Lamb of God Ashes of the Wake Review
Reviewer:
8.0
807 users:
8.58
Disc I
01. Laid To Rest
02. Hourglass
03. Now You've Got Something To Die For
04. The Faded Line
05. Omerta
06. Blood Of The Scribe
07. I Gun
08. Interruption You
09. What I've Become
x. Ashes Of The Wake
11. Remorse Is For The Dead
12. Some other Nail For Your Coffin [Japanese bonus]
Disc Two [First pressing bonus: Pure American Metal]
01. Bloodletting
02. The Subtle Arts Of Murder And Persuasion
03. 11th Hour
04. Black Label [live]
05. Laid To Rest [demo]
I am actually glad I didn't review this anthology i week agone, because I would have said something like 'this album is a terrible thwarting, information technology has null special, everything that made As The Palaces Burn so great has vanished...'. It is not my opinion anymore. Actually the mistake I was well-nigh to make would have been to not requite more time to this new release. Fact is that Ashes Of The Wake, but like As The Palaces Burn last year, is a grower. Yous may not find it great or something at get-go, but you keep coming back to information technology until y'all realize that yes, indeed, information technology's an donkey-kicker.
I still keep my stance though. Ashes Of The Wake is not as good as the previous album. What I mean by that is that all songs out of this anthology are equally neat, simply except perchance the opener 'Laid To Rest', in that location is no outstanding track similar 'The Fine art Of Ruin', '11th Hour' or 'Take You Abroad'. Despite its sheer quality, this album lacks in i or two more than potentially cult songs. The other reproach is that there has not been a existent evolution between both albums. But that's whining for zilch, after all it's been simply one year since Every bit The Palaces Fire (and on a personal plan I am a fan of Atomic number 26 Maiden, a band that releases the same album since 20 years 
).
Nigh the good things now: this anthology is without compromise. Bands that have an early success like Lamb Of God oftentimes tend to include more than 'commercial' elements to their music, but non these guys. Ashes Of The Wake is an ode to violence, aggression and headbanging (musically, lyric-wise information technology's more social commitment, anti-state of war, anti-stuff). There is yet the required bits of melody, like on 'The Faded Line' or 'Remorse Is For The Dead', but well-nigh of the time it'due south your everyday Lamb Of God, catchy, powerful, dominating, with great riffs ('Now You've Got Something To Die For', 'Omerta') and the raw vocal attacks of Randy Blythe. Plus they've managed to become Alex Skolnick (sometime guitar-hero of Testament) out of his jazzy experimentations and to hire Chris Poland of Megadeth fame for killer solos on the instrumental 'Ashes Of The Wake'.
Well, forget my miserable complaints of the outset, Ashes of The Wake is still better than an awful lot of releases of this yr. Quietly, Lamb Of God is imposing its trademark among the best thrash bands, and no doubt that with riffs of the quality of 'Blood Of The Scribe' and 'Hourglass', they'll brand it to the top in no fourth dimension. Meanwhile, peradventure you lot should switch off your computers and go buy this anthology. Sounds like a good idea, huh?
Highlights: Laid To Rest, Now Yous've Got Something To Die For, Omerta
| DigitalGrind Account deleted | 23.09.2007 - 17:32 DigitalGrind Every fuckin album of them are a masterpiece and this is one of them,the greatest ring in concluding 12 years that i take ever heard they have everything in their vocal an albums they are fuckin brutal,fast,techinal,they have bought back a metallic in it's best shape,they are the masters...hail to Lamb's... Loading... |
| Candlemass Defaeco Posts: 828 | 21.06.2008 - 12:34 Rating: nine Candlemass Posts: 828 Actually in my stance the better parts are the faster ones... ---- Loading... |
| V8Thrasher Posts: thirty | 01.01.2009 - 14:20 Rating: 8 V8Thrasher Posts: 30 Saw them open for Metallica, put on quite a show. anyways, as for the cd: its Pure AMERICAN Metal at its finest. these guys kick serious ass. Loading... |
| Panterica Posts: 341 | 30.07.2009 - 18:00 Rating: 8 Panterica Posts: 341 The best album of LOG so far and the title track is epic! ---- Loading... |
| Entropic Silence Posts: 251 | 25.x.2009 - 06:34 Rating: 8 Entropic Silence Posts: 251 This is an album that I underrated at offset also. I still don't think It'southward their all-time. I don't think they have browbeaten Gospel yet. Pitiful, thats just my opinion ---- Loading... |
