What could they do to make it less boring? Every time I hear a band attempt to stray from the same mathematical formula of melodeath, it ends up a synth-fess that is just distracting or the piece really lacks cohesion. Has Melodeath hit it's peak of "average"? I think it has.
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Album Rating: 3.2
It just seems to lack energy, emotion and/or aggression. I have the same problem with most Insomnium and Amon Amarth albums. The growls are so sterile and the music seems to bent on getting to the next cyclical melodic guitar part that the songs all blend together.
I think that melodeath still has a chance, the bands in the genre just need to find their way again. When was the last time someone put out a heavy and melodic death metal album like Heartwork or a creative/thoughtful release like Fiction? It's been too long. Most of these bands just seem to have tunnel vision right now.
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Album Rating: 3.5
Fiction was only released like 4 years ago.
There are some really good moments on this.
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Album Rating: 2.5
I disagree about Insomnium not having energy, emotion or aggression. In fact I'd say they are the most "emotional" melodic death metal band around today.
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agree with crysis
did you ever get to listen to Be'lakor's Stones Reach, Willie? It came out in 2009
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Album Rating: 4.5
I think Insomnium have emotion and energy and all of that, I just don't feel like they pull it off well. It just ends up boring me. I didn't feel that at all with this or any Amon Amarth albums.
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Album Rating: 3.5
I actually thought Stone's Reach was somewhat boring. I loved the hell out of Be'lakor a few years back but they grew off of me.
This could be bumped to a 4 in the future but it's a 3.5 for now. Also I really dislike the name of the band.
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Album Rating: 3.2
Fiction was only released like 4 years ago. It seems like it was longer ago than that. Anyway, with all of the bands that play this style of music four years is still too long. I disagree about Insomnium not having energy, emotion or aggression. In fact I'd say they are the most "emotional" melodic death metal band around today. They might have had some energy, etc at one time, but their last album was so by-the-numbers and lifeless. Only the short intro song showed what they are capable of.did you ever get to listen to Be'lakor's Stones Reach, Willie? No. I guess I will.
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Album Rating: 2.5
"Lay Of The Autumn" is certainly not by the numbers or lifeless. The only song which is really "lifeless" on their latest album is "Where The Last Wave Broke".
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Word. Thanks for your time Jared. And great review as always. You have a pos from my heart =)
lol
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Melodeath as a genre definitely feels stale and played out right now. Honestly, even the albums you guys are talking about as examples of the better recent albums in the genre (e.g. Stone's Reach, Fiction), are fairly boring. But give it a few years and I'm sure a fresh wave of melodeath bands will come around, just look at the 08-10 revival of OSDM, a style that for years had felt as stale as melodeath does now
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Album Rating: 2.5
Since you mentioned Amon Amarth, Amorphis and Be'Lakor, all of which I've enjoyed, I'll be checking this out. Also nice reviewing and all that, your tempo is still insanely high.
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this is some of the most insipid music i've ever heard
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Album Rating: 3.5
The Distance is pretty fun.
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Album Rating: 2.5
qwe's spot on
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Album Rating: 2.5
Yeah this is actually kinda boring and lifeless.
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After hearing that Be'lakor album, it's solid but unspectacular. 3.75 from me.
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Album Rating: 2.5
weird how this still has a 4+ avg rating on RYM.
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Album Rating: 2.5
Wow, that's surprising.
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Album Rating: 2.5
probably just all the melodeath hipsters, it'll drop sooner or later.
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