Nishant Pal
Posts: 5 From: India |
13.10.2013 - 16:16Rating: 9
Great review....hope u would have given more insight about the songs you preffered on the album
I think "Cry Of Achilles" is a new way forward for them....Lover is a powerful ballad that sweeps you away...!!
They certainly are progressing and something better can be expected from them in the near future.
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R Lewis
Posts: 935 From: Italy |
13.10.2013 - 16:19Rating: 9
Written by Nishant Pal on 13.10.2013 at 16:16
Great review....hope u would have given more insight about the songs you preffered on the album
Oh well, I think "Cry Of Achilles" too, then "Calm The Fire", "All Ends Well", "Peace Is Broken" and the title track.
But I love each song in the album. Maybe the one I "less" like is "Bleed It Dry"
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3rdWorld China was a neat
Posts: 4367 From: India |
3rdWorldChina was a neatPosts: 4367 From: India
I might well actually listen to this
Btw seeing as this album is tagged 'Hard rock' and 'rock' I am pinning down my "metal" expectations if any.
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R Lewis
Posts: 935 From: Italy |
13.10.2013 - 16:57Rating: 9
Written by 3rdWorld on 13.10.2013 at 16:51
Btw seeing as this album is tagged 'Hard rock' and 'rock' I am pinning down my "metal" expectations if any.
I tagged as rock because of their previous albums - they started in 2004 from post-grunge. This is definitely metal imo.
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3rdWorld China was a neat
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3rdWorldChina was a neatPosts: 4367 From: India
Written by R Lewis on 13.10.2013 at 16:57
This is definitely metal imo.
Alright then.
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thehondo
Posts: 141 From: USA |
Great review. I have never seen this for a "mainstream" band before. They did actually get heavier. You could sort of see it coming with Tremontis solo stuff.
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embracing
Posts: 33 From: Romania |
13.10.2013 - 21:52Rating: 10
Awesome album, awesome review. Finally the band got un-blacklisted
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Lethrokai
Posts: 507 From: UK |
13.10.2013 - 23:05Rating: 9
I think the word to properly describe this album would be "solid".
Every single song is at least a seven out of ten, and the only real damaging point this album could have is that some of the songs sound a bit similar to each other.
Other than that minor complaint though, this album is - through and through - one of the most solid albums I've heard to date.
It may be hard to listen all the way through in a single sitting, but every single song (listened to as their own song, and not as a part of an album) is top-tier.
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theembryo
Posts: 161 From: USA |
14.10.2013 - 07:19Rating: 9
I heartily agree with Lethroki, especially about the similarity between certain tunes. I also took a break in listening, but having heard the entire release, I've enjoyed repeated spinnings straight through.
I also do like the feel of the album since previously I had been routinely spinning the gigs from Amsterdam and Wembley, which I preferred to the studio.....
Well done review, thanks to R Lewis!
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Moosh666
Posts: 132 From: Australia |
What is this band even doing on this site? I mean I haven't got anything against them, but I remember seeing that they had always been Blacklisted in the Suggested Bands part of the site, it's putting Nickelback on here...
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R Lewis
Posts: 935 From: Italy |
14.10.2013 - 18:40Rating: 9
Written by Moosh666 on 14.10.2013 at 10:22
What is this band even doing on this site? I mean I haven't got anything against them, but I remember seeing that they had always been Blacklisted in the Suggested Bands part of the site, it's putting Nickelback on here...
You see, Alter Bridge is definitely different. They evolved. Surely, at the days of One Day Remains or Blackbird their presence here would have been almost meaningless, but with AB III they got nearer to metal, and Fortress is metal.
If Justin Bieber will ever evolve to metal, he will be on MS. I hope this won't happen.
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Alcoholica1986
Posts: 2 From: USA |
Mark Tremonti is a metalhead so it makes sense:)
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Jaeryd Nihil's Maw
Posts: 1062 From: USA |
JaerydNihil's MawPosts: 1062 From: USA
Written by R Lewis on 14.10.2013 at 18:40
Written by Moosh666 on 14.10.2013 at 10:22
What is this band even doing on this site? I mean I haven't got anything against them, but I remember seeing that they had always been Blacklisted in the Suggested Bands part of the site, it's putting Nickelback on here...
You see, Alter Bridge is definitely different. They evolved. Surely, at the days of One Day Remains or Blackbird their presence here would have been almost meaningless, but with AB III they got nearer to metal, and Fortress is metal.
If Justin Bieber will ever evolve to metal, he will be on MS. I hope this won't happen.
That, and their music has always been harder, more complex, and much more soulful than anything Nickelback has put out. The Alter Bridge/Nickelback comparison is not one that I would consider valid.
