Monday, December 1, 2008

Zao/The Ocean/Austrian Death Machine/Emery/As Cities Burn

Liberate Te Ex Inferis (Save Yourself From Hell)-Probably the scariest and dark of all Zao's releases. The album is based on the book "Dante's Inferno" and every two songs are divided into a different ring of hell. (I: Limbo, II: The Lustful, III: The Gluttonous, IV: The Hoarders and the Spendthrifts, V: The Wrathful) The Album's last track is probably the scariest thing i have ever heard aside from some songs by The Axis Of Perdition. This album is great. Recommended to fans of: The Axis Of Perdition. Overall Rating: 8.3/10
Precambrian-The newest release from The Ocean Collective. This one they decided to bring in a cool idea of splitting the album in two. The first disc is their heavier material, more death and sludge material. The second disc is more atmospheric symphonic sludge. The release is very good, and experiments (again) with metalcore and deathcore elements. Recommended to fans of: Irreversible, Atmospheric Sludge, and Death metal. Overall Rating: 7.1/10
Total Brutal-A side project from Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying. This album is madddd funny. It is very upbeat, hypey thrash/crossover/metalcore. The album is based on Tim's love for Arnold Schwarzanegger and his movies. The album has many guests, including Destroy The Runner's singer Chad Ackerman doing the impressions. The album has songs based on his movies like: Kindergarten Cop, Predator, Terminator, and others. This album is the best thrash release i have listened to ever. Recommended to fans of: Destroy The Runner, As I Lay Dying. Overall Rating: 8.8/10
While Broken Hearts Prevail-Emery's newest release. An EP release of new songs that will be featured on the new 2009 album. This album has a reissue from their first EP which i was excited about. The EP was supposedly reminiscent of the "Columbus EEP Thee" Ep, but i truly find it as a transition that was missing between their first and second album. I love the release and i'm ready to listen to this CD a million times like my other emery cds :3 Recommended for fans of: Emarosa, Akissforjersey, Youinseries. Overall Rating: 9.9/10
Come Now Sleep-For the longest time i hated this release because i was so upset at the fact their old singer left and their style drastically changed. They went off like Destroy The Runner, where they went from almost all screaming, to almost all singing. The album is very technical/atmospheric/ambient post hardcore. I love the material now that i gave it a chance. I obviously love it for totally different reasons than i love their previous album. Recommended to fans of: Emarosa, Youinseries, Versus The Mirror. Overall Rating: 9.8/10

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