just saw the new All That Remains video for their new single Chiron, i'd post it here but the synching on youtube was so bad that its not even worth watching.
I'm really impressed with where they took their sound on this new album, they are just as heavy, Oli still shreds crazy solo's and Phil has really re-vamped his clean singing and his growls. I think this new album is going to do alot for them.
if i find a better quality vid ill post it.
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Ill have the give the new ATR album a couple more listens to, but im kinda comparing it to the new Trivium album. Triviums new album imho is way better but the ATR album wasnt sounding too bad. ATR said they were gonna have more double bass and they delivered....wow i would like to see the % of time in that album double bass is goin. Metallicas new album is sweet as posted other places. Tyrant is right about the new slipknot.
I've never written a review before but here's my $0.02 on this new CD for those who liked Metallica but soured on them and haven't chanced the new album yet.
First, I'll say that these guys can still play, and play hard! The big problem I have with Death Magnetic is that it doesn't sound like Metallica, at least not completely.
I have every Metallica album up until Reload (I skipped St. Anger because it sounded like crap the couple times I listened to it at a friend's place). I think for each album, I knew to whom I was listening regardless of whether or not I liked the songs, each note said Metallica. So what happened here?
Well James and the boys are trying to go back to the old days but use their maturity and influences and it came out as so-so.
Throughout I heard strong influences of Slayer, King Diamond, and even some Anthrax (on the last song 'My Apocalypse' removal of James' vocals would make you think this was a track right off of Anthrax' Volume 8 album!). I heard riffs that could have fit in well on ...And Justice and even Ride the Lightning. This may all sound great, and at times it was, but it was just all over the place that I can't say Metallica had an identity for the album.
Hetfield's singing is more or less what he's been doing since Fuel.
I can say the standouts that I found myself humming even hours after a listen where 'Broken, Beat and Scarred', 'All Nightmare Long' and 'Judas Kiss'.
'Suicide & Redemption' is an instrumental and sounds great at first and has some amazing riffs throughtout, but at almost 10 minutes long it felt forced and drawn out by the end.
I'd give this a 7/10. Musically strong and heavy, just too many times it left me thinking of another band. If they can't find that "Metallica" sound again it may be time to hang it up.
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