As for not being metal enough, even their first two albums had a hard rock sound that was heavy enough to ride the border of being metal. Their last two albums have gotten even harder and heavier. I think it makes enough sense for them to be on here.
And if anyone thinks their music from the first two albums aren't very metal, I'd suggest "Metalingus" or the opening riffs of "Watch Your Words" from the album One Day Remains, or "White Knuckles" from Blackbird. If you don't think that those songs sound metal at all, then you obviously have no idea how diverse metal is as a genre. Just because something doesn't fit your particular idea of metal doesn't mean it's not a different side of metal.
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Jaeryd Nihil's Maw
Posts: 1062 From: USA |
JaerydNihil's MawPosts: 1062 From: USA
I probably should've replied to Moosh777 and not you, R Lewis, as he was the one to whom I was trying to make a point. Anyway, great review.
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Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck
Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands |
COmparing Alter Bridge to Nickelback is comepletely irrelevant. Nickelback play post-grunge of the pop rock kind wheeras all of Alter Bridge's albums are hard rock/heavy metal. Yes, most of Alter Birdge used to be Creed, but musically they are far removed from that post grunge pop rock sound. Btw most grunge in itself is metal, no matter how hard people nowadays (and elitists back then) wil shout it isn't.
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Lethrokai
Posts: 507 From: UK |
15.10.2013 - 06:21Rating: 9
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 15.10.2013 at 01:48
COmparing Alter Bridge to Nickelback is comepletely irrelevant. Nickelback play post-grunge of the pop rock kind wheeras all of Alter Bridge's albums are hard rock/heavy metal. Yes, most of Alter Birdge used to be Creed, but musically they are far removed from that post grunge pop rock sound. Btw most grunge in itself is metal, no matter how hard people nowadays (and elitists back then) wil shout it isn't.
Pretty much this. I was actually surprised that someone actually brought up this argument. Alter Bridge is a band that couldn't have less to do with Nickelback, they have clear soul, passion and talent in their music, and judging from this album it doesn't look commercialism is the first on their mind.
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Moosh666
Posts: 132 From: Australia |
Written by R Lewis on 14.10.2013 at 18:40
Written by Moosh666 on 14.10.2013 at 10:22
What is this band even doing on this site? I mean I haven't got anything against them, but I remember seeing that they had always been Blacklisted in the Suggested Bands part of the site, it's putting Nickelback on here...
You see, Alter Bridge is definitely different. They evolved. Surely, at the days of One Day Remains or Blackbird their presence here would have been almost meaningless, but with AB III they got nearer to metal, and Fortress is metal.
If Justin Bieber will ever evolve to metal, he will be on MS. I hope this won't happen.
I'll give it a look then.
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Moosh666
Posts: 132 From: Australia |
Written by R Lewis on 14.10.2013 at 18:40
Written by Moosh666 on 14.10.2013 at 10:22
What is this band even doing on this site? I mean I haven't got anything against them, but I remember seeing that they had always been Blacklisted in the Suggested Bands part of the site, it's putting Nickelback on here...
You see, Alter Bridge is definitely different. They evolved. Surely, at the days of One Day Remains or Blackbird their presence here would have been almost meaningless, but with AB III they got nearer to metal, and Fortress is metal.
If Justin Bieber will ever evolve to metal, he will be on MS. I hope this won't happen.
HOLY CRAP IS THIS THE SAME BAND???
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afu
Posts: 260 From: USA
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I listened to Cry of Achilles on Youtube. That is a cool fucking song. I hated their old sound, but this is pretty cool.
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MasoweKampambaChitan
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This a a great album and it seems this band is just getting heavier, most of the songs acan be classied as metal so I guess this album does qualify to be tagged "metal"...Mark tremonti is a God!!
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3rdWorld China was a neat
Posts: 4367 From: India |
3rdWorldChina was a neatPosts: 4367 From: India
Written by R Lewis on 13.10.2013 at 16:57
This is definitely metal imo.
I disagree with that. Both the playing style and the sound was hardly metal. Three songs in and I stopped listening to it. Maybe I will check it out later, not interested in this atm.
This can be hard rock or alt , I suppose. But can only give a strong consensus after checking out the record in full.
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Ace Frawley The Spaceman
Posts: 1458 From: Australia |
15.11.2013 - 22:00Rating: 8
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 15.10.2013 at 01:48
Btw most grunge in itself is metal, no matter how hard people nowadays (and elitists back then) wil shout it isn't.
Good point and I wholeheartedly agree.
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RicardoRoque
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Some tracks in this great album reminds me of an awesome progressive metal band called Tool.. but more melodic, of course.. every song in it is a masterpiece, and it's not hard rock, it's the pure metal we all know! A must have, IMO!
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