| JD Account deleted | 19.xi.2009 - 21:12 JD In my opinion it'southward the best lamb of god album e'er... Loading... |
| thewall30 Posts: 324 | 19.01.2010 - 17:46 Rating: x thewall30 Posts: 324 Written by Guest on 19.11.2009 at 21:12 Got to concord with that bro This is the album that got me into Lamb Of God, then information technology means that much more to me... ---- Loading... |
| Thrash del Sur Posts: 95 | 27.01.2010 - twenty:53 Thrash del Sur Posts: 95 Human being I liked the facth the whole album is based on Iraq war, they say things in such a brutal mode that I never imagined northward american could say or hear hehe. Loading... |
| Maxx666 Meshuggahian Posts: 376 | 29.01.2010 - twenty:41 Maxx666 Posts: 376 One of my all fourth dimension favorite album. Loading... |
| Maxx666 Meshuggahian Posts: 376 | 29.01.2010 - 20:44 Maxx666 Posts: 376 Written past Invitee on 23.09.2007 at 17:32 Same here.One of the all-time ring existing today.It's pure aggression and killer riffs Loading... |
| I_Die_Often Posts: 697 | 27.03.2010 - 23:01 Rating: x I_Die_Often Posts: 697 My favorite LOG CD! ---- Loading... |
| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 8233 | 26.04.2010 - eighteen:20 Rating: ix Boxcar Willy Posts: 8233 I dearest now you've got something to die for and laid to rest. ---- Loading... |
| soadbyob Business relationship deleted | 26.04.2010 - 18:34 soadbyob Amazing anthology, best of LOG'south work Loading... |
| absurdhistory Posts: 3 | 03.05.2010 - 22:07 absurdhistory Posts: three Here's my review of Ashes of the Wake.. http://absurdhistory.wordpress.com/2010/04/24/anthology-review-ashes-of-the-wake-by-lamb-of-god-2004/ ---- Loading... |
| hedonist Posts: 5 | 18.06.2010 - 00:52 Rating: 10 hedonist Posts: 5 Best LOG anthology by a mile. One of my superlative 5 metal albums. all songs kicking ass Loading... |
| Sonic MrSumo Posts: 444 | 12.08.2011 - 05:02 Rating: 9 Sonic MrSumo Posts: 444 These guys are truly masters of their domain. ---- Loading... |
| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21134 | 12.08.2011 - 05:03 Rating: 9 Troy Killjoy Posts: 21134 Written past Sonic MrSumo on 12.08.2011 at 05:02 To be off-white their domain doesn't offer a lot of competition. But this is indeed a groovy album; LoG's always been a guilty pleasure of mine. ---- Loading... |
| Sonic MrSumo Posts: 444 | 12.08.2011 - 05:13 Rating: nine Sonic MrSumo Posts: 444 Written by Troy Killjoy on 12.08.2011 at 05:03Written by Sonic MrSumo on 12.08.2011 at 05:02 "guilty pleasance"? I'm non sure I follow. What's in that location to be guilty about? Not because they're "mainstram"...in that location, I said it! ;-) ---- Loading... |
| Troy Killjoy perfunctionist Posts: 21134 | 12.08.2011 - 05:31 Rating: nine Troy Killjoy Posts: 21134 Written by Sonic MrSumo on 12.08.2011 at 05:thirteen Nah, I just happen to similar more than extreme forms of metallic, then the lighter stuff I listen to I usually consider a guilty pleasance. And LoG fall into modern thrash / metalcore, two genres I normally don't enjoy. ---- Loading... |
| Sonic MrSumo Posts: 444 | 12.08.2011 - 07:xx Rating: 9 Sonic MrSumo Posts: 444 Written by Troy Killjoy on 12.08.2011 at 05:31Written by Sonic MrSumo on 12.08.2011 at 05:thirteen Ha...I said information technology, simply apparently I can't spell it. ---- Loading... |
| Marcus Doit Like Bernie Posts: 641 | 01.ten.2011 - 08:48 Marcus Posts: 641 Later on listening to Every bit The Palaces Burn for the best 7 years or then I figured I'd give this a effort. Don't know what it is, but I absolutely cannot stand this album. Quite an unfortunate letdown... Loading... |
| heteo Posts: 17 | 06.12.2011 - xv:59 Rating: ix heteo Posts: 17 Come on you there..... i concur with killjoy, not much competition in this genre, it's a practiced album, american 100% but i totally disagree that they are one of the best bands existing. you should have said one of the all-time bands for younger listeners or new genres listeners... somehow i concord with marcus, i cannot listen to this for long, seems a piddling tedious. Loading... |
| Dogsbreakfast Posts: 33 | 15.04.2012 - fourteen:45 Dogsbreakfast Posts: 33 Written by Sonic MrSumo on 12.08.2011 at 05:02 Is that similar masters of their domain in a Seinfeld sense? ---- Loading... |
| Sonic MrSumo Posts: 444 | 18.04.2012 - 01:12 Rating: 9 Sonic MrSumo Posts: 444 Written by Dogsbreakfast on 15.04.2012 at 14:45Written past Sonic MrSumo on 12.08.2011 at 05:02 Indeed. Lord of the manor. ---- Loading... |
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