Overall a money worthy album from Blessthefall. You can tell they've expanded their horizons in terms of musicality, heaviness, and diversity in Beau's catchy melodies. A great follow up to empty bodies which in my opinion is my favorite so far from their work. Granted their recording studio must have been having an off day because the recording was muggy sounding compared to empty bodies as you can hear in overall vocals and rhythm guitars. The heavy moments are greatly blended with the pop-punk sound of Beau's voice and lead guitar really shines even though it is eclipsed a lot in the choruses. Overall if you are a fan of these guys pick it up, the songs are more memorable and touch some serious topics, and the diversity in the chord structure and choruses will make you want to hit the replay button.
Overall a solid album return for bullet for my Valentine. Some really good catchy choruses with the intricate open air, dueling guitar sound that we expect from bullet. Also there's a really cool heavy ballad called venom which has dark, melanocholic, and angry tones to it, and will get stuck in your head for days. A lot of the songs will remind you of the older work like scream aim fire and previous. Now that the other guitarist has taken the challenge to do unclean vocals in place of Tuck's post surgical voice and he does a great job screaming, leaving Tuck's beautiful singing voice in tact. A welcome return album for bullet, old and new fans will love it.
Iron Maiden's finest record in years. There is a lot of references to a mix between Somewhere in Time, Number of the Beast, and Powerslave. For me this blows away their last two records, and you will definitely get your money's worth as this record is well over an hour long and some songs range from 8 minutes to 16 minutes. Bottom line is you will not be disappointed, even if you are a beginner in the heavy metal scene.