album review : Thornography (2006) – Cradle of Filth

album : Thornography

artist : Cradle of Filth

genre : Extreme Gothic Metal

year : 2006

Cradle of Filth got deviated from what they are supposed to do and started taking perversion and acting stupid way to seriously. That impacted their albums. Infact get hold of any Cradle of Filth fan and ask him/her about their favorite Filth work and pat comes the reply that it ended for them after Damnation and a Day. Even I feel the same but I’d add a couple of tracks from Nymphetamine too. Post-Nymphetamine they released their seventh album Thornography in 2006 which is nothing short of a disaster.

Symphonic black metal to extreme gothic metal, the transformation has been weird and certainly not doing the band any good. I do not know whether the band is still considered successful as I simply do not follow them anymore and this has been the mood since 2005.

Very recently I found someone abusing the band on some forums and realized Filth has released two albums after Nymphetamine. I got those and now I know why the abusive dude was doing that. Right from the moment Thornography begins playing you feel the members are personally applying shit on your face. Add to that tolerating the feeling for thirteen tracks. Not pleasant, right?

From complete symphony to no sign of symphony at all, it seems like they have threatened the keyboardist from playing. That if he does his wife would be on the next Filth cover. Poor chap had to agree, for fear of the kind of things they’d do to his wife. Dani gives the same kind of screeches as he always did but that does not in anyway heal the wound.

Dani covered up the annoying album title by saying that it represents mankind’s obsession with sin and self, with the album being darker, more adult fairytale. Dude Dani, it’s the band’s obsession with skin and elfs! And as far as the adult fairytale is considered don’t I have a more pleasurable subject out there if I just replace the T from your title with a beaming P?

Rating : 1/5

album review : Sacrament (2006) – Lamb of God

album : Sacrament

artist : Lamb Of God

genre : Groove/Hardcore

year : 2006

Releasing anything after an album that goes by the name Ashes Of The Wake would mean having sleepless nights. Sacrament is Lamb of God‘s follow-up to their mentioned 2004 album, and they released it in 2006. The intention remains the same – to molest your ears with some metal, Lamb of God way.

Playing Sacrament once and stamping it as a bad comeback would be a mistake, although that is the tendency. The strength of this album too lies in what Lamb of God do best – reiterate groove.

With eleven tracks in all, Sacrament opens with one of the strongest track on the album. Walk With Me In Hell is unique and unlike anything LoG has churned out. The guitar tone on this is a welcome change. As of now the title track, Redneck, Pathetic are some songs that are getting repeated plays on my Pod. Waiting for others to cast their spell.

Now one cannot expect some band to get it right each time. If a certain thrash metal band can turn their music upside down, then anyone has a chance to go wrong, if not done intentionally. So here’s a thumbs up to Lamb of God for experimenting with their sound, not bad. Nothing can work better than a fine balance between them and their fans. Keep broadening the wall of death, Log.

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Lamb of God live in India – requiem for a dream

album review : Ashes of the Wake (2004)

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