00:38 - BoxCar Willy Anyone know any good cassette labels in the US or Canada?
00:06 - Jaeryd17 Oh, and responding to some of the posts after mine 10 pages back, Opeth played 5 songs with death growls in the concert. And they sounded pretty good, better than Royal Albert Hall, but he didn't (or couldn't) do long growls.
23:44 - Jaeryd17 Still, 91 year old guy doing what he really wants to do... and it's metal. That's badass by itself.
23:41 - Jaeryd17 Christopher Lee's new stuff sounds a bit better than the other stuff I've heard from him. Of course, that was a tiny sample, so I can't be sure.
23:38 - psykometal Idk man, awefully hard to beat these kids: [link] lol
Disc I 01. Straight For The Sun 02. Desolation 03. Ghost Walking 04. Guilty 05. The Undertow 06. The Number Six 07. Barbarosa 08. Invictus 09. Cheated 10. Insurrection 11. Terminally Unique 12. To The End 13. Visitation 14. King Me
Disc II[Wrath - Tour 2009-2010][Limited pre-order bonus] 01. The Passing 02. In Your Words 03. Set To Fail 04. Walk With Me In Hell 05. Hourglass 06. Now You've Got Something To Die For 07. Ruin 08. As The Palaces Burn 09. Blacken The Cursed Sun 10. Laid To Rest 11. Redneck 12. Black Label
[iTunes bonus tracks] 13. Digital Sands 14. Vigil [live]
[Japanese edition bonus track] 15. Bury Me Under the Sun
Remember when Lamb Of God were busy pioneering never-before-heard-of, genre-bending, boundary-pushing, avant-garde experimental transcendental music? Neither does anyone else. Resolution won't change the way you listen to the band's music either. Unless you continue to listen with the speakers off.
Okay, it's not that bad.* Really. But it's entirely void of the anger and spite that brought these alternative thrashers to the forefront of the pure American metal scene in the first place. It just comes across as routine now: by-the-numbers "redneck" metal for the masses. Not that they've taken a major step in any kind of new direction, but Resolution sounds like a collection of rejected demo songs from anything post-Ashes with a sexified production. Essentially some uninspired half-assed ideas that end at the beginning and don't even begin with much to their name in the first place.
Is it still safe to label them a groove metal band? Of course. The problem with that is the complete lack of anything else. You can't just write 14 songs that don't evolve beyond the single intro-hook combination. It's no different than listening to the repeated chorus from any hit pop single from the past decade, only instead of some annoyingly catchy vocal lines, you just get Randy shouting over some mild, run-of-the-mill thrashing. Yawn much.
That's pretty much all there is to say about such a one-dimensional release, an album that relies solely on a single recycled riff for nearly an hour. That's right. Just imagine listening to the thrash equivalent of Justin Bieber's "Baby" for 60 minutes.
Written on 18.04.2012 by Troy Killjoy
A Metal Storm Staff member and official reviewer since 2011, Troy is well-trained in the art of black metal and mockery.
Resolution is the seventh studio album by American band Lamb Of God. It contains 14 tracks and has a running time of around 56-minutes. It sees the band consolidate their position as one of the most popular American metal bands of the last decade. Their familiar sound is still there on this album but it also contains some unexpected moments that show their willingness to experiment and evolve.
Written by Slayer666 on 18.04.2012 at 17:07 Calling a shitty album "shitty" is showing off now? God damn, I guess I'm one of the biggest attention whores on MS.
You aren't? It's okay, I'm worse. Just look at my negative review series from 2011.
Written by Fritillaria on 18.04.2012 at 20:36 If I wanted to mention their best yeah then it would be Ashes of the Wake
I think that's the universal opinion of LoG's magnum opus.
I'm sure the quality of their music relates to the amount of war-related topics they have to write about. With the States effectively "finished" with the war on terror, LoG seem to be running out of inspiration.
As far as inspiration goes concerned, I think these guys gets drunk, go to village, write their shit and then hit for studio for sound check. I don't know what messed up their in villages area but if you check out their interviews, you gonna see "village" factor most influential. Just saying.
