In Vain (ESP) - Of Gods And Men - review
In Vain (ESP) - Of Gods And Men - review
Tracklist
01. Hero02. My Little Butterfly
03. Rotten Cross
04. Lightning Rider
05. Dancing In The Light
06. Hellhounds
07. Devil Is My Witness
08. Black Sands
A review by
Doc G. March 13, 2010
The intro gives us the false impression that what we're in for is an intense, blistering, pure metal album full of top notch musicians; opening with a mind blowing scream held for what seems to be ages, laid over top a pretty good melody...Then everything turns to shit. The most noticeable set back about Of Gods And Men (bland song writing aside), is the production. The instruments are well balanced out, but in a very condensed, flat recording quality the vocals come through, smothering everything, and it immediately sounds like power metal karaoke. This horrible vocal quality acts as a lose-lose for the band; the vocalist manages to mispronounce every word in the English language, which emphasizes the dominance of the vocal tracking. The dominant vocal tracking emphasizes the man's weak grasp upon the language - vicious circle, basically.
But what's a power metal album without the over-the-top, epic melodies? Not a power metal album, actually. Combine a dash of Firewind with a sprinkle of Edguy, spread a few thrash rhythm section in between and what you've got is the same shit, different pile. Relatively speaking there's worse bands out there, in fact, the music itself isn't all that terrible, just completely overdone.
Admittedly there is a few enjoyable parts scattered throughout the album, there is some undeniable potential, but first In Vain needs to get some shit in order. A) Sing in their native language instead of making a failed attempt at English, B) Make an attempt at doing something at least a little bit fresh, and C) Mix their damn albums properly.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 7 |
| Songwriting: | 4 |
| Originality: | 4 |
| Production: | 4 |
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Listened to their song ''hero´´ on myspace, is he realy singing in english? it doesnt even sound like it xD
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Listened to a bit of this, more precisely the tracks on their myspace, which Hero, My Little Butterfly and Hellhounds. what i find interesting is how they pretty much shuffle the generic power metal parts(consisting of overt Sonata Arctica and old Blind Guardian ripoffage) with pretty interesting metalcore-like melodic parts like the chorus of Hellhounds. the vocals are a low point imo, they should sing in Spanish, it wouldn't make much difference to non-Spanish speakers(if you know what i mean).
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