To be perfectly honest I don't think that I've ever been more dissapointed in a Slipknot album. The first 6 songs on the album are pretty good, but then they don't compare to finer, previous Slipknot offerings. Then you get to 'Butchers Hook' and it all just falls apart in a massively poor mess. The songs lack focus, intensity and anything that even resembles the quality we're used to. Now I love Slipknot, and at the age of 13 in 1999, when their debut cd was released they pretty much changed my life...and this album feels like such a massive slap in the face. Who honestly listens to Slipknot wanting to hear power ballads? Now I'm an Opeth fan as well, and while Opeth have recently slipped off in that direction (unfortunately), they do it well, ... Read More:
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I don't see how the Black album is worth comparing anything to. It was the downfall of these dudes, go back further and you will find a much deeper band with a far more intense song structure. If this does sound like the Black album, I won't be buying it. I threw that cd out my car window after about 20mins, weakness indeed.
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Chad Kroeger is a song writing genious. Not, of course, for ANY of the right reasons, but because he has a truly remarkable ability to churn out some of the most pathetic songs ever recorded and still sell millions of records. For this he deserves credit - in the same way Hitler deserves credit for tricking Europe into allowing him to rise to power.
It is not an exxaggeration in any way to describe Nickelback as the worst band ever. Chad Kroeger is the most listener-insultingly abysmal lyricist that I have ever heard. Before you pre-pubescent fans jump to his defence, I have evidence, in the form of some lines from the album:
"She'd be pissed if she could see the parts of you that I've been kissing"
To be perfectly honest I don't think that I've ever been more dissapointed in a Slipknot album. The first 6 songs on the album are pretty good, but then they don't compare to finer, previous Slipknot offerings. Then you get to 'Butchers Hook' and it all just falls apart in a massively poor mess. The songs lack focus, intensity and anything that even resembles the quality we're used to. Now I love Slipknot, and at the age of 13 in 1999, when their debut cd was released they pretty much changed my life...and this album feels like such a massive slap in the face. Who honestly listens to Slipknot wanting to hear power ballads? Now I'm an Opeth fan as well, and while Opeth have recently slipped off in that direction (unfortunately), they do it well, Slipknot on the ... Read More:
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Kid Rock seems to belong to the growing number of 'artists' who have taken at least some of their inspiration from the blues and soul stars of the sixties, seventies, and earlier decades, only to miss the point. Is there some intended irony in the choice of title? Modern rhythm and blues grew out of the churches and church choirs of the South. Kid Rock seems to have as much moral or physical depth, as much connection with the blues, as a plate of cold chips.
This album is a mixture of misogyny, misanthropy, narcissism, and self-loathing, with no common thread other than Kid Rock's belief he has a talent that deserves to be heard and a need to get paid. Its not even as if the rock tracks rock that hard.
I have just got the box set recently, and have been enjoying it greatly. Not just that, my three daughters aged 9, 6 and 2 are great fans, and want to listen to it all the time in the car. And the two-year-old even says 'Rock' once she hears the first few bars of 'We will rock you'. Just goes on to show that Queen truly made ageless music, which still scores far above most contemporary music.
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Okay 'Death Magnetic' the latest offering from Metal masters Metallica isn't out until Sept 12th BUT the two tracks released so far as previews are both staggeringly awesome efforts.
The two tracks, 'Cyanide' and 'The Day That Never Comes' currently available as online audio streams exclusively through the official Metallica website (See. Metallica.com & myspace.com/metallica) combine the best of the thrash metal sound that the more educated Metallica fans love and miss, with Metallica's equally popular and arguably more accessible brand of mid ninties post grunge rock and roll. While I cannot comment on the rest of the album until release, from what I have heard both tracks are a good blend of old and new, solos are back in being noticably absent from 2003's ... Read More:
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This is an awesome new feel good metal album by Dragonforce. I downloaded the album a couple of months ago and since then i've been listening to it none stop ever since and even still it never fails to amaze me. Everything has improved from Inhuman Rampage, it's still the same style fast paced guitar solos, fast drumming, ZPs awesome vocals and everything else. This is what a Dragonforce fan would expect from them just another ultra kick ass album.
It's hard to pick a favourite song because they all rock but if I had to pick it would be "Reasons To Live" man what a song what an intro it has my favourite intro to a song ever so cool great song too mosh too. The lyrics in the song are great aswell very feel good e.g "We All Face Our Fears In The World, We All Hold Our ... Read More:
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Whilst not in the same class as Ride The lightning or Master Of Puppets, this is still a very good album - probably the best place for Hard Rock/Standard Metal fans to make a jump to something heavier (although I wouldn't label this as Thrash).
90% of this album is down to production - in 1991 it was THE best I had ever heard for any Metal album, and 17 years later it still sets a standard. The snare drum and bass guitar tone are awesome; the perfect balance of power and clarity, just listen to Sad But True for the sheer weight of it. It's certainly the best place to hear Jason Newsted's work with Metallica - the bass lines are not very adventurous but it's all about the tone and the groove (If you want to hear Jason do what he was never allowed to do with Metallica, then I strongly ... Read More:
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I am a Motorhead fan and am looking forward to the release of this album but will reviewers PLEASE stop putting reviews out on the basis of having listened to a few clips on the internet! That is no way to review an album, you need to listen to it in full several times over the course of a couple of weeks in order to be able to critically appraise it. Oh and 5 stars should be reserved for the very best albums of all time, no way do *all* of Motorhead's efforts fit into this category - or all of any band's, Led Zep included! I would say Sacrifice is the last truly great album Motorhead put out but Overnight Sensation was also very good - the best album from this current line-up in my opinion. Inferno was extremely overrated, a 3.5 star album to these ears. No Motorhead album is bad, they all have redeeming ... Read More:
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