Really is anyone wont pay attention on this futuristic cover artwork made by Tom Denney ; First i see this artwork reminds me a new modern cross over bands like Sevendust and Korn .I Decline in any case have influences from many music genres i will call them modern hard rockers , as they are from Chicago there are close to mainstream and this album will  not disappoint fans of Alter Bridge or Bad Religion or Velvet Revolver ! Starting with "Time To Shine" its a straight forward punk rock song simple and with good rhyme, by the way here the song and rhythms leaded by the singer also  the next song "Administration" that added some background vocals give a little bit of a cross over music style .Songs like "New Nation"  and "Grand Ruin" will remind us the grunge era , personally i dig this tunes . Coessentially the first stoner metal riffs "Your Name in Blood " listening some groovy Sweden's Spiritual Beggars late period  stoner rock , but i wont tag this band as stoner rock band ,why should we do that ; "Her Darkness" i will notice the excellent  last solo guitar .In this album there are can not exclude a classic ballad like "Jericho" acoustic and melancholic way more good than the average will surprises you ,if you ever heard the album from Mark  Lanegan "I will take care of you find this song interesting .Time to shine CD is an unstoppable 40 minutes of  pounding hard rock 3 minute songs , if you don't like to analyze buy it for your car stereo system .If you are a 70 's retro rock junkie you will suffer !

I Decline crass the surface with directness and emotional lyrics keep the structured of music simple ,you wont need more than one listening to understood , you will like and maybe love it .

Photos by Vanessa Bly

Info: A quintet  band "I Decline" existing from 2000 in Chicago play a mix of heavy, rock, punk  in  3 - 4 max  minutes songs and they share stage with bands like Nick Olivery Holy Grail ,Earth Grave .

Line up:

John "Dole" Doyle - Drums, Vocals, production
Pat McLaughlin - Bass, Vocals
Mike "Pez" Pesavento - Guitar, Smokes
Dustin Decline - Vocals, Percussion
Dan Dominiak - Lead Guitars

Disco:

Soundtrackfortherestofyourlife CD 2000

The Ides of Riffdom - CD  2003

Time to shine CD  2011