IT’S NOT BEEN easy at times for Douglasville, Georgia residents Norma Jean. Since their inception in 1997 they’ve gone through more line-up changes than most, yet despite this, they’ve also released some of the highest quality metalcore albums around. Ninth album Deathrattle Sing For Me keeps that standard going. As made clear with the sprawling and Deftonesinfluenced lead single Call For The Blood, however, this effort sees Norma Jean enter personally uncharted waters, stepping out of their musical comfort zone in pursuit of progression.
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