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29.08.2007 - 20:19Rating: 6
To Where The Skies Are Blue is a great track indeed!
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I saw her standing by the crimson sea...
Isolated by the silent thoughts...
Her gazing was intense but so dead...
The teardrops corroded the soil.. She couldn't say a word to me...
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Unconsecrated Perpetual Ascent
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Good review I would give it an 8.5/10, her voice with the death vocals combined are very good. In my opinion the best tracks are Code Of Honor, Dark Cell, We Shall All Bleed and To Where The Skies Are Blue.
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PrettyMao
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I, too, was wary of having Sabine on full time... but in the end it turned out pretty damn good. She doesn't stick out like a sore thumb anymore, as she fits in much better with the sound this time around...
That being said, Earth Revolt was simply awesome and I prefer it over this album, but Wolves is still a good album, worth listening too...
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The Mao loves you all!!!
**KISS**KISS**
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Rupert
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30.08.2007 - 04:31Rating: 8
I haven't listened to any whole tracks, but from what I've heard the singer sounds a lot like Avril Lavigne, so I don't really know what's so bad about that. And if anyone's thinking what I'm thinking someone might be thinking, no I don't have any of her albums, she gets a lot of radio play.
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Deadsoulman ElitePosts: 8004 |
Written by Rupert on 30.08.2007 at 04:31
so I don't really know what's so bad about that.
As (I think) I said in the review, she's never been a bad singer, her voice is excellent, it's just that somehow her vocals and the music didn't match.
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Darth Satanious Post Destroyer
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In Flames ripping, reaching the outrageous.
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Deadsoulman ElitePosts: 8004 |
Written by Darth Satanious on 30.08.2007 at 15:01
In Flames ripping, reaching the outrageous.
You really think that? It's not the first time I read that kind of comment, and it just leaves me speechless. Somehow I don't find many In Flames references in their music.
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PrettyMao
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Written by Rupert on 30.08.2007 at 04:31
I haven't listened to any whole tracks, but from what I've heard the singer sounds a lot like Avril Lavigne, so I don't really know what's so bad about that. And if anyone's thinking what I'm thinking someone might be thinking, no I don't have any of her albums, she gets a lot of radio play.
Dude,
April Lavigne is faker than an american pornstar's breasts...
love
Mao
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Darth Satanious Post Destroyer
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Written by Deadsoulman on 30.08.2007 at 16:06
Written by Darth Satanious on 30.08.2007 at 15:01
In Flames ripping, reaching the outrageous.
You really think that? It's not the first time I read that kind of comment, and it just leaves me speechless. Somehow I don't find many In Flames references in their music.
To me the 'similarities' are easy to discern, falling to the blatant. Take the song "Code of Honor" as an example. The song starts with this keyboard melody that borders the electronic, something that you know In Flames has been exploring in their latest outputs. Guitars kick in with a pronounced melody accompanied by distorted guitars that, instead of riffing, simply Rock to the song (one of the reasons of that bashing towards later In Flames). By now, even the production makes the guitars to resemble between bands with this 'echo' that overtakes throughout the song. The song develops and here is when you can be sure of what period Deadlock is being 'influenced' by In Flames when guitars go completely rhythmic, another of those recent movements of the band that gardens In Flames past fans hatred. Later on, when the male vocalist starts singing after the company of the guitar riff, you will hear how you have that guitar melody with rhythm on top which is so In Flames. All this wrapped up with the In Flames sound that is very characteristic.
The duet of Deadlock may distract a little from the similarities between bands, but take them out and see what you get. Take the vocalists out and you have an unreleased In Flames track. Take the male vocalist out and leave that female vocalist and you almost have a Fridénless collaboration, again, with Lisa Miskovsky.
I hope you get what I mean.
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Passenger Lost To Apathy
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31.08.2007 - 22:04Rating: 7
They may not be the most original band out there, but I think including a full time female vocalist with a clean voice in a Melodic Death Metal band was a fantastic idea.
I honestly think this band has a lot of potencial, but they still have to make a truly great album.
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You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it ~ Mean Streets
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Deadsoulman ElitePosts: 8004 |
Written by Darth Satanious on 31.08.2007 at 03:38
Written by Deadsoulman on 30.08.2007 at 16:06
Written by Darth Satanious on 30.08.2007 at 15:01
In Flames ripping, reaching the outrageous.
You really think that? It's not the first time I read that kind of comment, and it just leaves me speechless. Somehow I don't find many In Flames references in their music.
To me the 'similarities' are easy to discern, falling to the blatant. Take the song "Code of Honor" as an example. The song starts with this keyboard melody that borders the electronic, something that you know In Flames has been exploring in their latest outputs. Guitars kick in with a pronounced melody accompanied by distorted guitars that, instead of riffing, simply Rock to the song (one of the reasons of that bashing towards later In Flames). By now, even the production makes the guitars to resemble between bands with this 'echo' that overtakes throughout the song. The song develops and here is when you can be sure of what period Deadlock is being 'influenced' by In Flames when guitars go completely rhythmic, another of those recent movements of the band that gardens In Flames past fans hatred. Later on, when the male vocalist starts singing after the company of the guitar riff, you will hear how you have that guitar melody with rhythm on top which is so In Flames. All this wrapped up with the In Flames sound that is very characteristic.
The duet of Deadlock may distract a little from the similarities between bands, but take them out and see what you get. Take the vocalists out and you have an unreleased In Flames track. Take the male vocalist out and leave that female vocalist and you almost have a Fridénless collaboration, again, with Lisa Miskovsky.
I hope you get what I mean.
I may not fully agree with you, but at least this is what I call a detailed opinion ^^ Thanks for that!
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Darth Satanious Post Destroyer
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No prob. That is what we are here for, aren't we?
Deadlock is like one of those guilty pleasures that, in spite of knowing the limits of their greatness, we can help but indulging into.
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Jared_Scirocco
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Written by Darth Satanious on 01.09.2007 at 03:46
No prob. That is what we are here for, aren't we?
Deadlock is like one of those guilty pleasures that, in spite of knowing the limits of their greatness, we can help but indulging into.
Knowing their limits? In my opinion, Deadlock is one of the few bands that has no limit. Look at what they have come from. Look at how things were done in Earth Revolt compared to Wolves, and not just vocally.
Ever since their albums Wolves, they've been becoming more and more progressive. Not to mention, they produce their own music now. If you take a look, only since Wolves has the lead guitarist(Sebastian Reichl) been recording, producing, AND engineering the albums. And that has certainly been for the best, as they seem to continually improve. Sabine is amazing. She's not just the incredible(and beautiful) singer, she actually helps to compose some of the keys, and she helps compose and conduct the orchestral and symphonic music with Sebastian Reichl. Love the new album, I liked Wolves a tad bit better. But that doesn't discredit Manifesto in any way. It was brilliance. Deadlock is brilliance. To say they ripped off In Flames is just weak. That's like saying The Agonist ripped of In Flames, or Scar Symmetry, etc. If you ask me, they ripped off Dark Tranquillity more than In Flames, but Deadlock didn't really rip them off either. If you notice the piano in Crown Of Creation by Deadlock, then you listen to the piano in Misery's Crown by Dark Tranquillity... See what I mean? Plus the guitars are closer to Dark Tranquillity as well. But the thing is, people have their influences. Everybody ripped off somebody else. In Flames ripped off Death, and made the style melodic death metal, and not just death metal. But who wants to waste time pointing out who ripped off who in what way? No band truly rips off another band, and Deadlock are certainly nothing like In Flames.
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