While Bleeding Through may have risen through the ranks by being a primarily metalcore-based outfit, "The Truth" sees them attempting to jump the shark and differentiate themselves from a genre plagued by sound-alike mediocrity. In order to make this leap, the group have broadened their library of thrashing riffs, taken on a bit of Dimmu Borgir-reminiscent synth-driven atmosphere and fused it onto the beastly metalcore they pump out.

This direction would be great if not for the fact that it has already been done and in turn much of "The Truth" comes off as well, generic. To be sure the band are talented musicians. Their aggression is fierce and towering, the delicate traces of ghostly electronic atmosphere are routinely chilling and the increased presence of thrash and death metal ensure a whiplash-inducing pace.

But with the flat and sometimes near painful melodic vocals that pack enough muted pitch to advertise for AutoTune, a number of cliche breakdowns, and predictable moshy songwriting progression, "The Truth" rarely innovates. Instead it just prods on and pushes out a sharply refined collection of everything that you'd expect from the band.

Sure there are moments of progressive gothic instrumentation, but they feel tacked on and lost in a sea of chugging riffs and barked vocals. In turn, "The Truth" does little more than give a dead horse yet another new coat of eyeliner instead of even try to bring it back to life.