Written by Fritillaria on 18.04.2012 at 20:36 If I wanted to mention their best yeah then it would be Ashes of the Wake
I think that's the universal opinion of LoG's magnum opus.
I'm sure the quality of their music relates to the amount of war-related topics they have to write about. With the States effectively "finished" with the war on terror, LoG seem to be running out of inspiration.
YEAH I firmly agree with you Troy,They'd better broaden their horizon on different aspects of life. But that's the lyrical side of their music.They seem ran out of inspirations for their instruments
Written by Dani5050 on 18.04.2012 at 22:22 I'm glad to know I was not the only one that thinks this album sucks , good review.
Thanks. I was honestly expecting more of a negative backlash but it seems like the majority of people commenting felt about the same as I did. This is the first time I've really been disappointed by LoG so it's strange territory for me.
Written by Dani5050 on 18.04.2012 at 22:22 I'm glad to know I was not the only one that thinks this album sucks , good review.
Thanks. I was honestly expecting more of a negative backlash but it seems like the majority of people commenting felt about the same as I did. This is the first time I've really been disappointed by LoG so it's strange territory for me.
I understand ,I questioned myself after the third listen thought it was just me being negative.
Reading the review and the comments makes me wanna check out their previous stuff. Specially Ashes of the Wake. I'll guess that was the intention of the reviewer.
, LOG get bieber on drums, bieber gets some latin drumming going on, band dials it back mariachi style to produce some wicked themes for axe deodorants and body washes.
Written by the stranger on 18.04.2012 at 23:52 Reading the review and the comments makes me wanna check out their previous stuff. Specially Ashes of the Wake. I'll guess that was the intention of the reviewer.
It was actually my intent to let readers know you might as well just stick to the band's back catalog since this is such a tame version of their older releases, but I suppose indirectly that means I'm recommending albums like Ashes of the Wake to newcomers.
Started enjoying these guys the past 2 years after listening to Sacrament and continuing through the rest of the discography. Randy still spits out the words hard enough to give King Kong a fucking seizure and the opening of this album is as strong as ever. Sure, there are quite a few "filler" songs on this album, but damnit, they are still heavy as shit, and *#$% my ass, The Undertow be a slammin' song man, yo.
Everbody loves log. "What rolls downstairs alone or in pairs and over your neighbor's dog? What's great for a snack and fits on your back? It's log, log, log!"
Whilst it's certainly not their strongest offering, it still has some great moments (such as Insurrection and King Me) and is far away from being a bad album. King Me leaves me wondering "where to next for LOG?", which I think is cool.
Also, I understand it's very difficult taking relativity out of judgement, but I think people would rate this far higher if they'd never heard another LOG release prior to listening to this.
, LOG get bieber on drums, bieber gets some latin drumming going on, band dials it back mariachi style to produce some wicked themes for axe deodorants and body washes.
Biebs is actually a pretty sik drummer, bro.
I'm stoned to see some kick sick drumming from some random boy saying "give it to me" but honestly "yo, he ain't better than Vitek" homie.
I understand the message, but more argumentation would improve this review because essentially you are repeating the same idea every paragraph; some examples would be nice (unless every song follows the same structure, which, as far as I remember, they don't - "King Me" is quite interesting).
Written by Ag Fox on 19.04.2012 at 16:20 I thought King Me was pretty good too. But the last line of the review about Bieber was definitely a lol XD
King Me is definitely the only thing I'd recommend to anyone in regards to this album. It's just really annoying that they make you wait nearly an hour to get there.
Glad you like the Bieber reference... sometimes my jokes don't do so well. :/
I have to disagree when you say "Not that they've taken a major step in any kind of new direction," when they have clearly taken a major step in a new direction.. towards the progressive and melodic, Insurrection
and Terminally Unique are clearly examples of that. Maybe their two best songs ever IMO. And you have King Me with the orcestral and operatic female vocal. If thats not a Step in any kind of direction, i don't know what is. And we have the doom-ish opening track Straight for the sun.
Sure you have a few Redneck kind of songs in Desolation, Ghost walking and To the end, To the end is maybe their moast boaring song ever though.
