OrDoS wrote:
Ken, by the way, the release has been delayed because the album was re-masterized in the US, so it can surpass the flaws of the promo! So if you can get the retail version, you will be pleased to listen that some (or all) of the defects you "proposed" about production have been corrected. Buy this one people! I've already order mine ;)
I had already ordered it. The reason I have the promo is because Simao at Nemesis sent it to me because I ordered the CD back in February.
Now, let me explain my Moonspell comparison a bit (maybe I'll edit the review, too). Megadeth and Metallica have never sounded like the same band. They've been borrowing riffs off each other for years. The obvious would be "The Four Horsemen" and "The Mechanix," essentially the same song musically, but with two distinct vocalists the songs don't sound the same even though musically they're almost identical. Also, Megadeth's "FFF" steals directly from Metallica's "Motorbreath," Metallica's "The God That Failed" steals directly from Megadeth's "Dawn Patrol." Yet, each songs sounds like their respective bands, not the others, but the similarities are there.
Assemblent have similarities to Moonspell, they're there, but the spotlight is only shined upon them when Fernando sings on "Silent Cries." That song sounds like a Moonspell song. A metalcore singer could turn a power metal song into a metalcore song (albeit a weird one). You put Dave Mustaine on "The God That Failed" and it'll sound like a Megadeth song, put James Hetfield on "FFF" and it'll sound like a Metellica song. The singer can severely change a band, but in this case Sergio's vocals even have similarities to Fernando's. It's not an insult when I compare them to Moonspell, but being a huge Moonspell fan I definitely think it's there.
I'm also a Moonspell fan and I understand your comparisons, yet I do not agree very much with them (or it).
