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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Never Again | |||
| 2. Starting Over | |||
| 3. The Forgotten | |||
| 4. Reckoning | |||
| 5. The Returns | |||
| 6. A Light In A Darkened World | |||
| 7. Take Me Away | |||
| 8. I Would Do Anything | |||
| 9. Save Me | |||
| 10. Lost | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. 0Bonus DVD featuring \x{2018}Making Of\x{2019} footage from the studio and exclusive band interviews. | |||
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've been a KsE fan for a long time now, and this album is an absolute cracker. I think it is WAY more creative and diverse than As Daylight Dies. All the songs are strong and there is an abundance of epic singalong choruses.
KsE have added a bit more southern rock, a heap more thrash and some more considered and atmospheric riffing with greater use of effects than on previous releases. Some reviewers on here have slated this album and one in particular knocked the choruses - they sound fine to me!! Also much criticism is made of the lyrics - they are credited to KsE so I'm not certain if it is solely Howard who writes them. Yes, there are many songs which seem to be about failed relationships, but there is positivity in the way these problems are handled too. I don't see how KsE could have kept banging on about positivity etc. as they did with Jesse's 'message' on Alive or Just Breathing - that would have been tiresome and would also have served to dilute Jesse's contribution. If you watch the band history section on the (Set The) World Ablaze DVD (not included with this!!) you'll see that AOJB was very much Jesse's vision lyrically. It's entirely reasonable that the band would take a different lyrical slant without him.
Expectations are WAY too high these days - there are just too many bands all peddling similar musical wares. Let us not forget that KsE originated the 'scream/sing' metalcore genre and IMHO are still the finest band in the genre; they have the songs, the musicianship, and a cracking live show to boot (go see them, Adam D is a spectacle to be witnessed...). The special edition's live tracks are great quality and as a guitarist/bassist myself I cannot believe the high standard of musicianship modern metal bands pull off playing live - Adam and Joel's riffing is tight as hell, Mike's bass adds a pounding bottom end, Justin has got to be one of the most solid, subtly creative and underrated drummers in metal, and Howard's larynx-lacerating vocals are superb (as they were when I saw them, and as they are on the cracking 'Set The World Ablaze' DVD, which is a MUST SEE for all KsE fans).
Highly recommended.
KsE have added a bit more southern rock, a heap more thrash and some more considered and atmospheric riffing with greater use of effects than on previous releases. Some reviewers on here have slated this album and one in particular knocked the choruses - they sound fine to me!! Also much criticism is made of the lyrics - they are credited to KsE so I'm not certain if it is solely Howard who writes them. Yes, there are many songs which seem to be about failed relationships, but there is positivity in the way these problems are handled too. I don't see how KsE could have kept banging on about positivity etc. as they did with Jesse's 'message' on Alive or Just Breathing - that would have been tiresome and would also have served to dilute Jesse's contribution. If you watch the band history section on the (Set The) World Ablaze DVD (not included with this!!) you'll see that AOJB was very much Jesse's vision lyrically. It's entirely reasonable that the band would take a different lyrical slant without him.
Expectations are WAY too high these days - there are just too many bands all peddling similar musical wares. Let us not forget that KsE originated the 'scream/sing' metalcore genre and IMHO are still the finest band in the genre; they have the songs, the musicianship, and a cracking live show to boot (go see them, Adam D is a spectacle to be witnessed...). The special edition's live tracks are great quality and as a guitarist/bassist myself I cannot believe the high standard of musicianship modern metal bands pull off playing live - Adam and Joel's riffing is tight as hell, Mike's bass adds a pounding bottom end, Justin has got to be one of the most solid, subtly creative and underrated drummers in metal, and Howard's larynx-lacerating vocals are superb (as they were when I saw them, and as they are on the cracking 'Set The World Ablaze' DVD, which is a MUST SEE for all KsE fans).
Highly recommended.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've loved Killswitch Engage for many years now and they always amaze me. From the wizzing guitars and Howard Jones' amazing vocals, they have everything I love about a rock band.
When I first heard the album via a stream on the band's official MySpace, I fell in love with the album. When I first heard Starting Over, I couldn't wait for the album and it was worth the wait. Now that I finally have my hands on the album, I've been listening to it on repeat. A Light In A Darkened World, for me, is the best song on the album. Infact, I had goosebumps when I first heard it on MySpace. The vocals are spot on, and the music is just amazing. Definitely a great song to sing along to, like most Killswitch Engage songs anyway which they are quite
famous for (A Bid Farewell, Darkness Falls, The End Of Heartheart, Rose Of Sharyn all spring to mind about being a great rock song to sing along to!).
After their sizzling performance at Download Festival, they still definitely know how to rock HARD. This album is a must!
When I first heard the album via a stream on the band's official MySpace, I fell in love with the album. When I first heard Starting Over, I couldn't wait for the album and it was worth the wait. Now that I finally have my hands on the album, I've been listening to it on repeat. A Light In A Darkened World, for me, is the best song on the album. Infact, I had goosebumps when I first heard it on MySpace. The vocals are spot on, and the music is just amazing. Definitely a great song to sing along to, like most Killswitch Engage songs anyway which they are quite
famous for (A Bid Farewell, Darkness Falls, The End Of Heartheart, Rose Of Sharyn all spring to mind about being a great rock song to sing along to!).
After their sizzling performance at Download Festival, they still definitely know how to rock HARD. This album is a must!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I for one have been eagerly awaiting this new offering from the Killswitch camp, and I'm pleased to say it does not disappoint. When bands find a sound that works for them, safe people stick rigidly to it, insane people stray so far from it they lose their fan base, but truly talented people do what they do best, with just a little bit of an edge to it, keeping the old fans interested and bringing in fresh meat. I definitely rank this album in the last group. It's full of loaded Killswitch drumming, dazzling guitar riffs and soaring vocals - yet this album brings with it a sense of musical maturity, with songs that can be sung along to as well as thrashed out. Well done guys, I'm impressed!
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Yawn
Alive or Just Breathing is a legendary metal album. But from there on in KSE seem to get worse with each offering. Read more
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