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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Roadrunner fans swindle (again) but worth it, 27 Oct 2008
Ok so maybe my title for this review is a little unfair, but it does annoy me the way Roadrunner continually rip off the fandbase of its artist roster, rererere-releasing albums but with little treats each time to make us part with our cash. by shining example take the Roots album by Sepultura. How many times was that released?
The Blackening is a superb album, seen by many as a return to form building on the stunning "Ashes of Empires."
The best thing about this re-release is the B-Sides and Rarities cd.
Machine Head have doen some corking tunes that have been hard to track down. Alan's On Fire - the bonus track from the digipak special edition of Burn My Eyes, and My Misery from the Demon Knight OST & The More Things Change Japanese import. although some tracks arent that great.. Colors is a fine example, what they HELL where they thinking?
Anyway, this is a nice repackaging, and although it sucks that Roadrunner have made us all buy the Blackening AGAIN, to get this rarities CD, there are more inclusions on this DVD than were on the DVD special edition that the Blackening originally came with, I just think its a shame we couldn't have had a b-sides and rarities album on its own (because i dont have the restraint neccessary to not buy something i already have, especially when enticed by a few extra bits and pieces - take all 5 reissued carcass albums for example).
Although i will put my money on The Blackening being released again at some point with an "Even more special edition" like they did with the 20years of Roadrunner re-release of Roots by Sepultura.. any old excuse eh..
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's in japanese O_O, 29 Dec 2008
Yes that's right, it's in Japanese, but explainations for this can wait 'till after you've read my review.
The initial album, The Blackening, is absolutely wonderful. Of late I've been exploring more Classical, Baroque, Romantic and Folk variations on metal and just those genres as they stand, I started to feel I missed the whole metal thingy with the heaviness and the roaring, so this was great.
I don't particularly care if it's not 'true metal' or something or that it got such a hype last year that it's typical mainstream muck, because it sounds good and the like, therefore it's a good album.
Every song stands out with awesomeness but I think the opening track; Clenching the Fists of Dissent is the lasting favourite, Halo, Slanderous, A Farewell to Arms and Now I Lay Thee Down are great as well, and I find myself also loving Beautiful Mourning, Wolves and the indomitable Aesthetics of Hate, so it really has no dull moments. 8 tracks that fit wonderfully in playlists and as an album, it most definately fills the hole in my CD collection that is new, good, Heavy yet Melodic metal.
The dvd is fun. But I'd be repeating everyone else if I went on about it. I will say that it was great to see some live footage of them playing, and to see the videos in HIGH QUALITY yay.
The bonus CD is well.. occasionally it sucks. Like the Halo and Aesthetics.. demos, mere shells. Weirdlly, I quite like the ice-T cover, it made me laugh to say the least, I need to get round to buying Machine Head's Nu Metal stage, looks great *tehe*
Oh and for a band that writes a (brilliant) song about their anti-religios veiws, they mention God an awful lot:
"May the hands of God strike them down"-Aesthetics of Hate
"God let the angels die"-Beautiful Mourning
"God save us"-A Farewell to Arms
"I hope you burn in hell"-Aesthetics of Hate
"I'm screaming to God"-Now I Lay Thee Down
and mabye more. Still, maybe I'm missing the big picture of their aims with this, I suppose he must hate William Grim so much he wishes Hell and God existed in his mind so they could strike him down. "God let the angels die" might well be a metaphor for something, and stuff like that. I can't really be bothered to look into it. In any case it's nice to listen to.
So yes, japanese I tell you, all the titles and info came up in japanese when I "ripped" the album and bonus CD onto the computer, the songs are all still in whatever language Flynn is roaring/shouting/whispering in, so no harm done I suppose.
In conclusion, this is some Nice melodic/carnargy music with much soloing and finely crafted songs. The guitars are well molded together and the bass has some shining moments too, the drums are very admirable, though I'm not a drummer myself. Lyrics are inspiring and at times really energising, top notch effort.
I DEMAND MORE. (in 2011, when their next album is said to be released, but earlier would be welcome)
"Clench your fists and.." doo do doo dodo
Fight Fight Fight Fight
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
BUY THIS F%*KING ALBUM!!!!!!, 8 May 2009
Hard rib shattering riffs, ear drum piercing solos(Loving Mr Demmel's pinch harmonics), roaring vocals from Mr Flynn. All in all this album is a must have!
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