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As I Lay Dying - An Ocean Between Us

  • 18-09-2007 12:19pm
    #1
    gizmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,405 ✭✭✭


    Just got this album last night and I must say I'm hugely impressed. Their sound has evolved from their previous heavy metalcore roots and is far more "old skool" sounding. Standout tracks so far are Within Destruction and the single Nothing Left....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOLgBgnnUUE


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  • #2
    Schism
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Schism


    That was quite good alright. Read a coulpe of good reviews of this album but never went and listened to any of it. They're distinctly heavier than I remember them too.


  • #3
    That_Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    I'm gonna get this at the weekend. Been looking forward to it for ages. Frail Words Collapse was an ok album but very generic I thought and Shadows Are Security really was different so I'm looking forward to what they've brought to the table this time.


  • #4
    LightofDarkness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 316 ✭✭LightofDarkness


    gizmo wrote:
    Just got this album last night and I must say I'm hugely impressed. Their sound has evolved from their previous heavy metalcore roots and is far more "old skool" sounding. Standout tracks so far are Within Destruction and the single Nothing Left....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOLgBgnnUUE

    Old school what exactly?

    Just sounds like more generic, uninteresting "dime a dozen" material from the modern "OMGmetal" scene. I found this to be absolutely devoid of any merit that allows it to stand distinctly apart from the rest of the trend that's going these days, bar the abscence of obvious breakdown grooves. That's just my opinion.


  • #5
    gizmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,405 ✭✭✭gizmo


    And you're entitled to it, in fact when I posted it I assumed you'd say something similar to your reply. ;)

    In terms of the "old skool" comment, it was the first thing that came to mind when I heard the guitars throughout the album. Another example would be the aforementioned track "Within Destruction"...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC4sRfj1V2U


  • #6
    1-9-7-7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭1-9-7-7


    What a band.
    New album is delightful too.
    Still can't beat BTEOA for me though.


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  • #7
    highlydebased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,470 ✭✭✭highlydebased


    Savage band. They are becoming one of my favourite metal bands atm.

    The double-bass drum pedal in that song.....wish I could do that!


  • #8
    That_Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Have they ever played here before?


  • #9
    gizmo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,405 ✭✭✭gizmo


    Not as far as I'm aware unfortunately. :(


  • #10
    That_Guy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,342 ✭✭✭✭That_Guy


    Pity.


  • #11
    nillox
    Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭nillox


    i downloaded one of their albums....i think it was theirs, it was their most recent anyway. it was so damn generic n boring. might be confusing them with someone else tho cuz lots of bands sound the same these days


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