I realize that the metal community has collective low expectations for this album. And while this album is by no means a throwback to their older style, it is a re-priortization and re-focus that saves this album from being a total bomb. With Soundtrack To Your Escape, it seemed the songs started heavy and concentrated on that heaviness with intermitten melody here and there. With Come Clarity, it seems that In Flames has put the focus back on melody and turned down the all-out heaviness a bit. As a result, however, these songs lack some of the catchiness that STYE had. Anders' Jonathan Davis-esque clean vocals are still here and used often during choruses, but I don't mind that much (but I wish he could sound like he did on Ordinary Story...). Keyboards seem to be turned down as well, and as far as lyrics not much has changed. They still come off as slightly incoherent much like STYE and Reroute to Remain. Solos still aren't has powerful as they should be, though. All in all, not completely terrible, but the material from Clayman and before is still leagues ahead of this newer material.

Wow!! This is total shit! - 12%
Written by UltraBoris on December 2nd, 2002

This sounds so horrible, that it is amusing... you can go to the Korrozia site and download it yourself...

http://korrroziametalla.inc.ru/!vz/!.htm

The production is terrible, and the vocalist sounds like he is approximately nine years old! This is pretty hilarious - these songs would obviously suck far less when redone later. Pretty amusing in its terribleness.

Pretty horrible, completely expendable - 41%
Written by UltraBoris on August 14th, 2002

There are two good songs on here: "99 Ways to Die" and "Go to Hell". There is also "Diadems" which is pretty nice when it gets around to picking up. The rest is pretty much utter crap.

"Angry Again" sucks. It seems to be the "hit single" from this album, but it's gotta be one of the worst songs Megadeth has ever done. It's pretty much the same riff set as "Symphony of Destruction" but executed far worse. "No More Mr. Nice Guy" is pretty lame, and so is "Problems". Two stupid covers.

"Breakpoint" is merely okay, and "Paranoid" isn't nearly as menacing as the original. It's the obligatory covers album that every band insists on doing, and is quite not worth the attention.

Haha that has to be one of his worst reviews and one of the worst I have seen on this site.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=3995

bronxlords one is the one im pointing out, but none of them are that great...

I wonder if that album is as good as they make it seem...

Emperor does it again - 87%
Written by Warriorofmoderndeath on November 10th, 2002

Well I got this cd just a few hours ago and let me say I am impressed,even though Emperor buried their early legacy of pure Black Metal with many releases that where poor excuses for a black metal album,let me tell you that this live album is massive and when you listen to it,at time you might feel like your head is going to explode.
The cd comes with Emperor screen savers and a video for "I am the black wizards"Which is my personal favorite Emperor song,I am guessing that the video is taken from their Emperial Live Ceremony DVD,the performance is great and so are the screen savers.Anyways let's get down to business,the cd starts with Ihsahn screaming out "Curse you all men!"as the song starts,this song sounds great live even though it isnt that amazing.
The cd continues on with "Thus spake the nightspirit"which is a pretty decent performance,sounds better live than as a studio recording I might add also,then Emperor attacks you with "I am the black wizards"as I said my personal favorite song by them,this song sounds extremely intense live..it's great!
"An elegy of icaros"is next,this track isnt that great it is pretty good but nothing amazing that dosnt sound different from the studio version,"With strenght I burn"is up next..I dont really like this song so I cant really comment much on it,"Sworn"comes next..this track is very intense..the guitars sound amazing live.
"Night of the graveless souls" does it's assault to the fans but it bored me instead it isnt that good of a track,then comes the extremely powerful track "Inno a satana"!I am so glad that they play this track,the chorus parts sound so much better live it's great!
the dissapoint parts are that they played to much material from their most current releases,they finish off the set with "Ye Entracemperium"which is an OK way to finish it but I wish they would of played "Wrath of the tyrant"that would of been great.
Anyways this cd kicks major ass but I just wish that they would of picked a better selection of Emperor material,but dont get me wrong for a hardcore Emperor fan this album kicks ass.

Deleted it. The rest of those are pretty weak, too. Someone ought to review that disc.

This album...well...its time someone sounded like classic Metallica, cos they (Metallica) certainly don't anymore. The Crusade is packed of killer riffs and blasting solos, which in my opinion rates it very high in my view of modern popular thrash/metalcore.

The opening track, Ignition, opens with the best riff i've heard since Master of Puppets itself; then follows with anthemic choruses and melodic sections. These melodic phrases continue throughout the album providing a pleasant contrast to the harsher instrumental section of the band.

