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musclassia StaffPosts: 7644 |
Hopeless Days was depressingly forgettable, Shades of Grey was an improvement, but not good enough to rival the last few albums. This, on the other hand, is the Amorphis I love. Holy carp this is really quite great; expectations for the album have returned back to 'very excited'
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CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium
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Great song! Awesome blend of the old and new styles! The organ is a great touch (gives it a strong Tales from the Thousand Lakes vibe). I'm as excited as ever!
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Ordinary men hate solitude. But the Master makes use of it, embracing his aloneness, realizing he is one with the whole universe (Lao Tzu).
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OpenMind
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This entire song is awesome! The organ is a really nice touch .........
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Risto Wandering Midget
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RistoWandering MidgetPosts: 1115
Written by musclassia on 05.04.2013 at 20:07
Hopeless Days was depressingly forgettable, Shades of Grey was an improvement, but not good enough to rival the last few albums. This, on the other hand, is the Amorphis I love. Holy carp this is really quite great; expectations for the album have returned back to 'very excited'
Based on iTunes samples (1:30 per song) this and "Shades of Gray" don't really paint a clear picture. "Nightbird's Song" is another aggressive piece, but apart from that it doesn't really seem to be about death metal. Many songs are pretty long though so death vocals may still be elsewhere than just these three.
"The Wanderer" will be out next Friday as an iTunes single in German-speaking countries btw.
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LeKiwi High Fist Prog
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LeKiwiHigh Fist ProgPosts: 4100
Written by musclassia on 05.04.2013 at 20:07
Holy carp this is really quite great...
It's probably best to leave your religious views...submerged...
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Dark Blood The Avenger
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This and "Hopeless Days" are great in my opinion. I'm pretty excited about this album, I can't wait.
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It is humanity who must pay homage to the greatness of the Universe... not the Universe to the human narcissism.
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Justicelust
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This song blew me away, what a great song! now I am very excited about the album
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musclassia StaffPosts: 7644 |
Written by Risto on 05.04.2013 at 21:17
Written by musclassia on 05.04.2013 at 20:07
Hopeless Days was depressingly forgettable, Shades of Grey was an improvement, but not good enough to rival the last few albums. This, on the other hand, is the Amorphis I love. Holy carp this is really quite great; expectations for the album have returned back to 'very excited'
Based on iTunes samples (1:30 per song) this and "Shades of Gray" don't really paint a clear picture. "Nightbird's Song" is another aggressive piece, but apart from that it doesn't really seem to be about death metal. Many songs are pretty long though so death vocals may still be elsewhere than just these three.
"The Wanderer" will be out next Friday as an iTunes single in German-speaking countries btw.
To be honest I don't have any particular leanings either way regarding the death tendencies of the band; I mean I do enjoy their heavier songs, but my favourite Amorphis songs are the likes of House of Sleep, Mermaid, Shaman, Sky Is Mine, none of which have growls, so I can cope perfectly well without as long as the songs are great, which I must say, Hopeless Days wasn't really.
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Skøllgrim Northern
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Am I the only one to hear the melody of Cradle of Filth's nymphetamine in the beginning and then again later in the song too?
Apart from that the song didn't really do anything for me, at least not on first listen.
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Risto Wandering Midget
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RistoWandering MidgetPosts: 1115
Written by Skøllgrim on 06.04.2013 at 00:06
Am I the only one to hear the melody of Cradle of Filth's nymphetamine in the beginning and then again later in the song too?
You're not Sounds like they're in the same key, but different time signature and this song's melody progresses differently.
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moe5512
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A good song but I don't really like the way Tomi Joutsen has been growling on this album, it hasn't really the same power as before but still it's nice to hear some higher growls from him. so it's kinda +/-
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Skøllgrim Northern
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Written by moe5512 on 06.04.2013 at 00:23
A good song but I don't really like the way Tomi Joutsen has been growling on this album, it hasn't really the same power as before but still it's nice to hear some higher growls from him. so it's kinda +/-
He does have one of the most powerful deep growls I know of, so I'm also a tad skeptical with the higher tone growls.
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Sentenced Odiin gothic.moorion@gmail.com
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One of the best amorphis song in the past years
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Life has given me much, maybe taken more...
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