The Sorrow - Origin Of The Storm review
| Band: | The Sorrow |
| Album: | Origin Of The Storm |
| Style: | Melodic death metal, Metalcore |
| Release date: | February 27, 2009 |
| A review by: | Doc G. |
01. Apnoia
02. Where Is The Sun?
03. My Immortal Guardian
04. Scars
05. Eyes Of Darkness
06. Raising The Devil
07. Anchor In The Storm
08. From This Day On
09. Heaven Is No Place For Us
10. Tempestuous
11. Collector Of Tears
12. Faceless
13. Day Of The Lord
I'm really beginning to suspect metal is dying. It's a kind of ironic thing, whenever I hear terrible, terrible metal it makes me hopeful, at least people are still willing to take risks and do something new with the music. Then it comes to albums like this, there's nothing particularly bad about them, but it lacks any sort of re-playable quality. In layman's terms - it's fucking boring.
Generally speaking metal is supposed to be heavy, the common misconception these days that's a big mistake so many younger bands make is idea that the heavy aspect lies in the production. Wrong. Just wrong. Heaviness lies in the power of riff. The Sorrow is a great example of this problem. Yeah, it sounds heavy, but almost all of these riffs are pretty generic and forgettable. The music itself is just a beefed up sounding dime-a-dozen metalcore/hardcore type sound. There's nothing new, and when I say there's nothing new, I don't only mean that in the larger scale of things, but also within the album itself. Origin Of The Storm basically sounds like 3 riffs repeated, played at different speeds (maybe with some different drum patterns here and there).
Saying this album is complete shit is a complete lie though. It is repetitive, derivative and pretty boring, but if you haven't heard the other 600 bands that sound like this, I can see it as being a pretty crushing, aggressive album. The only aspect of this album that may be of some interest to the more seasoned metal fan is the contrasting melodic leads interlaced with the perpetual chugging, but still, that's nothing all too terribly exciting.
The Sorrow has pretty much everything they need - good production, great musicians, and some pretty cool album art to boot, but the execution is just so unremarkable there's no reason to feel bad about passing this one by.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 9 |
| Songwriting: | 5 |
| Originality: | 5 |
| Production: | 9 |
Comments
Comments: 12
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| Bodom81 Posts: 3 |
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
Written by Bodom81 on 23.10.2010 at 00:30 I won't disagree with the fact that I wrote this generically, but it aptly reflects the album. We get a huge amount of review requests submitted to us, and when you get yet a constant flow of generic crap like this, it's hard to remain creative for every single one. As far as derivative crap goes, there isn't one that stands above the other considering they all sound pretty much the same anyways. It's like comparing brands of cheap toilet paper. Secondly, listing off song names does absolutely nothing to further the point you were trying to make. Quote: Hopefully, you'll try handling the amount of reviews we do a year, then remain creative and enthusiastic about every single copy cat band you have to listen to.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Winterthrone Posts: 289  |
Ok, I haven't listened to this album...But Bodom81 has a point, man your review doesn't give a single clue to the reader about the question every reader is asking: "What does this sound like?". man you only repeat they are boring without giving a single valuable reason why. Inspiration is one thing, lazyness is another thing and unfortunately for you you fall in the second category. I read plenty of negative reviews that were 10 000 times more interesting than yours. The quality of the music has nothing to do with the quality of your review. You state repetitiveness as the main reason to dis this album, but man you're a fan of Motorhead, the most repetitive band on the fucking planet! This is not your best review, just admit it, and you can't blame it on the musicians you criticized because YOU wrote it.
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| Rupert Posts: 469  |
I got to side with Doc here. Sure, he didn't really say what the music sounds like, but if you don't know what metalcore sounds like, it's pretty easy to find out. And you've also been off-planet for far too long. OK review Doc  Hey do the album review requests get sent to specific reviewers, or does Metal Storm receive them and give them out "randomly"?
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| Derwood Posts: 511  |
"The music itself is just a beefed up sounding dime-a-dozen metalcore/hardcore type sound. " I don't know what review you guys were reading, but that line tells me exactly what this sounds like and Bodom81 saying it sounds like Killswitch Engaged just confirms that this is a very accurate description of the way the music sounds. Definitely not Doc's best review by a long shot, but the primary complaint so far is baseless.
---- You can't fight evil with a macaroni duck!
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| silenius Posts: 531  |
Written by Derwood on 23.10.2010 at 06:11 exactly what i was going to say! xD
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| Bodom81 Posts: 3 |
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718 |
Well, this is by no means a great review, I won't make that claim by any means. Most reviews (at least the ones I write) are a product of the album. This particular one just left me completely uninspired in any direction whatsoever, so the product was an equally uninspired one.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Bodom81 Posts: 3 |
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| lugardo Posts: 15  |
Blah Blah Blah, OH! blah Blah Blah... There, thats the whole album. Hopefully this clears peoples minds about how the band sounds
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| dark_mar Posts: 77  |
For me this album and band sounds very good...have its own style. Like the guitars...vocals, and chorus. Much more interesting than 'in flames or other shit' 10!!! Sow them live supporting Sepultura and like it very much!
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| Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698  |
Written by Bodom81 on 23.10.2010 at 00:30 I agree with you, this is a mf good album. Doc just don't know what the hell is RHYTHM in music, so-called repetitions actually are their unique styles, its not repetitive but very rhythmic ! This is definitely my top 10 metalcore album, don't compare The Sorrow to K.E, they're better than K.E.
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