Trendkiller |
01-21-2009 12:56 AM |
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Originally Posted by XxRoycexX
(Post 582249)
Cool man. That's how I feel. I guess I could say I'm a fan of their earlier work. Though I'm interested in checking out their new album. I heard the new song on their myspace... Its well.. predictable and too repetitive imo.
I think what happened is they signed to a major label. I read an article in a metal magazine that they were produced under a guy named machine - who isn't a musician, just a producer. Weird... anyway. Ashes of the wake was produced by Devin Townsend. And their stuff even before that was sick.
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Ashes of the Wake is the best album they've released so far, and is also quite possibly the best they will ever release. As The Palaces Burn, was also great. I didn't particularly care for New American Gospel and the Burn The Priest album though. But, N.A.G had some decent tracks here and there. Sacrament overall was a little below average. It wasn't horrible, but it should've been better. But of course, they set the standard so high with Ashes of the Wake that even the slightest imperfection on the follow up would seem like a complete disappointment, and it did. The vocals, composition, and lyrics weren't nearly as good or as creative as they were on any of their previous efforts.
Needless to say, I've got my fingers crossed with Wrath. From the few tracks I've heard so far, it sounds like it's a step up from Sacrament. Resembles As The Palaces Burn on a few of them. Hopefully, they'll go back to their old style and stick with it. I hate it when bands have something good going and then change their style just to try and produce something different. It's not always a bad thing, but it is in this case. But of course, all these little bitch boys get online and whine, bitch, and complain about bands having the same sound and same style on every album. Long story short, if you want to hear a different style of metal, listen to a different metal band.
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