Death Angel - Art of Dying
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Artist: Death AngelEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-05-04
Music Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
Product features:
- DEATH ANGEL THE ART OF DYING
- Thrown to the Wolves
- 5 Steps of Freedom
- Thicker Than Blood
- The Devil Incarnate
- Famine
- Prophecy
- No
- Spirit
- Land of Blood
- Never Me
- Word to the Wise
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Rating: 4 Stars
Well, looks like we've got another comeback album this year. A good one too. As you would anticipate, this isn't anything new or original, really, but it's good, and it's kinda cool to hear some new album which is almost completely devoid of any influence past the 80's.
Death Angel were one of the also-rans from the California thrash scene, arriving late, debuting in 1987. The Ultra Violence is generally considered a minor thrash classic, though their later albums are generally poorly regarded, and not considered to be true thrash.(I wouldn't no for sure. I only have the Ultra-Violence and this one) Although I can't speak for Frolic Through the Park or Act III, I can definitely say that this album isn't out and out thrash, though it is deeply rooted in it. Of the 11 tracks here, 3 are straight-up, old-school thrash.(Thrown to the Wolves, Prophecy and Spirit) No, Land of Blood and Thicker than Blood are a bit different, much more punkish and pretty groovy, coming off midway between Motorhead and thrash. The rest of the tracks fail to fall into any specific metal subgenre, though they all generally tend to have some thrash riffs, and lack any influences from Death Metal or later. They're just heavy metal. So, those looking for a straight-up, old-school thrashing will probably be somewhat disappointed, but it's still a good album.(And some of the tracks give you as good of a thrashing as you can hope for these days.)
The opener, Thrown to the Wolves, is unadulterated thrash, and by far the best track on the album. 7 1/2 minutes long, a pointless but cool acoustic intro, superb riffing, cheesy but effective gang vox in the chorus and a totally kick-ass solo(minus the pointless squealing at the beginning) Truly a brilliant track, and better than anything on The Ultra Violence. It shouldn't have been the first one on the album, though, as it creates inappropriate stylistic expectations, and raises the bar too high for the rest of the album. Thicker than Blood is the second best track on the album. The main riff is totally brilliant. Heavy, good groove solid melody too. Just a no-nonsense, driving metal track in the vein of Ace of Spades, but thrashier. The Devil Incarnate changes the pace. It's your old ominous and slow metal song. It's got vaguely hypnotic guitar lines, good vocal harmonies and a cool chorus. It thrashes it up nicely at the end too. Perhaps the third best song on the album. Prophecy is another standout, as it is the thrashiest song here other than Thrown to the Wolves. Not as good, but still solid.(It's a sad statement on the modern metal scene that merely having a good thrash song is something of particular note.) Word to the Wise is the metal ballad of the album. A good entry in the category, and it manages to avoid the standard cliches of the style. One line is really cheesy, both in content and delivery, but it pretty effective otherwise, with a very nice acoustic solo.(Cavestany work throughout this album is excellent.)
Still, I can only give this 4 stars as it's got a couple of bland, largely uninspired tracks.(Famine, Land of Blood) That, and other than Thrown to the Wolves and Thicker than Blood nothing on here is really all that great. Good, but not extraordinary. Still a worthwhile album.
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