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Nevermore – The Obsidian Conspiracy Samples

By Trey Spencer Tuesday April 13, 2010

I have to admit that I’m a bit worried by these song samples. Despite everything I’ve read, this album just sounds like it’s going to be very dull. With the exception of “The Termination Proclamation” and the title track, every song felt like something from Dead Heart in a Dead World (an album that I’m not a huge fan of). Worse, it sounded more tame and generic than that album did. You’d have to go all the way back to their debut to find something as lifeless. I hope I’m wrong because 30 second samples definitely aren’t the whole story, but this has definitely dampened my enthusiasm for this release.

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24 Comments

Willie
04.13.10

This has me worried. Not enough to dismiss the album, but it definitely has kind of a streamlined vibe to it (again, I realize it's just 30 second samples but that's all I have to go on for now).

Metalstyles
04.13.10

I don't know who this band is, but the fact is this sounds boring as all hell. I made it to 2.30; couldn't bare any further

bloc
04.13.10

FUUUUUUUUUUU

I have to wait until later to listen....I love this band but now YOU have me worried Trey...

Willie
04.13.10

@Metalstyles: With a name like yours it should be required that you own two of Nevermore's albums: "The Politics of Ecstasy" and "This Godless Endeavor". This one, I'm definitely going to have to wait until the full album drops to make a choice.

Yeah, bloc, it's not looking good….

Metalstyles
04.13.10

well you know, there's so much music and only so little time.

TBliss
04.13.10

I felt exactly the same way after hearing the samples. Really lessened my exictment.

bloc
04.13.10

I did enjoy Dead Heart in a Dead World quite a bit though...

Willie
04.13.10

Yeah, the cover might be the most promising thing.

**I did enjoy Dead Heart in a Dead World quite a bit though…**

ha ha. Just keep telling yourself that.

bloc
04.13.10

What????

That album is awesome man! Sure, it ain't thrashy like the other albums, it's kinda more ballad-y but damn every song is awesome!

Willie
04.13.10

]Dead Heart... isn't thrashy and has too many ballads…. yuck. The first few songs are good and the closing song is awesome, as usual.

TheSpirit
04.13.10

This sounds like it's going to be failure

Dryden
04.13.10

most likley not going to check this out

Crysis
04.13.10

I haven't liked anything this band has released for quite a while.

bloc
04.13.10

Fuck it, I decided to bust out the headphones...

Clip sounds really good, a lot of the time it looks like they're just playing the choruses of each song. Shit, I am really looking forward to this.

coneren
04.13.10

I don't think it sounded bad at all, but I still highly doubt I'll like this as much as This Godless Endeavor

Willie
04.13.10

Headphones won't help this. It does sound like they're just playing choruses, and they're generally a littlle more tame but nothing has ever sounded as bad as that "Build Your Wall" song.

bloc
04.13.10

Haha yeah, it was probably the worst sounding one yet.

Hyperion1001
04.13.10

I have been looking forward to this release for quite some time, because everything Nevermore has done, with the exception of Enemies of Reality and the s/t, has been brilliant. But, this curbed my enthusiasm more than i wanted it to.

Is it a bad thing that Jeff Loomis's solo album sounds miles ahead of this?

Deviant.
04.13.10

Doesn't sound all that bad to be honest

bloc
04.13.10

THANK YOU

Yazz_Flute
04.13.10

This Godless Endeavor is a 3.5 at best for me honestly. Never really got the love for this band.

Yazz_Flute
04.13.10

also was that the same clip that began Kezia?

Willie
04.13.10

I love this band. I'll be disappointed by this experiment, but I'll get over it if they don't follow up with more of the same.

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