I think Randys vocal performance is his best to date, and he even sings a few lines with clean vocal and does that excellently.
The solos have never been better either.... For me this is right up there with Ashes and Palaces, only ina different way
I think we listened to different albums. "King Me" is the only song I listened to that had any semblance of those elements and it was only after 50+ minutes of meandering, uninspired, generic thrash.
Ever since Ashes of the Wake this band has been producing identical albums, this was a total dissapointment. The only good song is the last just like on Wrath, they are sufficient at the epic endings on their albums. Cannibal Corpse is more original than this...
I think we listened to different albums. "King Me" is the only song I listened to that had any semblance of those elements and it was only after 50+ minutes of meandering, uninspired, generic thrash.
What i said was towards the progressive and melodic, what i mean is that alot of the songs have more a progressive and melodic approach to it than previous albums. Can't realy see how you can't hear that, as i find it indeniable in songs like Terminally Unique and Insurrection. I don't say it's prog or melodic death metal.
The orchestration and operatic female vocals are exclusively on King me and the doom-ish are exclusively on straight for the sun. All in all i think they have evolved, taken their signature sound added more melodic parts and mixed it with a progressive way of thinking.
Written by BoxCar Willy on 26.04.2012 at 18:50 Oh wait, I listened to Ashes Of The Wake, so I lied.
There isn't anything about this album that's reminiscent of Ashes.
You can't listen to undertow without hearing bits of ashes! I dunno why everyone hates this album so much, its not WORSE than anything they've previously released. Otherwise, this is EXACTLY the sound you should expect from lamb of god, I don't see why this album is so hated... (unless you hate the band to begin with, in which case, shutup and go listen to something you DO like...)
Written by Scorpyin on 09.05.2012 at 03:32 You can't listen to undertow without hearing bits of ashes! I dunno why everyone hates this album so much, its not WORSE than anything they've previously released. Otherwise, this is EXACTLY the sound you should expect from lamb of god, I don't see why this album is so hated... (unless you hate the band to begin with, in which case, shutup and go listen to something you DO like...)
That's just inaccurate. Honestly I hope the majority of fans hate this - it shows that they expect more. Because this album is literally the most stripped down version of everything they've done. Ashes is practically progressive/technical thrash by comparison, as this album beats the same bland riff into your head repeatedly.
It should remind you of their previous works though. Because every idea from their back catalog has been simplified and condensed in order to release this monotonous drivel.
PS these guys were one of my favorite bands, and I still listen to Ashes regularly. I even listen to a few tracks from Sacrament and Wrath from time to time.
Written by Scorpyin on 09.05.2012 at 03:32 You can't listen to undertow without hearing bits of ashes! I dunno why everyone hates this album so much, its not WORSE than anything they've previously released. Otherwise, this is EXACTLY the sound you should expect from lamb of god, I don't see why this album is so hated... (unless you hate the band to begin with, in which case, shutup and go listen to something you DO like...)
That's just inaccurate. Honestly I hope the majority of fans hate this - it shows that they expect more. Because this album is literally the most stripped down version of everything they've done. Ashes is practically progressive/technical thrash by comparison, as this album beats the same bland riff into your head repeatedly.
It should remind you of their previous works though. Because every idea from their back catalog has been simplified and condensed in order to release this monotonous drivel.
PS these guys were one of my favorite bands, and I still listen to Ashes regularly. I even listen to a few tracks from Sacrament and Wrath from time to time.
You're almost as repetitive as you claim this album to be. We heard you the first time, and the second time, and the third time and on and on about how much you don't like this album. Fair enough, you don't have to like everything they do. When does the time expire so that I can write my own review that gives a different point of view?
Written by Ace Frawley on 01.07.2012 at 13:59 You're almost as repetitive as you claim this album to be. We heard you the first time, and the second time, and the third time and on and on about how much you don't like this album. Fair enough, you don't have to like everything they do. When does the time expire so that I can write my own review that gives a different point of view?
Go ahead and write your own glowing review any time, champ.
I want to see this review of yours. Do you have an estimated release date? I can't wait!
