Into Eternity - The Scattering Of Ashes review
| Band: | Into Eternity |
| Album: | The Scattering Of Ashes |
| Style: | Melodic death metal, Progressive metal |
| Release date: | October 03, 2006 |
| A review by: | Dream Taster |
01. Novus Inceptum (Intro)
02. Severe Emotional Distress
03. Nothing
04. Timeless Winter
05. Out
06. A Past Beyond Memory
07. Surrounded By Night
08. Eternal
09. Pain Through Breathing
10. Suspension Of Disbelief
11. Paralyzed
Into Eternity previous album, "Buried Into Oblivion" shocked listeners throughout the world for its originality, being a real patchwork of Progressive, Melodic Death, Power, and what not. This insanely talented Canadian band is back in full force with "The Scattering Of Ashes".
With the same inconceivable recipe that ends up working perfectly, Into Eternity's new effort is a real gift to a too-easily labeled musical scene. Vocally, the band stuck with their style, which is basically that there is no style! Everything from shrieks to clean vocals, from Judas Priest to Dimmu Borgir, those vocals are simply too layered to start describing them. What is amazing is that it actually works.
'Severe Emotional Distress' and 'Nothing' are very representative of what Into Eternity is all about, which one can qualify as aggressive progressive. But do not overlook a song like 'Surrounded By Night' with its insane structure and beautiful vocals.
Catchy choruses, alternative sounding guitar riffs, Melodeath guitar solos and fast-paced drumming encapsulated into extreme progressive songwriting are once again characteristics of their music. And at the end of the day, "The Scattering Of Ashes" is a very interesting listen that has potential to do very big things in both European and North American markets. Give it a try, it won't be easy to get into their stuff, but it's definitely one of the most original albums I have heard in a while.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 10 |
| Production: | 9 |
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Written on 19.11.2006 by
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| Spyroid Rosetta Stoned Posts: 1023  |
I love this band! Have to get this album now now now! My favourite death band, if they can be called death ^^
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| Asat0r Posts: 961  |
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| Arian Totalis The Philosopher Posts: 3351  |
Funny, I just submitted review for this album, as to wether it will be allowed or not.....well I don't know. But as for this review, yeah it's pretty good, and I pretty much am on par with it.
---- "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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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262  |
This album definitely exceeded my expectations. The new vocalist is significantly better and they packed plenty of aggression in this album. The only thing I can complain about is the whored-out triggers, but other than that this album is pretty much flawless.
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| broken goddess Posts: 208  |
wow- i think i am alone when i say i MUCH prefered their last release. i didn't find the vocals on this album what i was expecting. there's still a few good tracks, but i wasn't blown away.
---- --baleful's the passion when hearts stand still--
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| Rupert Posts: 469  |
I have to agree with you, broken goddess. I don't know what it is, but The Scattering of Ashes just lacks something Burried in Oblivian has a lot of. This one's still quite good, though, maybe it's a bit too power/speed for me compared to the other albums. I find you can't hear the complexity of the song when it's too fast, so it's kind of like turning up the speed's a way to hide a lack of songwriting talent. Maybe, maybe not.
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| Rupert Posts: 469 |
At least I listen to all the music I have LAWL. And by the way, I've listened to this album twice so far, both times thinking the same thing. You're right that it may grow on me later on, but it doesn't seem likely at this point.
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| Passenger Lost To Apathy Posts: 1464  |
Good album, but I also liked "Buried In Oblivion" best. "Severe Emotional Distress" and "Nothing" are perfect though, and there are many other good songs too. 8.5/10
---- You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it ~ Mean Streets
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| Samuel Hamster wheel Posts: 1543  |
I like how some people are ripping on the vocals... uhm they all sound pretty fucking similar. I mean im not saying that different but if you told me it was the same guy on every album id believe it. on that Timeless winter song someone liked so much... the vocals sound like Tim Owens or w/e its pretty gay its probably my least favorite song on the cd b/c it just reminds me when I liked Iced Earth and When they were fucking sick...
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Yes!, this is a helluva album, they came, and i missed them  i was off-town dammit, Ill see them in a couple months, i'm sure they'll rule. 
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| Infurnace Posts: 948  |
Wow, this album really impressed me. I usually don't really like the Heavy-metalish vocals, but the singer pulls them off really well. They are a great band, and this album is pretty progressive, and I really like that.
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| Fat & Sassy! Elite Posts: 3857  |
This is the first album I've heard from these guys... can't say that I like it too much. The vocals kinda reminds me of a lot of mainstream metal bands I hear here in the states. These guys sure are talented, but just as I begin to dig the progressive elements of a song... it ends. The songs are WAY TOO SHORT.
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| Abattoir Staff Posts: 3695  |
Written by Fat & Sassy! on 03.07.2008 at 09:57 I think that progressive elements are more in background and they are not so frequent by this band. Their staff is generally based more on melodic death metal than progressive. So the lenghts of these songs are just normal... By the way this album is very cool for me.
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| Fat & Sassy! Elite Posts: 3857 |
Written by Abattoir on 03.07.2008 at 10:52 Really? I think that the arrangements of most of these songs are pretty darn proggy. I guess I'm just used to the arguably "pretentious" long prog songs...
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| BloodTears ANA-thema Elite Posts: 11835  |
Good review. It certainly is original and fresh, those are some of the reasons that keep this band interesting. Besides, they make great songs and great records. This one is a hard listen, even if you know the band as well as I do, even if you listened to everything else. After a few listens you start to understand what this is and then you can fully enjoy Into Eternity's genius songs. Personally, I quite like the vocal styles they use as well as their approach to riffs. Oh and "timeless winter" is my favourite song.
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| MétalNoir Fils du Lys Posts: 847  |
One of the best metal albums ever. It has it all: originality, brutality, catchiness, beauty and that "fuck you all bitches, we're just having fun" attitude that's so metal. 10/10
---- Notre destinée n'est pas encore tracée....
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