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"Jens Metal Page.com"

Right off the bat, I get a Killswitch Engage/Shadows Fall feel to them. They have the heavy vocals that Brian and Howard perfected, but they also have the lighter vocal range to them as well. Music is real good, very heavy, almost like a hardcore/ punk/ metal feel to them. I also hear the latest Taproot and 36 Crazyfist in their style as well. For an MP3 the sound is pretty decent as well. Very good production to them. Real tight sounding as well. Everything is put together very nicely. Probably one of the first MP3's where I actually could hear the bass perfectly. It's as loud as the guitars, so I can hear it just strumming away. - Jen


"Metal Review.com"

Synopsis:
An initially awkward mix of metal genres, that with patience ultimately works rather well.

Review:
I had a really hard time trying to encapsulate Caustic Lye’s adventurous sound, as it basically mixes metalcore, drone, alt rock, nu metal and ambient into one strangely enjoyable release. Though not as caustic or solvent as the moniker, due to some acceptable rock clean vocals and choruses (though thankfully never emo or whiny), the gruff hardcore/metalcore shouts and spurts of moody, angular metal still give That That Is Is a definite and adventurous metal edge.

In all, I’m sort of reminded of 10 Years, Isis, Twelve Tribes, Poison The Well and Sevendust all wrapped into one ball of hard to define metal that, due to its variety might have a hard time finding an audience. However, after the initial vocal jitters of the surprisingly hefty “All This... (I said Under My Breath)”, the vocal mix settles with you and you can start appreciating the music as tracks like “Man, Machine and Godhead”, “Counting the Miles” and “A Burning Embrace” start to sit a little easier and mix rumbling antagonistic riffs while more metalcore-ish, commercial, steady rock riffs such as “Heart Eclipse Sun”, “Ringfinger Promise”, the very PTW-ish “Paradiso” and “Once Proven Careless” show the band's ear for melody.

A few ambient interludes scatter the album, but not in the piecemeal, emo acoustics sort of way as “West46", “Amerikan Idle”, “Oppenheimer’s Prayer” as well as the rounded epic “Thousand Points of Light” show Caustic Lye ready to mix in some other elements without sounding cliche. The oddly toned clean vocals and underwhelming production might put some off--they did me at first--but once the album starts to flow, they seem to fit into the whole of the album.
- Erik Thomas


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CAUSTIC LYE - "That That Is Is" (Fervid Recordings)

Style - Prog/Thrash metal
Origin - New Mexico, USA

Rob's Review - This is one of those bands that has so much promise in the music department The musical ideas are right on and are very inventive with almost a progressive metal vibe going on. The mood changes and tempo shifts really keep your ears on their toes. The arrangements are awash with depth and dynamics that remind me of Into Eternity in parts. In the end, Dammit this music rules!
- Rob


Discography

LP: "That that is is." - Fervid Recordings, 2006
EP: "Portraits of a cold hard existence." - DIY, 2003
LP: :The view from within." - DIY, 2002

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Caustic Lye was formed in Albuquerque, NM in the spring of 1999 by founding members vocalist/guitarist Jespah Torres and bassist Raul “Gordo” Uribe in their desire to expand and diversify the boundaries of heavy music. Over the next year and a half, Torres and Uribe immersed themselves in the songwriting process, developing a mixture of eclectic groove and downright heavy energy in just the right dosage to spin the heads of those who listened.

Over the past four years, the band has experienced several line-up changes, including Torres’ leaving behind guitar duties to concentrate on his vocal stylings, and the welcoming of Nathan Tanner and Damian Chavez as guitarists. Caustic Lye also chewed up and spit out two drummers, before finding skin basher Jeremy Ferguson to round out the equation. The most recent change has been the departure of long time lead guitarist Damian Chavez after three years of undying effort for the project.
The split was amicable and marked the beginning of Caustic Lye as a four piece.

The true draw to Caustic Lye has always been the frenzied energy of the live show. The schizophrenic cadence of the guitar attack weaving intensely through the Tribal rhythm and gut-wrenching power of the drums and bass as the vocals flow from impassioned screams and guttural mutterings to atmospheric harmonies of death, love, and faith. As the body begins to move and the adrenaline begins to flow, one cannot help but be drawn into the experience of The Lye.

On the road to oblivion Caustic Lye has shared the stage with the likes of: Mudvayne, Taproot, Candiria, Clutch, Karma to Burn, Isis, Goatwhore, Rwake, Between the Buried and Me, Into the Moat, Black Dahlia Murder, The Genitorturers, Lye By Mistake, Guttermouth, Hemlock, Dalek, 36 Crazyfists, Depswa, Cephalic Carnage, Spite, Drawn and Quartered, Wicked Innocence, Vehemence, Agents of Man, Cannibal Corpse, Macabre, Dying Fetus, Fracas, as well as up and comers Stoic Frame, and too many local and regional acts to name….

The purpose of Caustic Lye lies within its namesake. We are here to burn away the seeds of ignorance and the centuries of layered half truths and misconceptions ingrained within our social structure. The chemical reaction between sonic bombardment and mental stimuli equals TRUTH. Open your eyes. Enlighten yourselves through aggression. The truth is here and now.