Following this there is the song Entrance of the Conflagration, containing a massive solo played far beyond one would expect of Heafy/Beulieu given their ages and experiences. Heafy's vocals on this track are catchy and he finds a comfortable medium between the growls/shouts and whiney vocals of previous albums.

The album plays on to its instumental cadence with The Crusade, a finer collection of riffs i have never heard and the guitar and drums on this track are just stunning.

All in all, The Crusade is at thrash masterpiece, sounding a lot like Metallica in places. But, the to the devoted listener many other elements are present - since when has Metallica regularly used blastbeats? And who can forget the chart success of this album? If, through this album more people can get into metal than we should all be happy. The Classic Metallica legacy lives on in this band.

All in all, The Crusade is at thrash masterpiece...

Arsis is an amazing band with amazing chemistry. Their debut album proved that to all of us. From the highly organized riffs to the endless attack of aggressive drumming, we see that Arsis is a band well worth keeping up with.

I'm still not so sure about what to think of A Diamond for Disease. Sure, it's done very well and the quality is far from lacking, but something about this E.P. just doesn't rest well with me for some reason. Their sound has definitely changed, and that's always a hard thing for true fans to deal with. Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed these three amazing tracks, but something about it is different. It doesn't feel like the Arsis I’ve known and loved for so long.

Malone will never fail to surprise me with his ability to write riffs that flow so smoothly with each other. At the same time beautiful and aggressive, the guitar work and musicianship is at the very least impressive and well done. Arsis’ chemistry between guitarist and drummer is always flawless and nice to listen to, while the soaring guitar solos and underlying rhythms make for an amazing musical composition.

I will give them credit for making a nice E.P. that leads up to a beautiful, although highly different, new album. The lyrical concepts are amazing and written like a true poet. This is one element of Arsis that I hope will never change. The Vocals are amazing as well. Malone is an all-around metal genius when it comes to musical and vocal talent, and A Diamond for Disease definitely lets it show.

Despite all my qualms with these three tracks, I must say that I enjoyed listening to it and it carries through to United in Regret as well as could possibly be done. I'll let old Arsis be old Arsis and accept the fact that their sound has changed. I recommend this E.P. to all of those that enjoyed A Celebration of Guilt, and all of those that were confused by United in Regret. This E.P. is definitely the carry-through that was necessary.

The latest review for the newest Trivium album is pretty crappy:

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=126926#78831

Echoes of War was originally an EP, but then made into an MCD. Here we have four songs making a very short MCD for only 15 minutes. However, the song alone 'In God We Trust' (a Stryper Cover) makes this album worth all the money, and i'm not just saying this because i'm a big Stryper fan. As the MCD states it was only released as a bonus track for the Japenese version of Hastings 1066. Anyway it is truly a fantastic epic power metal song, with great progressive and medieval influence and the use of a chior to add to the feel of Saxon England. The other songs are good but not as good as this, Echoes of war is just taken from Hastings 1066, even though it's a great song it really has no real purpose for this MCD other then to make it longer. Anyway the 2 other songs are rare 'brasilian versions' of Thy Majestie's debut 'The Lasting Power'. Hywelbane is a 1 minute instrumental/atmopsheric song that prepares us for Facing the beast which is another fantastic epic hymn in the typical vein of Thy Majestie's Progressive/Power metal sound. Overall 92/100.

http://www.metal-archives.com/review.php?id=37451#92421

I'm puzzled how something this short got accepted (when the rules said you shouldn't do one paragraph reviews), but my review for Tarot's "To Live Forever", which was very long and extensive, was rejected because of the first paragraph being 'too melodramatic.'

I remember writing the rejection notice and then copying it to an email (just in case his notifications are off/not working), then when I hit the reject button a message came up about it already not existing/had already been rejected, so I left it at that. I figured someone else beat me to it.

The only review of the new Finntroll is exceedingly amateurish. (



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... and still burns... - 95%
Written by Agathocles on May 14th, 2004

for a brief time more.

The entire record is very solid, with all tracks being on near equal levels of quality.

Standouts perhaps are the first two tracks, and "One Foot in Hell", whose riff is very strong, though I think the song dwindles some after its introduction.

Sadly, this is the last album to feature guitarist Jerry Fogle and bassist Michael Flint. I'm not sure why Flint left but it may have been due to the story of Jerry. Shortly after the release of "One Foot In Hell" Jerry left Cirith Ungol.

Suggested Tracks: Blood and Iron, Chaos Descends, The Fire, One Foot in Hell.