Album Rating: 3.5
Elements is the third release by Florida’s Atheist. The album is more jazz-fusion, infused with Latin rhythms and weird time signatures as opposed to being technical death metal. It's a good record, but it's not on the same level as the two masterpieces that came before it.
There are some great riffs on here, specifically the title track, Water, and Air. Kelly's vocal performance is excellent, the lyrics are solid, Tony Choy is Brilliant, and the two lead guitarists perform some cool solos.
The drumming on this album is good, it's not like it detracts from the listening experience, but Steve Flynn is hugely missed. Steve Flynn is in a league of his own and with his talent I think he could have made this record even better.
While this experimental album has some cool parts, it also has problems in the songwriting department. The main problem is that it's not particularly cohesive and suffers from lack of focus. Pieces like Displacement and Fractal Point used as interludes are boring and utterly useless. Samba Briza gets a pass because of Tony Choy's solid bass line. The mid paced songs Animal and Mineral are repetitive and feel underdeveloped, while the track Fire plods on way too long and is doesn't get good until 3+ minutes in. The track Earth starts off decent enough and then has this atrocious bass drop. What the fuck were they thinking?
Even with it's flaws, this is still an album worth checking out if you are a fan of Atheist, jazz-fusion, or progressive music.
You have to give the band props for throwing this together in 40 days just to fulfill their contract agreement. Atheist could have recorded a turd, but they wrote some interesting music and avoided technical wankery.
I highly recommend the remaster solely for the Unquestionable Presence live tracks.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Lol you could have just submitted your own review
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Album Rating: 4.0
^^^. also, mineral made me love this album.
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Album Rating: 4.0
so freaking good
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Album Rating: 4.5
whoa 3.8 on avg for this gem
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Album Rating: 4.5
i think i have a remastered version or something, i can't find the "horrible" production
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yeah same I love this band
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
There's a part in Mineral where it actually sounds like he's singing
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Album Rating: 4.5
why was every atheist album given shit production quality like
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Album Rating: 4.0
UP though?
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Album Rating: 4.5
Again, MAYBE i am listening some remastered stuff, because i can't HEAR the bad production
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off
Well the snares do sound slightly like St. Anger at points, and it sounds almost brickwalled at times to me
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Album Rating: 4.5
UP sounds like a mediocre live recording and POT is mixed in the wrong frequency and gives me a headache
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Album Rating: 4.0
I feel like the riffs are there but I cant hear any of them due to the appalling mixing. Sounds like they mixed every instrument into one channel and then set it to mono.
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Album Rating: 3.5
maybe the worst sounding record in my collection
and ive got beherit demos and shit
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Album Rating: 4.0
need a remaster to the xtreem
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Album Rating: 4.0
Excellent
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Album Rating: 4.0
Beherit and atheist should've toured lol
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Album Rating: 4.0
hook the ax up to the microwave
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Album Rating: 3.0
Weren't these guys supposed to have a new album out in like 2014?
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