Vii: Sturm Und Drang

schnelle Lieferung -top Neuware . Über die Musik muß sich jeder ein Urteil bilden.Wer so wie ich seit 43 Jahren dem heavy metal fröhnt und nicht in 1985 stehen geblieben ist wird LoG mehr als mögen .keep it heavy and keep it hard...

Questo album è innegabilmente una delle migliori opere dei Lamb of God; spesso la buona musica tende a venire da tempi difficili, come successo per Randy Blythe e l'essere stato rinchiuso in carcere con l'accusa di omicidio colposo. VII: Sturm und Drang include una nuova sperimentazione lirica di Randy Blythe, un ottimo lavoro di batteria di Chris Adler e sonorità potenti alimentate da sentimenti di rabbia e dolore; la passione che questo album esprime è semplicemente incredibile.

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Discazo para los amantes del groove metal, lamb of god cada dísco se superan, esta vez se han atrevido con algún tema de medio tiempo k no suave y temas súper técnicos con grandes riff de guitarra a poyados por su impresionante base ritmica

Well, this is problematic. Sturm Und Drang is such a good album that it burns brightly in the Lamb of God catalogue - brightly enough to shine some pretty harsh light on their previous work. Albums of theirs that I thought were pretty good will now be labelled with the unfortunate caveat of "but not as good as Sturm Und Drang." Resolution and Sacrament probably suffer the worst in this respect, the former sounding like it wants to be everything that Sturm Und Drang is and the latter coming across as slightly stale and stagnant. This isn't to take away anything from those albums, they're still great. Just... not as good as Sturm Und Drang. Of course, the question everyone always has to ask when a new Lamb of God album comes out is whether it's as good as Ashes Of The Wake (not, as some critics seem to think, Wrath - the hype machine really trundled for that one). To say that an album is better than Ashes would mean that it's the best album LOG have ever made, which would be a bold claim indeed. Can we make that claim about Sturm Und Drang? Let's try it out and see how it sounds.Sturm Und Drang is the best album Lamb Of God have ever made.Phew, had to get that out the way early! Of course, the thing about wild claims is that people expect you to justify them, so I suppose I have to. Sturm Und Drang opens with lead single Still Echoes - no long intro, no messing about, just straight into the riffs and a big old angry scream with all the confidence you'd expect from LOG. It's a fine song and a decent enough opener, but it's on Erase This that the band really find their groove, both figuratively and literally. This is followed by 512, the second single from the album. Named for the cell Blythe spent his time in whilst held on a manslaughter charge, it's clearly a deeply personal and therapeutic piece of work for the vocalist. Building masterfully to an anthemic chorus, this is a chugging number with some fantastic drumming from Adler, who is really on top form throughout the album.Next up it's the slightly more divisive Embers, featuring guest vocals from Chino Moreno. Now, when I first heard Chino was going to feature on the album, I thought "Great, I'll hate that one then." I have never been a fan of Deftones, and whenever I've seen them it's been whilst waiting for someone else and has felt like an exercise in endurance. Every song seems to finish with him just shrieking incomprehensibly into the microphone, and it's very dull to listen to. When listening to this song for the first time, with it's understated riff leading into absolutely pummeling drums, I thought it was such a shame that it was no doubt going to be ruined before too long when Chino Moreno showed up. But actually, he only pops up towards the end, and sings cleanly. Ok, his singing isn't particularly powerful, but it acts like a salve to Blythe's guttural snarls, which, whilst not really needed, adds an interesting dimension to the sound. Footprints is the next track and is classic Lamb Of God, each verse shifting into a galloping pre-chorus that charges headlong into the chorus itself. It's got groove, it's got an anthemic chorus, it's everything you could want. It's well placed where it is too, coming between the potentially controversial Embers and the definitely controversial Overlord...When Overlord came out, I think the comments were about a 70/30 split between people who didn't like the vocals and those who did. Clean singing for this long isn't something Randy has really done before, so it's bound to be a shock. I (in case you hadn't guessed) was part of the thirty percent. I think the clean singing is a nice touch, and as the second half of the song proves (and indeed the rest of the album), it's not like Lamb Of God have "mellowed" like some people were worried about. Anthropoid, the next song bursts into life after Overlord comes to its melodic close, reassuring those same worriers that this is a band who can be melodic and reflective, getting your head nodding and your brain working, then in the next moment hitting you so hard that your head twists right off your neck. Anthropoid bursts from the gate, Randy sounding positively demonic, even getting his shriek on before a fist pumping chorus comes in.For me, the next song is the highlight of the album, and takes it from being a great album to being an excellent one. Engage The Fear Machine takes the accolade of being quite possibly the most well crafted song Lamb of God have ever recorded, every section of it carefully considered and executed perfectly. Another well layered intro leads into one of the most memorable riffs on the album, multiple vocal effects and fantastically considered use of dynamics working together to create something truly special. Written as a meditation on the media manipulating the masses through scaremongering, the lyrical prowess of Blythe is really evident here, as he rages with lines like "That's it you filthy monkeys, keep your eyes on the bright and shiny" (probably my favourite line from them, ever) and reaches almost Palahniuk levels of dark social commentary. Delusion Pandemic has the unenviable task of following this masterpiece, and whilst it might not be quite as groundbreaking an offering it's more than up to the task. It's another anthemic chorus, which is no bad thing, and the curveball here is the spoken word bridge that leads into a crushingly heavy final section. Still top drawer stuff. After that it's up to Torches to close out the standard edition of the album, a gloriously chugging headbanger with more fantastic drumming and a nice solo. More guest vocals here, this time courtesy of Greg Puciato of Dillinger Escape Plan. Personally, I can take or leave his vocals - they're fine, but don't seem quite as unique as Moreno's or Blythe's.If you get the special edition like I did, you have two bonus tracks for your listening pleasure, in the form of Wine & P!ss and Nightmare Seeker (The Little Red House). The former is pretty good, though maybe is the more out of place feeling one of the two. It's a good song, make no mistake, but it seemed to me like it would sit more happily on one of their older albums, perhaps Sacrament. Nightmare Seeker just has that little bit more going on, a little more variation and melody, not to mention a ridiculously catchy chorus riff. What's more, it still feels like a good album closer, even though it's a bonus track. In fact, special mention should be made with regard to how the album fits together as a whole. Too many bands just write a load of songs and stick them on a disc, but the ordering of the songs has clearly been meticulously worked out to balance the album overall between loud moments and quieter ones, between clean and harsh vocals, between fast and slow songs, everything. As well as this, the cohesion overall, both thematically and stylistically, is incredibly strong. The whole album could be played from start to finish live, and it would just... work. There's not a bad song on here. Sturm Und Drang is a high watermark for the frontrunners of the NWOAHM, and a strong contender for metal album of the year. An essential purchase.