Celldweller
Soundtrack For The Voices In My Head 2, Chapter 01


2.0
poor

Review

by Blindsided USER (64 Reviews)
May 17th, 2011 | 20 replies


Release Date: 2010 | Tracklist

Review Summary: The voices in Klayton's head need some recommendations for new music pronto.

Well Klayton sure has his hands full. Between trying to release the last couple chapters of Wish Upon A Blackstar, he’s been finishing other unreleased EP’s and volumes in his never ending saga. Soundtrack For The Voices In My Head Vol. 2 is the second installment in this series and it doesn’t flourish as well as any of his other material, at all. This four track EP is supported on the first “half” by three tracks that see Klayton take his direction from heavy industrial rock to recycling riffs that sound like b-sides off a Chevelle or Breaking Benjamin album. The latter “half” of the EP is a twenty minute ambient monster that while not being the most creative piece he’s ever written is still much more refreshing than listening to his feeble attempt to create instrumental songs for video games soundtracks.

“The Sentinel” appears at a glance to be the most industrial sounding track on this short EP. Using distortive beats and ditching most of the riffs from the previous two songs, it’s the short album’s only song with multiple replay value. The ambient piece to this album, “Adrift on Celestial Seas” is twenty minutes of calming soundscapes and spacey interludes. While it could have been shorter and the sound doesn’t vary much it would be the perfect song to help fill the background music for a game such as Mass Effect. With so many minor releases under his belt the question to ask is, why isn’t he focusing on releasing something of quality like Celldweller again? The question will probably go unanswered for us but maybe this is what the voices in his head are telling him to create.



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Metalstyles
May 17th 2011


8576 Comments


With so many minor releases under his belt the question to ask is, why isn’t he focusing on releasing something of quality like Celldweller again?
YES!

Blindsided
May 17th 2011


1871 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

If you care Magnus he remixed Own Little World for his new Cellout EP and it's all dubsteppy.

BassDemon333
May 17th 2011


3435 Comments


Chapter 4 of Blackstar is out June 28th, I'm stoked.

pizzamachine
May 17th 2011


27111 Comments


Celldweller disappoints again. grrr

Blindsided
May 17th 2011


1871 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

I'll just relisten to Celldweller again.

Metalstyles
May 17th 2011


8576 Comments


If you care Magnus he remixed Own Little World for his new Cellout EP and it's all dubsteppy.
Ehh, I'm not really into dubstep.

Blindsided
May 17th 2011


1871 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

That's what I figured lol. What did you fellas think of the review anyways? Shorter than the last one haha.

bloc
May 17th 2011


70025 Comments


His self titled LP still remains as the only enjoyable thing he's done.

Metalstyles
May 17th 2011


8576 Comments


His self titled LP still remains as the only enjoyable thing he's done.
If you mean under the Celldweller moniker, then yes, if you mean in general, then no.
What did you fellas think of the review anyways?
To be honest, I think the second paragraph is kind of jumpy and not really cohesive. It reads like you wanted to say an awful lot as quickly and in as few words as possible, but didn't quite pull it off. Also, in my opinion, the transition between the two paragraphs could be smoother.

Blindsided
May 17th 2011


1871 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Fair enough. I thought it was one of my better short reviews but oh well. Honestly I didn't know how to transition between the two paragraphs, but I'll admit it isn't the smoothest.

Metalstyles
May 17th 2011


8576 Comments


On a positive note, since the review is so short anyway (not that the length is a problem at all), you should be able to beef up your second paragraph quite quickly/easily. Btw, congrats on your current Ohgr feature!

And now I'm going to bed : )

pizzamachine
May 17th 2011


27111 Comments


In the morning, hit on some Estonian girls for me

Blindsided
May 18th 2011


1871 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Put one on a plane for me please.

Willie
Moderator
May 20th 2011


20212 Comments


This is the guy that used to do Circle of Dust and Argyle Park? I didn't really like the one Celldweller album that I heard, but I don't remember why.

tiesthatbind
May 20th 2011


7441 Comments


SWITCHBACK

bloc
May 20th 2011


70025 Comments


That song is a classic

tiesthatbind
May 20th 2011


7441 Comments


That it is.

pizzamachine
December 16th 2011


27111 Comments


Apparently this shouldn't have been reviewed, Blindsided. :/ Wikipedia says, "The album will be released just as Wish Upon a Blackstar, in around 5 or 6 chapters, with 4 or 5 songs in each chapter. " You only reviewed one chapter of the album bro.

bloc
December 16th 2011


70025 Comments


^Alright, buster!

Speaking of, this Complete Cellout Vol. 1 was just released today; pretty excited to hear it.

Blindsided
December 17th 2011


1871 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

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Then he shouldn't have even released it to begin with.



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