Turisas - Turisas2013 - guest review
Turisas - Turisas2013 - guest review
Tracklist
01. For Your Own Good02. Ten More Miles
03. Piece By Piece
04. Into The Free
05. Run Bhang-Eater, Run!
06. Greek Fire
07. The Days Passed
08. No Good Story Ever Starts With Drinking Tea
09. We Ride Together
Guest review by
omne metallum April 09, 2020
"For Your Own Good" opens with a plea that "This is for your own good", which given the quality of the album makes you question what you have done wrong to deserve such punishment. It sets the tone for the record; that the band don't have their heart in it and are trying to force it rather than it sounding natural like before. This is carried on through tracks like "Into The Free" and "Greek Fire", where you can hear the band trying to play something that sounds like a carbon copy of their former glories. Why listen to a second rate Turisas when I can just stick on The Varangian Way and hear the classics?
Rarely does a single song encapsulate a fall from grace so succinctly as "Run Bhang-Eater Run!" does. From the Benny Hill-esque horns through lyrics such as "public erection gives little affection" and "if you pee on the Sultan", you wonder what the hell had overcome the band. They had always danced on the line of being a jokey band but that line is far in the distance of the rear view mirror on this song. Not a band to do things by halves, the band come close to outdoing themselves on "No Good Story Ever Begins With Drinking Tea". At least on this song they provide a reason for their loss of perspective, singing "Alcohol! All night long! Same Old Song!"; it sums itself up at the very least.
The production lacks the character of previous releases, sounding sterile; it does not endear the music to the listener like it had previously. While everything is audible, it serves only to put a spotlight on the poor quality of the music contained within.
There are only two tracks on this album that sound like they could have fitted into any of their prior albums, with "Piece By Piece" and "We Ride Together" the only songs that sound like the band had their heart in it. At least if this is to be the last album from the band, we can say they went out on a high note with their final track.
Overall, it is an album that seemed to burst the Turisas bubble, with little of merit; it sees the band try to force out another record that didn't have their heart in it. Two tracks among a sea of hallow nods to their past and jokes that still boggle the mind; it's an album forgotten, and with good reason.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 5 |
| Originality: | 6 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by omne metallum | April 09, 2020
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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I'm just going through my collection and adding various bands to my faves, rating albums I know well etc so I can use this site effectively for band updates - you've been a busy bee lately and I've started getting notifications for your reviews! Anyways - I agree with this review, but one thing I want to know more about - did they really want to release this album in the first place? When you consider not only the lazy songwriting and lazy title, but also the lazy cover art ("yeah mate just shove a picture of the vocalist on the front, that'll do) that's more like a pop artist's album cover than a metal cover, it has me wondering if this album came out of contractual obligation rather than any desire to write one - a question that it appears we'll never get the true answer to :/
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Thank you very much. Would be cool to get some closure with a "Behind The Facepaint" kind of thing but I can't see the demand being there anymore. Maybe one day one of the members will leave and give a candid review but who knows?
---- Just because I'm not listening doesn't mean I don't care
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