Rusted Dawn - The Black Tides Of War - review
Rusted Dawn - The Black Tides Of War - review
Tracklist
01. Prologue02. Red Collar
03. Waking Streets
04. By The Hammer Of Thor
05. Derelict
06. Master Species
07. Stigmantis
08. Where Turns The Tide
09. I Am Becoming Death
10. The Black Tides Of War
A review by
Doc G. June 19, 2010
Basically, this is your archetypal crossover thrash album - simple, straightforward and (actually) massively aggressive - with a nice balance of professionalism and the oh-so-important D.I.Y. feel. Picture bands like Toxic Holocaust or Municipal Waste, with slightly less tongue-in-cheek lyrical content and you've got the general idea of what Rusted Dawn sounds like. I could sit here and try to describe this album for days and still come up short for words, it's just pure fucking thrash - but such simplicity is what makes this album so good. A fine balance of originality and keeping the straight-forward riffing appeal is nearly impossible to achieve at this day in age, but these guys pulled it off.
If your looking for something to "open your mind" or some other contrived crap that makes you feel like an intellectual, I suggest picking up an Ayreon album next time you're out shopping for tampons. Sure, challenging yourself and broadening your horizons is nice from time to time, but other times you just need to rock the fuck out. For that I prescribe The Black Tides Of War.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 7 |
| Production: | 8 |
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>I suggest picking up an Ayreon album next time you're out shopping for tampons. lol Bas won't be happy
---- loves 小巫
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Posts: 9726 Written by Ag Fox on 20.06.2010 at 00:01 Nor will half the MS database.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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Posts: 4774 Written by Doc G. on 20.06.2010 at 00:27 but that's exactly what makes this review awesome
---- loves 小巫
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Great ending notes. tampons and the rest hahahahahahahah great great great 
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Listening to the songs available on myspace, made me think of old Slayer...
---- Old enough to be your Daddy... speaking of which... you look familiar... do I know your mother???
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I agree with the comparison to old Slayer. The music is obviously more punk-ish but I hear similarities at times. Also, the vocalist reminds me of Araya. As for Ayreon, I leave this kind of stuff to philosophical nerds (you know, the kind of people who like to boost their ego because they listen to more 'mature' music- I always had the feeling the word mature equals boring when it is applied to metal music) because it bores me to no end anyway, and I listen to something more energetic that cranks me up.
---- "Why would we fear death, when life is so much more frightening?"
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Posts: 9726 Written by [user id=17278] on 21.06.2010 at 23:41 There is no point. It's called a joke. You seem to be the only one not to get it - congrats.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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Posts: 9726 Written by [user id=17278] on 21.06.2010 at 23:53 Hang on, I'm trying to find a fail picture for this post...
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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Posts: 9726 Written by [user id=17278] on 22.06.2010 at 00:06 When did I take anything personal? If anything I was just confused at how you managed to misinterpret the entire paragraph.
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Posts: 9726 Written by [user id=17278] on 22.06.2010 at 00:20 Don't be. The worst you can get is a sarcastic comment or two from myself.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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Account deleted Written by Doc G. on 22.06.2010 at 00:21 oh well... When i read your remark about Ayreon, I thought to myself "if Ayreon is intelectual, then wtf is King Crimson?" And then I thought "I've gotta listen to some King Crimson". So something good still came out of my meddling. 
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