Album Rating: 2.5 | Sound Off
Extremely average album overall. Fable of the Silent Son is by far the best thing on here, but thats pretty much it. A lot of the lyrics are so half assed and clichéd, and Myles bird voice is starting to get very annoying to listen to. Hate to say it cause I'm such a fan of the first 4 albums, but I think they should just call it quits at this point.
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Album Rating: 4.0
This is my observation.
The singles (plus Stay) were pretty meh to generic with a sprinkling of solid heavy riffs (This Is War intro riff, title track bridge, and the main riff of Sin After Sin). Silver Tongue and the title track were just no good for me except for the sprinkling of heavy riffs (not a lot on those songs).
However where things take a turn for the better is the second half of the tracks I didn't mention yet. "Dead Among the Living" is really heavy and reminiscent of "Still Remains" and "Last of Our Kind". That track is pretty good. "Holiday" starts to pick up the pace with a very "Farther Than the Sun" kind of vibe.
Now we finally get our "holy trinity" of songs. "Fable of the Silent Son", "Season of Promise" and "Last Man Standing" are to me the best songs on this album. Fable has their heaviest riffs to date, I dare to say heavier than "The Other Side", "Island of Fools", "The Last hero", "Bleed it Dry", "Peace is Broken" and others, and the structure and progression this song has is phenomenal. I put this song next to "Cry of Achilles", "The Last Hero", "This Side of Fate", and for respect's sake "Blackbird" (not my favorite of their epics, but a darn good track); another honorable mention would be "Fortress" (though I love it it's arguably their weakest epic by far). "Season of Promise" has one of their catchiest choruses to date, and overall the riffing is just delicious. Nothing super complex, but the bliss of this song is actually its simplicity and the lyrical content. Very good power ballad. Finally we have "Last Man Standing", another song with awesome riffs and a tinge of progressive elements that are a fun challenge to try headbanging in sync to. Intro harks back to songs like "Slip to the Void" or "Calm the Fire". I put this song near "The End is Here" "White Knuckles" or "Coeur D' Alene" for quality, but not as good as tracks like "Indoctrination", "Isolation" or "Ties That Bind".
Ugh, probably time to write a review for this album, LOL
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