broken bride review

[wtf_matey]

Good morning again, another cd review, todays review will be broken bride by ludo. Ludo, one of the bands I got into very randomly. Walking through fye I discovered I had a $50 gift certificate for strawberrys, but they are now fye, so that worked in my favor, either way, grady convinced me to try them, now theyre part of my normal repertoire. Anywho, broken bride is their rock opera. Genius’ wife is killed and he makes a time machine to go back and saves her, and he goes too far, and hes with dinosaurs, though no dinosaurs are actually mentioned, pteradactyals are not technically dinosaurs, I forget the reasoning, then he goes to the future to just in time to prevent the zombie apocalypse. Fun fun.

A+= legen- wait for it- dary, among the best songs I have ever heard

A= awesome

B= pretty good,

Average is somewhere in here.

C= below average

D= forgettable

F= miley cyrus

1. pt. 1, broken bride. Really enjoy the beginning. I also enjoy the first line “15 years I race against the constant c, the speed of light” sets it up nicely. I really like the beat and drums in this one. gotta give it props for using the word pterodactyls. And the bridge is a contrast, though im not too nuts about it. Though I like how it ends. Song break. And the way they break into the chorus and the way its carried out is awesome. Nice use of moog. And it ends. A-
2. save our city. I like how it works into the cd as a whole. It kinda sets the stage for later in the cd with it being an opera and such. Not quite catchy, but good none the less. And credit for having zombies in it. The beat with the guitar and drum working together is ok. It also has a suicide. Fun fun. Not quite a happy song. I really like the zombie vocal part. You get the picture that it’s a giant hoard. And the snare drum works with it. And the build up to the inspirational speech (come on, losing a war to zombies, there has to be at least one) is just phenomenal, with “save our city” the zombie hoard working together, tied together with the instruments, and the inspiring part works right in. and it includes the phrase “anything can be a weapon if your holding it right.” Enjoyable. One of those songs I can rock out to. Though the end is kinda lacking, the voices kinda drag and take forever. Followed by the bell or gong or whatever. Overall, great song. A-
3. pt 2. tonight’s the night. I like the guitar that goes through the song. And a good transition from verse to chorus. And I also like the moog in the verse. Enjoyable solo. I also like the ending. It builds the character well. Overall, its pretty good. Shorter than the other songs, but sometimes less is more. Either way B+.
4.  pt 3, lamb and the dragon. Love the beginning to this song. Kick ass guitar. And the voices. Then it breaks heavy metal, just to kick to a more country kind of guitar. It’s a really good mix. And it breaks again to heavy just in time for the chorus. And of course the whistle solo. You just cant have a cd without one of those. And after verse 2 it goes to a kick ass guitar solo. And slows to a stop… and turns back up again to make it seem like some kind of epic battle, or some epic creature has come upon us. And then the way it ends gives a satisfying end, the solo that is. The songs still going. It’s a slower part, but it throws back to the melody of the first song, with I like, it works well with that part. So up to this part, it’s an A. then it goes into the slow boring part. I can see how it is necessary for the opera, but its so long and drawn out. If it were a song by its self, it would be a C, but its still does not completely nullify the awesomeness that is the beginning of this song. And you can skip the end if you want, so im still giving it an A-.
5. pt 4. morning in may. Piano to begin. Slower, but works. It works well for the situation. Kinda touchy… sappy. But more touching than most sappy songs. It starts to pick up a little. Bridge is good. Ok, I really like the bridge. it gives the story a good conclusion. And it works well into a modified chorus. And it gives a satisfying conclusion to the story. Well I think it is anyway. And the rest of the song is kinda pointless. Not much to say about it. For some reason theres 2 minutes left, must just be the way the cd burned. B+

overall, I really like this cd, given that 3 out of 5 songs got an A- I think that’s pretty good. It really packs a punch for a cd with only 5 songs. So I shall give it an A-.