Shadow's Fall
The Art Of Balance (2002 Century Media)
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The 3rd album from
Shadows Fall sees the band crunching onward with the old
school euro-metal meets 80's thrash sound that created an
entire scene here in MA, the results of which included All
That Remains and Killswitch Engage being signed. The melodic
Iron Maiden-ish solos that are severely lacking in today's
so called metal are still here in full force and Brian's vocals
have come a long way as well. The title track is huge, as
is "The Idiot Box" - classic melodic metal at it's finest.
"Casting Shade" also stands out on this one, it's a short
instrumental that reminds me of something Sepultura could've
pulled off on "Arise". The cover of Pink Floyd's "Welcome To
The Machine" is pretty amazing, very, very well done. They
rightfully pay tribute with this cover instead of slaughtering
it (like a certain band they just came off a tour with did to
their Pink Floyd "cover"). However, I'm not hearing anything
else that the band hasn't already done before on this album.
It's the same old Shadow's Fall recipe here, and that in
itself isn't bad, they've definately got their own sound,
but without some change these guys are going to dig
themselves a hole.
Album Rating:
Reviewed by: Wolfie
Album review
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The 3rd album from
Shadows Fall sees the band crunching onward with the old
school euro-metal meets 80's thrash sound that created an
entire scene here in MA, the results of which included All
That Remains and Killswitch Engage being signed. The melodic
Iron Maiden-ish solos that are severely lacking in today's
so called metal are still here in full force and Brian's vocals
have come a long way as well. The title track is huge, as
is "The Idiot Box" - classic melodic metal at it's finest.
"Casting Shade" also stands out on this one, it's a short
instrumental that reminds me of something Sepultura could've
pulled off on "Arise". The cover of Pink Floyd's "Welcome To
The Machine" is pretty amazing, very, very well done. They
rightfully pay tribute with this cover instead of slaughtering
it (like a certain band they just came off a tour with did to
their Pink Floyd "cover"). However, I'm not hearing anything
else that the band hasn't already done before on this album.
It's the same old Shadow's Fall recipe here, and that in
itself isn't bad, they've definately got their own sound,
but without some change these guys are going to dig
themselves a hole.
Album Rating:
Reviewed by: Wolfie
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The 3rd album from
Shadows Fall sees the band crunching onward with the old
school euro-metal meets 80's thrash sound that created an
entire scene here in MA, the results of which included All
That Remains and Killswitch Engage being signed. The melodic
Iron Maiden-ish solos that are severely lacking in today's
so called metal are still here in full force and Brian's vocals
have come a long way as well. The title track is huge, as
is "The Idiot Box" - classic melodic metal at it's finest.
"Casting Shade" also stands out on this one, it's a short
instrumental that reminds me of something Sepultura could've
pulled off on "Arise". The cover of Pink Floyd's "Welcome To
The Machine" is pretty amazing, very, very well done. They
rightfully pay tribute with this cover instead of slaughtering
it (like a certain band they just came off a tour with did to
their Pink Floyd "cover"). However, I'm not hearing anything
else that the band hasn't already done before on this album.
It's the same old Shadow's Fall recipe here, and that in
itself isn't bad, they've definately got their own sound,
but without some change these guys are going to dig
themselves a hole.
Album Rating:
Reviewed by: Wolfie
The 3rd album from
Shadows Fall sees the band crunching onward with the old
school euro-metal meets 80's thrash sound that created an
entire scene here in MA, the results of which included All
That Remains and Killswitch Engage being signed. The melodic
Iron Maiden-ish solos that are severely lacking in today's
so called metal are still here in full force and Brian's vocals
have come a long way as well. The title track is huge, as
is "The Idiot Box" - classic melodic metal at it's finest.
"Casting Shade" also stands out on this one, it's a short
instrumental that reminds me of something Sepultura could've
pulled off on "Arise". The cover of Pink Floyd's "Welcome To
The Machine" is pretty amazing, very, very well done. They
rightfully pay tribute with this cover instead of slaughtering
it (like a certain band they just came off a tour with did to
their Pink Floyd "cover"). However, I'm not hearing anything
else that the band hasn't already done before on this album.
It's the same old Shadow's Fall recipe here, and that in
itself isn't bad, they've definately got their own sound,
but without some change these guys are going to dig
themselves a hole.
Album Rating:
Reviewed by: Wolfie