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This album is really really average. I've listened to it quite a bit over the years I've owned it in the hope that it's just a slow grower, but alas it's never grown on me. I bought it after hearing and loving the tune Betrayal in the hope there would be better if not very similar quality tunes, but I think there's one other track that almost matches up and that really is it. Nothing really stands out or does anything for me otherwise. I would reccommend listening to this album before buying.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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This is the first CD released by The Black Maria. I have been listening to it every day for weeks now and it really stands up. If you don't own this item then you should, and if you do own it you should write your own review (it's looking a bit sparse on this page). I think the best tracks are: Our commitments a sickness, to have loved, the memento and betrayal. Although there are no bad tracks on it so you can pick your own favourites.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Something different in a sea of trendy "post-hardcore" emo bands
19 July 2005
Format:Audio CD
I picked this CD up the other day because of the Grade connection, and I figured that the sticker on the front comparing them to the Used, Muse, and AFI was probably BS. I was right, but this band doesn't really sound like Grade either. They are definitely different and I'm glad to hear it. They sound a lot more like real post-hardcore such as Far, whom I'm sure most of the people who bought this album because of the sticker have never heard of. They definitely sound like Far playing slightly faster and punkier songs to me. Their singer definitely brings a new style to the table too, since he isn't particularly screamy but he isn't melodic either. He sounds to me more like a guy you'd expect to sing for a punkier hardcore band. The lyrics are good and emotional, but not crybaby stuff like Hawthorn Heights, etc. I think I'd call "Rats in This Prison," my favorite song and its cool that local boy Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die did guest vocals on this closing track. The Black Maria are not the best band in the world and are not the next Grade, but this is a promising debut worth checking out and I expect better things to come in the future if they last.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
It's alright, the label isn't telling the truth either....
28 Jan 2005
Format:Audio CD
No, it doesn't sound ANYTHING like MUSE, first off.
The Used...well...a little bit and AFI...Nah.
All in all, this is a typical album put out by Victory Records. Nothing new. If you've heard one victory records album, you've heard them all. Except for Action Action. They sound a lot different. But otherwise, Hawthorne Heights, Black Maria, Taking Back Sunday....all the same.
As for the music itself. It's not bad. It's pretty good in some instances.
But otherwise, I was hoping for something different...but I came up with...Victory Records....so...yeah. If you like the other stuff on the label, you'll like it. I like it. It's just not anything new.
The Used...well...a little bit and AFI...Nah.
All in all, this is a typical album put out by Victory Records. Nothing new. If you've heard one victory records album, you've heard them all. Except for Action Action. They sound a lot different. But otherwise, Hawthorne Heights, Black Maria, Taking Back Sunday....all the same.
As for the music itself. It's not bad. It's pretty good in some instances.
But otherwise, I was hoping for something different...but I came up with...Victory Records....so...yeah. If you like the other stuff on the label, you'll like it. I like it. It's just not anything new.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Better then i expected
18 Aug 2005
Format:Audio CD
When i first heard of the band and the cd i expected them to be exactly like taking back sunday or hawethorne heights(hate both of them) but even though some tracks may sound like them they are less emo and more towards the punk side. However, the label states they sound like AFI and Muse. They sound nothing like them. The song closest to a AFI song would be "Rats in the Prison" and the closest to Muse "Ash" but overall they sound nothing like those two bands.I think they're a pretty good band and would be good for the fans of Taking Back Sunday mixed with a little bit of punk.
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