Billy Talent Dead Silence

2012, Billy Talent created a market for itself long ago; the music has almost become classic and the band has not stopped milking their gimmick-like sounds since. But as their audience grows older so must the music mature, and Billy Talent's latest work shows that they know when changes should be made. Dead Silence is largely representative of the band's earlier work but with a larger focus on the complexity of lyrics and the overall structure of songs. In short, the album is a bit tame compared to their older work but that assessment can be taken two ways. Some fans might like the toned down yet high energy album while other might think that no good Billy Talent song is complete without Kowalewicz's banshee-like shriek; something that the band decided to do without on this album although the singer doesn't fail to use his vocals in other ways.