After their debut in July 2003, Forever Is Forgotten re-issued their out of print EP Dying Beautiful, it wasn’t available in stores before. A great opportunity to get your hands on this EP which is full of cool technical hardcore.

There are so many bands out there these days making technical hardcore. I get the feeling that this ‘new’ genre is turning into what nu-metal was a few years ago. In a few years only bands with true quality will survive (think of Everytime I Die, Dillinger Escape Plan, From Autumn To Ashes, The End and newcomers Silence The Epilogue). Forever Is Forgotten has a spot on that list as well.

Using influences from death metal (riffs), hardcore (voice) and metal, Forever Is Forgotten is not original.

But it’s all in the way they do it. The band adds quality in details. Like the bridge in “Destroying A Lifetime Of Innocence” (listen to it on your headphone) or the addictable riff in “Fallen For”. The tiny production effects, they really add something.

There are also 2 live tracks on this record. Not as impressive as the studio tracks, the vocalist seems to have some problems but I can imagine he’s jumpin’ his way around stage and is making quite some miles per gig. In short, I recommend this EP to all fans of ‘new school hardcore’.