(Rated this album with 8 out of 10) Reviewed by
gfav611
from Neenah, WI United States
The cover art really says it all. The emotion and fantastic imagery captures the mood and expression for the album extremely well. All of the old metal cliche'd expressions apply--the sound is definitely bone crunching (especially the opening to the third song, the energy of the guitars literally speed grinds out of the speakers). The songs remind me occasionally of Piece Of Mind era Maiden, but the style is harder, louder, mostly faster, and the singer is not your 2-step-vibrato . The only real problem I had with this CD in general was that there are 4 songs (count 'em) where the tune starts out slow, mellow and mournful, with the singer really being a bit melodramatic, for the first minute--and then the band EXPLODES INTO SOUND....just a little cheesily distracting. But if you can suspend good taste for just that little bit of time, there are plenty of great riffs, catchy choruses, and great production to wrap your ears around.
