Zero Hour - Dark Deceiver - guest review
Zero Hour - Dark Deceiver - guest review
Tracklist
01. Power To Believe02. Dark Deceiver
03. Inner Spirit
04. Resurrection
05. Tendonitis
06. The Temple Within
07. Lies
08. The Passion Of Words
09. Severed Angel
Guest review by
Kap'N Korrupt February 19, 2010
There is one word to sum up this album: hysterical. Many Zero Hour fans are still unsure what to think of the band after the absence of Erik Rosvold in 2004. There are two ways of looking at Zero Hour; the band with Erik and the band without Erik. Zero Hour lost a lot of their melodic progressive qualities after the loss of keyboards. Their last three releases have been a solid wall of out of control down tuned tech metal histrionics. Salinas wails incoherently often throughout Dark Deceiver while the wall of off time crunching pulsates through your brain.
All of what was mentioned is not a bad thing. The songs are structured quite cleverly. The riffs on the album punch a hole through your head, making them quite memorable. It's a full head on attack to the senses. The three players are so tight and create compositions that work so well in a three piece setting. Tipton's bass playing is a whole different category: the things this guy can do with a bass! The guitarist/bassist Tipton brothers come up with some smart pieces of work. Jason flies over Troy's quick bass scaling with various clean guitar effects. Troy's "Tendonitis" piece in the middle of the album - basically, a solo spot featuring some of the bass riffs on other songs in the album, just by themselves - highlights just how hard it is to play what he plays. Dark Deceiver is hard to stop listening to. I highly recommend this one.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 10 |
| Songwriting: | 9 |
| Originality: | 10 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written by Kap'N Korrupt | February 19, 2010
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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The Passion of Words stands out for me. The rest is too complex I guess. Maybe it needs more time. You described it rather accurately, but unlike you I can't really enjoy this one. 9.7 - unbelievably high as of my current impression.
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