The Effervescence of Enterprise Earth’s “Blood & Teeth”

Enterprise Earth’s new song “Blood & Teeth” from their album “Death: An Anthology” has been met with varied reactions from critics and fans alike, reflecting a diverse palette of musical influences and showcasing the band’s dynamic range.

MetalSucks praises the album for its variety, highlighting the new vocalist Travis Worland’s dynamic performance across different vocal styles. Although they were not fans of the melodic parts in “Blood & Teeth,” they commend the album for its impressive riffs and solos that make up for any shortcomings.

Lambgoat provides insight into the thematic depth of “Blood & Teeth,” describing it as a gut-wrenching story of poisonous attachment. The song is noted for its elaborate composition, moving through different musical sections, from a clean piano intro to a heavy breakdown. The track is seen as the most expressive on the album, delivering an intense emotional experience.

Distorted Sound Magazine gives the album a high rating, appreciating the ambitious mix of deathcore with other metal influences. “Blood & Teeth” is mentioned as part of the album’s stunning highs, offering a mix of melodic death verses and soaring melodies that push the confines of deathcore.

Wall of Sound, however, offers a more critical view. While acknowledging the album’s ambition and the earworm quality of tracks like “King of Ruination,” the review suggests that “Blood & Teeth” presents jarring saccharine cleans and metalcore-inspired guitar runs that feel somewhat out of place. Despite this, the album is seen as a step in the right direction for the band.

This diverse feedback underscores Enterprise Earth’s evolution, with “Blood & Teeth” standing out as a testament to their expansive approach to deathcore, blending brutality with melodic and emotional depth. The song, and the album as a whole, seems to invite both old fans and new listeners to explore the band’s ambitious musical journey.

References:

• Review: Enterprise Earth Are All Over The Place In a Good Way On Death: An Anthology
• Enterprise Earth deliver music video for “Blood and Teeth” as new album drops
• ALBUM REVIEW: Death: An Anthology – Enterprise Earth
• Enterprise Earth – Death: An Anthology (Album Review)

Lyrics

A knife soaked in honey so I can’t taste the blood,
You carved into my teeth the symbols of your love
And cursed the spit on my tongue.

Carve me up.

You’re speaking in languages so foreign to me,
Unfamiliar words but I understand what they mean.
Your curse, my spirit, my Hell, your Eden.

Blasphemy, you reject all that I’ll ever be.
The piercing never goes deep enough but I submit myself to the blade just the same.
I’m still so close to death, I can feel its sting.
The razor’s edge, so uncompromising.
A thousand cuts for the thousandth time, my wounds all reopening.
So carve me up.

A knife soaked in honey so I can’t taste the blood,
You carved into my teeth the symbols of your love and my curse.
So carve me up.

I can’t taste the blood,
So carve me up, so carve me up, so carve me up.

A knife soaked in honey so I can’t taste the blood,
You carved into my teeth the symbols of your love and my curse.
So carve me up.

I can’t taste the blood,
So carve me up, so carve me up, so carve me up.

“This isn’t Hell quite yet”
Just let it fucking end, drive the knife into my skin.
Your curse upon my spirit, my Hell is your Eden.
“This isn’t Hell quite yet, this isn’t Hell quite yet”
So much fucking blood, as if it wasn’t enough.
So much blood.
So much blood.
So much blood.
So much fucking blood.