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Ihsahn - The Adversary
Once Again the master, the king, the EMPEROR of metal returns. From the first track, Ivocation clearly as ever, Ihsahn proves his endeavors to be epic and unavoidable. It almost seems as if he has continued Empeor where they started to become stale. Here he lacks much of the synth love and ambience that embraced Peccatum, but he has throughout not become so reliant on the default symphonic churning that so clichés his genre. On the contrary he has invoked the natural voice of the music that to many seemed lost in Emperors past. He has as well conjured up some classic metal tonation which cleans Ihsahn of his dark history...or so it seems. Called by the Fire could fit right into the Judas Priest of the past, except that here he throws into that familiarity his own spin (something that I think makes him substantially more powerful than even the admittedly glorious Iron Maiden and others from which Emperor sprung). Tiki's Picks: Invocation, Called by the Fire, Citizen, Homecoming, Panem et Circenses, Will You Love Me Now?, The Pain Is Still Mine.
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Still the strange Trent Raznor refuses to heed his own suicidal runes. However depressing or socially revoking he wishes to be, countless will continue to listen. Unlike his other (late) contemporaries, Reznor loves the intrigue of his life and the chaos it bleeds to those who both love and loathe his music. One thing that he has never done was attempt to become larger than he saw fit. Instead even the unexpectedness of his music leads him to be shunned by those who could get past his degrading summary. Behind the veil that keeps him safe from overpopularity, his work as a whole can be seen as hopeful and uplifting. Besides that, Nine Inch Nails are known to be bold. This continues tenfold on With Teeth. The whole congregation seems to become louder at many times. The mastery of synth as an unnoticeable driving force makes the tone so deep and dynamic. Reznor does not forget his roots as he tears through 12 tracks of strangely familliar and inviting music or rantings. The unique output of angst is what makes listening to his music so rewarding. Music like this puts a smile on my face. Tiki's Picks: All the Love in the World, You KNow What You Are?, The Collector, Every Day Is Exactly the Same, Only, Right Where It Belongs.
Eighteen Visions - The Best Of...
Although there is beauty in the mostly brash rarity of the vocals and quickly changing music here, there is also much to question about such an irregularity. While they can not always be understood, the lyrics are well done in most cases. They pull a thought of Mission of Burma's slowly defacing lyrics to my head. The problem I have with the collection, and possibly the band's repetoire is the lack of dynamics, something which I find to be of utmost concern. Too much akin to the Deftones are they that if they only left some space for alaboration, they might be a great cover band. Some of their earlier stuff seems way too overdone and much less thought out, but of course that is simply a starting point for them as they move into their more balanced future. Sometimes the band begs to be compared to Fear Before the March of Flames (what I consider to be the emobodiment of horrible), but in their subtle Deftonesque tonal shifting, they redeem many seemingly tasteless tunes. Tiki's Picks: Slipping Through the Hands of God, Motionless and White; Raping, Laughing, Tasting, Temptation; Isola in the Rain, Dead Rose.
Once Again the master, the king, the EMPEROR of metal returns. From the first track, Ivocation clearly as ever, Ihsahn proves his endeavors to be epic and unavoidable. It almost seems as if he has continued Empeor where they started to become stale. Here he lacks much of the synth love and ambience that embraced Peccatum, but he has throughout not become so reliant on the default symphonic churning that so clichés his genre. On the contrary he has invoked the natural voice of the music that to many seemed lost in Emperors past. He has as well conjured up some classic metal tonation which cleans Ihsahn of his dark history...or so it seems. Called by the Fire could fit right into the Judas Priest of the past, except that here he throws into that familiarity his own spin (something that I think makes him substantially more powerful than even the admittedly glorious Iron Maiden and others from which Emperor sprung). Tiki's Picks: Invocation, Called by the Fire, Citizen, Homecoming, Panem et Circenses, Will You Love Me Now?, The Pain Is Still Mine.
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
Still the strange Trent Raznor refuses to heed his own suicidal runes. However depressing or socially revoking he wishes to be, countless will continue to listen. Unlike his other (late) contemporaries, Reznor loves the intrigue of his life and the chaos it bleeds to those who both love and loathe his music. One thing that he has never done was attempt to become larger than he saw fit. Instead even the unexpectedness of his music leads him to be shunned by those who could get past his degrading summary. Behind the veil that keeps him safe from overpopularity, his work as a whole can be seen as hopeful and uplifting. Besides that, Nine Inch Nails are known to be bold. This continues tenfold on With Teeth. The whole congregation seems to become louder at many times. The mastery of synth as an unnoticeable driving force makes the tone so deep and dynamic. Reznor does not forget his roots as he tears through 12 tracks of strangely familliar and inviting music or rantings. The unique output of angst is what makes listening to his music so rewarding. Music like this puts a smile on my face. Tiki's Picks: All the Love in the World, You KNow What You Are?, The Collector, Every Day Is Exactly the Same, Only, Right Where It Belongs.
Eighteen Visions - The Best Of...
Although there is beauty in the mostly brash rarity of the vocals and quickly changing music here, there is also much to question about such an irregularity. While they can not always be understood, the lyrics are well done in most cases. They pull a thought of Mission of Burma's slowly defacing lyrics to my head. The problem I have with the collection, and possibly the band's repetoire is the lack of dynamics, something which I find to be of utmost concern. Too much akin to the Deftones are they that if they only left some space for alaboration, they might be a great cover band. Some of their earlier stuff seems way too overdone and much less thought out, but of course that is simply a starting point for them as they move into their more balanced future. Sometimes the band begs to be compared to Fear Before the March of Flames (what I consider to be the emobodiment of horrible), but in their subtle Deftonesque tonal shifting, they redeem many seemingly tasteless tunes. Tiki's Picks: Slipping Through the Hands of God, Motionless and White; Raping, Laughing, Tasting, Temptation; Isola in the Rain, Dead Rose.