Maylene & the Sons of Disaster is basically the band formed by Underoath's ex-lead singer. Their second album does an excellent job of blending metalcore and southern rock in such a way as to make it sound almost natural. The vocals have a very raw almost screaming quality to them but with just enough pitch and tone to be musical. The guitars careen between spastic metal and southern rock grooves in a fairly seamless manner.
I wonder if they gave this album the title Americans In Europe to be as vague as possible. I mean, it could have anything on it. It could be a junkyard blues band recording on a slapdash 4-track in an alley in Stockholm or possibly an aging 80's glam rocker vying for one last opportunity with his five remaining fans in Luxembourg. But rather than those ludicrous situations, it is a compilation of performances from various jazz legends from a concert in Germany. The highlights of the album for me were the Bud Powell Trio's take on Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight" and the Bill Smith Quartet doing a Smith original called "Pyramid".
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