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We Are The NightmareArsis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ARSIS - WE ARE THE NIGHTMARE (CD) |  | |||
| 15 April 2008 - Nuclear Blast | |||||||
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Tracklist
1. We Are The Nightmare 2. Shattering The Spell 3. Sightless Wisdom 4. Servants To The Night 5. Failing Winds Of Hopeless Greed 6. Overthrown 7. Progressive Entrapment 8. A Feast For The Liar's Tongue 9. My Oath To Madness 10. Failure's Conquest  the lyrics |
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| Arsis have released quite a death/thrash beast here. Newly moved to Nuclear Blast, it shows a band invigorated and ready to jump out there and take up the mantel of thrash for the 21st century. Singer James Malone's vocals possess that vitriolic bark that matches up with the awesome riffing he and Ryan Knight throw out all over this record. It drips with musical quality, solos fly from left and right and the technicality of some of the riffs is most impressive. However therein lies a problem with this album, the technicality. Of course, fretboard wankery is all the rage these days ever since Dragonforce appeared with their 3000 notes-per-second 'extreme power metal' and unfortunately it has moved into other genres. Its not necessarily a bad thing, as the title track and Servants to the Night show with wonderful ability, but the ironically titled Progressive Entrapment throws lots of ideas at you without coming up with a particularly coherent result. Myself being a fan of a myriad of technical metal found it an impressive listen but only after a few runs through it. Its not for a casual metal fan, its work can feel a bit overpowering and certain tracks lack that 'easy to headbang to' section that appeals to the mainstream metal public. Overall though, its solid enough, an enjoyable thrash through 10 tracks of melodic death with many bursts of technicality for the fretboard watchers in us out there, but some may find it a bit too messy. Maybe a bit less on the notes-per-second, and more on a streamlining of their attack for their next album and these guys could definitely put together an excellent work. | ||
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