Shadows Fall - Threads Of Life - guest review
Shadows Fall - Threads Of Life - guest review
Tracklist
01. Redemption02. Burning The Lives
03. Stormwinds
04. Failure Of The Devout
05. Venomous
06. Another Lost Hero
07. Final Call
08. Dread Uprising
09. The Great Collapse
10. Just Another Nightmare
11. Forevermore
Guest review by
Arian Totalis July 16, 2007
Every instrument on this album, except for, as previously stated, the bass, is a disapointment. The guitar is weak, watered down, and unfocused. This can be clearly seen on the opening and promotional track, "Redemption." They just throw out random riffs, and they sound like if you turned down the overdrive on their amps anymore than they already are, they won't even have distortion anymore. The vocals are, if anything, simply sad. Brian used to be so great, he would growl beautifully and would on occasion sing clean. Now it's like he is completely incapable of growling, and it just doesn't suit him to have a completely clean voice. The Drum work lacks any real technicality. It's not as heavy on double bass or fill work like previous albums, it's almost as if Jason keeps the brutality to a minimum on this one. I gotta ask, what happened to these guys? I guess this is what happens when you sign to a large commercial label.
There are a few good songs on this album. An example of this would be "Failure Of The Devout." It has some very good melodies, especially compared to the rest of the album, and the rhythm work is quite exceptional. The Lyrics for the entire album, thankfully, are just as good as they always have been and tend to focus on the same subject matter as past albums. So these I suppose are redeeming qualities within the album. However, when all the detractors are considered, this album is certainly more disapointing than it is good. I don't want to say it's total trash, but all I have to say is, if I was the person reading this review right now, I wouldn't go out and buy this, it isn't worth your money.
Album Highlight; Failure Of The Devout
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 7 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Arian Totalis | July 16, 2007
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Yeah i remember they were really pushing this album a lot on mtv...although i didn't mind this album to bad but it is metal rock radio material. I don't know as much as you do on this band i had just heard of them when i saw it on mtv then bought the album. Yeah if u find a good deal on this album i suggest get it but otherwise haha don't. -Mac
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Posts: 2955 Written by MetalMac on 23.07.2007 at 07:40 Accept your suggestion. I've downloaded but didn't like it... so I didnt bought it 
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EDIT: *Dumb post from 2009, please ignore*
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Nope, not really lol. at least imo.
---- "For the Coward there is no Life For the hero there is No Death" -Kakita Toshimoko "The Philosopher, you know so much about nothing at all." _Chuck Schuldiner.
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I actually like this album A lot.
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