And I thought Live aus Berlin was great.

Posted : 5 months ago on 29 March 2008 07:03 (A review of Volkerball (Limited Edition))

For the poeple that don't know, Rammstein is a German industrial band that are well known all over the world and been a favorite of mine since 1999 and I heard Völkerball was coming out I knew that it would be great but I heard there was a limited edition I just had to get it, even if it cost me $150.
The limited edition has the full Nîmes, France 2005 concert on two CD's unlike the standard version with the best of the concert, live footage from Nîmes, London, Tokyo, and Moscow; a making of the Reise, Reise album and long video of interviews with the band, and a awesome tour book with pictures from the concerts in beautiful artistic black & white photos.
Whenever I'm going to a concert that has a band that I really like I'm always a little worried that they sound terrible and I would lose all respect for their music and never hear them again. But when I heard Rammstein's Live aus Berlin live album I haven't been worried and been wanting to go see them live and this live album is making me really want to see them.

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...And the rest with follow to the aweso

Posted : 5 months ago on 29 March 2008 06:32 (A review of ...And the Rest Will Follow)

I'm been a fan of Project 86 since their Truthless Heroes album and when I heard this album was coming out I was excited and looking forward to a great album. But what I got was their best album to date.
From their first few albums Project 86 was a rap-rock band, which was a good Christian alternative to Rage Against The Machine, but after Truthless Heroes album they went to a hard rock/post hardcore band and in ...And the Rest they pretty much mastered that sound having really hard and catchy music and lyrics that have a dark tone and sometimes critical of the church but somehow still sounds very Christian which is weird in the industry but still on par with the bands other previous songs.
In whole I really like the band and this album is a must listen for any hard rock fan even if their not a Christian.

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NOFX at their best

Posted : 5 months ago on 29 March 2008 05:45 (A review of The Greatest Songs Ever Written (By Us))

If you take all of NOFX's songs and put them together you would make a great NOFX greatest hits album... oh wait, that's what they did!
NOFX has been around the punk scene a long time and well respected too and this album takes the bands best hits from the past 15 years and puts it in one album showing off 28 great punk songs.
I find the music really catchy and what I really find appealing is the lyrics which can be very political or sarcastic and funny. From Dinosaurs Will Die which predicts the death of major record label, to The Separation of Church And Skate in complaining about the punk scene becoming crappy, to Don't Call Me White about stereotyping.
Even though I don't agree they all their songs say, some of the lyrics I do agree with and the music is great and the album is a great way to catch up for new fans and a good look back for long time fans.

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Thanks EMT's

Posted : 5 months ago on 29 March 2008 05:18 (A review of The Artist in the Ambulance)

I was kinda late for the whole Thrice bandwagon when their first two albums came out but I have picked them up and The Artist in the Ambulance was my first album and it's a great one.
Listening to the previous albums I heard some less then perfected sound that was great hearing and in Artist they perfected it with great hard rock riffs and beats, intelligent lyrics speaking about people not caring about poor countries just because their different to the Salem Witch Trails, and background effects that enrich their sound to something really great.
I really like Artist in the Ambulance and only wished that the band would have keep this sound instead going the way they did and so I rate this their best album and would recommend to anyone.

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Progressive metal done right

Posted : 5 months ago on 25 March 2008 04:24 (A review of Terminate Damnation)

I first heard of BTA a couple weeks before going to their concert and after I went I was really excited for their album to come out and I wasn't disappointed.
Now I haven't been in the metal scene for that long but I know that Terminate Damnation took a direction that most metal albums ever take, and that is with not so metal instrumentals.
The album starts with March of the Death which sounds like funeral song and the next song, Into Oblivion, kicks in really fast and powerful.
A couple songs later is Elegy a eleven minute epic song that has a classical music ABA flow as the first part is big and powerful with vocals, the second part slows down and becomes a acoustic guitar and piano piece and the last part goes back to the first part just without the vocals.
The next song, Night's Sorrow, is another instrumentals and is a really cool nocturne.
And the rest of the album has songs full of power songs with a couple more instrumentals that break up the album into a great flowing album and should be heard all the way through at least once.
If your a Christian and/or metal fan, this album is a must buy and experience.

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Rammstein as their very best!

Posted : 11 months ago on 29 September 2007 04:42 (A review of Reise, Reise)

Looking back at Rammstein previous albums, Reise, Reise is the one I keep suggesting to people when they want to know how Rammstein sounds.
Reise, Reise starts the album with a slower but powerful song that reminds me of the song 'Rammstein' from Herzeleid.
Mein Teil is a creepy song both lyrically and musically that is about a true story of a cannibal.
Dalai Lama is another lyrically creepy but musically slows down a bit.
Keine Lust is my favorite song on the album; it's fast, hard, lyrically funny (the music video is a must see too).
Los is a very interesting piece; its acoustic, very simple and a great song to chill out to.
Amerika is catchy song that criticises America capitalism in the world and the war in Iraq.
Moskau is another catchy song but bit more like Rammstein 'cause the lyrics are about Moscow being a whore.
Morgenstern is another lyrically Rammstein, energetic, and very entertaining.
Stein um Stein is creepy too and has a cool little part near the end with Till singing "Leibholz Ramm... Stein!"
Ohne Dich was meant to be on Mutter but didn't fit and its a good thing 'cause it fits perfectly here.
Amour is much like "Ohne Dich" and bring a great ending to the album and shows the band has really matured.

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Metal at its best

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago on 19 May 2007 06:10 (A review of Greatest Hits: Back to the Start (Limited Edition))

When talking about metal I alway bring up three bands; Black Sabbath, Slayer, and Megadeth.
"Back to the Start" starts with "Holy Wars..." about suicide bombing, "Sweating Bullets" about a guy suffering with dissociative identity disorder, "Kill the King" about corruption in government, to the end with "Prince of Darkness" which of course is about Lucifer; all of them bringing the heavy riffs, lyrics and all around style that makes Megadeth one of the kings of metal and showcasing their best songs over the years.

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