August 06, 2013
Norma Jean's previous album, Meridonal, was about as perfect as you could get with the sound the band had evolved into. The question now was what next? How would they follow up an amazing album like that and would it be any good? The answer to the latter part of the question is yes, it's also amazing. It doesn't quite reach the highs of Meridonal but it gets pretty close. The band chose to go back to their roots a bit and get back to the nasty The Chariot-esque sound that was present on their debut album Bless the Martyr while maintaining a bit more polished feel. Leading man Cory Branden's screams have evolved to a point that he can adapt to any sound the band sees fit to do and he does a fantastic job matching the band's sound on this album.
Wrongdoers does a great job in mixing all of the new sounds the band has used in previous albums and the sheer nasty and chaotic noise (which led to the creation of The Chariot by the former front man Josh Scogin,) that was present on Norma Jean's first album. It's a beautifuly polished sonic mess that is sure to please old and new fans alike.
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