Funny you should ask because I was thinking of writing it today - or at least starting on it. I'm on holidays and have a bit of time. I've got a 15-month-old and she has kept me very busy over the past six months.
I want to see this review of yours. Do you have an estimated release date? I can't wait!
Funny you should ask because I was thinking of writing it today - or at least starting on it. I'm on holidays and have a bit of time. I've got a 15-month-old and she has kept me very busy over the past six months.
Sorry, just making a shitty joke. I know the feeling, I got kids myself. Once they start walking, you can't let them out of your sight for more than .5 seconds or they're getting into something they shouldn't be.
Written by Scorpyin on 09.05.2012 at 03:32 You can't listen to undertow without hearing bits of ashes! I dunno why everyone hates this album so much, its not WORSE than anything they've previously released. Otherwise, this is EXACTLY the sound you should expect from lamb of god, I don't see why this album is so hated... (unless you hate the band to begin with, in which case, shutup and go listen to something you DO like...)
That's just inaccurate. Honestly I hope the majority of fans hate this - it shows that they expect more. Because this album is literally the most stripped down version of everything they've done. Ashes is practically progressive/technical thrash by comparison, as this album beats the same bland riff into your head repeatedly.
It should remind you of their previous works though. Because every idea from their back catalog has been simplified and condensed in order to release this monotonous drivel.
PS these guys were one of my favorite bands, and I still listen to Ashes regularly. I even listen to a few tracks from Sacrament and Wrath from time to time.
That is just inaccurate (see, i can do it too). Everything I've said is all subjective, it's called an opinion chummly. Just because someone elses opinion is different that doesn't make them 'inaccurate' or wrong. You say its 'stripped down' and I'd say they've simplified their music and songs take one solid direction now, instead of being so all over the map with riffs and progressions. What you've said actually isn't really subjective either, and could legitly be called 'inaccurate', when have LOG ever released anything even remotely close to king me? Or hear Randy sing clean(ish) like in insurrection? Or hear LOG play their usual thrash style fused with a little bit of Lynyrd Skynyrd? Hardly a 'stripped down version of everything they've done'. Or maybe that's still subjective. Either way, what I said cannot be called wrong on the grounds that you understand what an opinion is...
Written by Scorpyin on 09.05.2012 at 03:32 You can't listen to undertow without hearing bits of ashes! I dunno why everyone hates this album so much, its not WORSE than anything they've previously released. Otherwise, this is EXACTLY the sound you should expect from lamb of god, I don't see why this album is so hated... (unless you hate the band to begin with, in which case, shutup and go listen to something you DO like...)
That's just inaccurate. Honestly I hope the majority of fans hate this - it shows that they expect more. Because this album is literally the most stripped down version of everything they've done. Ashes is practically progressive/technical thrash by comparison, as this album beats the same bland riff into your head repeatedly.
It should remind you of their previous works though. Because every idea from their back catalog has been simplified and condensed in order to release this monotonous drivel.
PS these guys were one of my favorite bands, and I still listen to Ashes regularly. I even listen to a few tracks from Sacrament and Wrath from time to time.
That is just inaccurate (see, i can do it too). Everything I've said is all subjective, it's called an opinion chummly. Just because someone elses opinion is different that doesn't make them 'inaccurate' or wrong. You say its 'stripped down' and I'd say they've simplified their music and songs take one solid direction now, instead of being so all over the map with riffs and progressions. What you've said actually isn't really subjective either, and could legitly be called 'inaccurate', when have LOG ever released anything even remotely close to king me? Or hear Randy sing clean(ish) like in insurrection? Or hear LOG play their usual thrash style fused with a little bit of Lynyrd Skynyrd? Hardly a 'stripped down version of everything they've done'. Or maybe that's still subjective. Either way, what I said cannot be called wrong on the grounds that you understand what an opinion is...
I thought Troy Killjoy's review of this album was negatively biased so I wrote my own (I would say) more balanced review. See: http://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=11463
, LOG get bieber on drums, bieber gets some latin drumming going on, band dials it back mariachi style to produce some wicked themes for axe deodorants and body washes.
