Postby Cognitive Gear » Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:49 pm
Managed to snag an early listen. Using spoiler tags just in case.
First Impressions:
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The Reaping- is an awesome opener. I hope this indicates an amazing album.
No World For Tomorrow- Kicks right into the album. Pretty good track, but my initial impression is that I expect more out of them. Perhaps my opinion will change with more listens.
The Hound- I'm in love with the beginning of this song. Not on the same level of initial love I had for Welcome Home, but I still love it. I am really enjoying this track.
Feathers- Ok. This makes me start to realise one of the reasons that there probably won't be any "epic" songs on this album. Most of the epic story material was used last album, so there are a lot of character relationships to tie up. Good track. I'll have to listen to it when I have relationship problems. :p
The Running Free- CoCa fans have heard this already.
Mother Superior- Makes me want to cut myself, but in a good way. As in, the song itself isn't bad, it's just an extremely depressing song.
Gravemakers and Gunslingers- I enjoy this track quite a bit, but you've already heard it.
Justice in Murder- Pretty decent. Reminds me of something, but I can't put my finger on it.
On to my favorite parts of the previous albums: The numbered tracks. (Don't know what else to call them...)
The End Complete I: The Fall of House Atlantic- ..................
That was LAME. WTC CLAUDIO?
The End Complete II: Radio Bye Bye- Here we go. This track is pretty catchy. Not too fond of it, but it is catchy. Some interesting vocals near the end.
The End Complete III: The End Complete- Not Sure what to think of this one. Part of me feels that it is generic, another part of me wonders what is wrong with the rest of me. Towards the end, the latter half of me was proven correct. However, I am now 5 minutes into the song and I can say that this track could have been finished 2 minutes ago quite soundly. Still 2 minutes to go. Nothing much to say after that.
The End Complete IV: The Road And The Damned- Decent track. I actually like the lyrics quite a bit.
The End Complete V: On The Brink- Looks like another 7 minute track. Halfway through, this track is cool in it's own way. There is a section in the middle that is very repetitive.
The end of this song is awesome.
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So that's my initial, first listen impressions. We'll see if this is one of those albums that grows on you as you listen to it more.
[font="Tahoma"][SIZE="2"]"It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things."
-Terry Pratchett[/SIZE][/font]