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Published on July 8th 2005
If you have never heard of A Life Once Lost, but you know that they are going to be on the “Sounds of the Underground” tour, then you probably have a pretty good idea of what they sound like. A Life Once Lost is almost a full-fledged metal band that hides behind jack-hammering, bone-crushing riffs with little variation throughout. They are one of those metalcore bands, the kinds that have been popping up all over the place, but also the ones that sometimes can’t break into the limelight of originality.
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is it just a game to you? http://www.los-angeles-casino.com/lanir/casino-directory-2005.htm l This album is one of the greatest albums i've heard this year. There off-beat onslought is great, each riff is like a punch to the face. Who ever wrote the review has been listening to a little too much Slayer!!!!!! the score for what i just posted below Once again ALOL has outdone themselves, catching the listener offguard and creating a piece of art amidst the world of metal clones. whoever truly feels that this album is a Meshuggah ripoff has quite an unrefined sense for metal/metalcore. True, the fact alone that they use complex time sig's and slithering guitar riffs is akin to Meshuggah, but i found the actual sound of Hunter to be quite fresh and original. Props once again to this band for maturing their powerful-yet-trippy sound. whoever wrote this review is a fucking pussy with bad taste of music i have to admit after hearing vulture the rest of the album wasnt so great but the more i listen to it the more i realise how fucking incredible this cd is This review is just wrong. Unearth is more original than this? Also I wish Meshuggah was more like this band instead of playing the same 3 notes all the time. ability to write good music > being really good at your instrument rhythm > complex riffs "this review couldn't be any farther from the truth. no technical proficiency?? ALOL's technicality lies in odd timing and rhythms, not shitty, wanky metal riffing. all the dudes in this band are INSANELY proficient at their instruments, they just don't feel the need to show off. bob carpenter is an incredibly versatile guitarist." oh, and its a good thing they don't play any of the old shit anymore. for one, they've got a considerably different lineup than they did back then. for two, those songs ARE cookie cutter metalcore bullshit. the new stuff is so much better and more interesting. this review couldn't be any farther from the truth. no technical proficiency?? ALOL's technicality lies in odd timing and rhythms, not shitty, wanky metal riffing. all the dudes in this band are INSANELY proficient at their instruments, they just don't feel the need to show off. bob carpenter is an incredibly versatile guitarist. never heard these guys, but the score is for Meshuggah's Catch 33. amazing album. straight thru. one of the best of the year so far. "particularly one part of Surreal Atrocities which is identical to part of New Millenium Cyanide Christ." "This album just demolishes... the Meshuggah comparisons are superficial at best" "ALOL Metalcore? I laughed at that..." Misery Signals > A Life Once Lost i would much rather hear a band try to mimick a great band like meshuggah than hearing another misery signals the first three songs and like 2 other tracks are the only good ones on the album I was super psyched about this album, having heard VULTURE. But the rest of the album was so boring. I'm glad you gave it that score, because VULTURE is probably the only decent "metalcore" song I've heard in the past 2 or 3 years. ferrets are cool little animals This album just demolishes... the Meshuggah comparisons are superficial at best, and this album is about a million times heavier than anything else they've ever written. Sure, it's repetitive in parts, and it's deliberateness is not for everyone, but I'm mighty impressed nonetheless. i heard catch 33 was intentionally rushed in order to get off their label. or that might just be their excuse for putting out a subpar effort. i dunno. yea, except this shit is worse than catch 33 i havent seen these guys in ages is it true that they dont play anything from open your mouth for the speechless... at shows anymore. cause i have listened to some of there new stuff and it doesnt even compare to open your mouth... i think we are all forgetting that meshuggahs new album sucks. ps on a completely unrelated but simillar note i'd have to agree that this review is way off Of all the albums they've released, this is by far the most original and TIGHTEST thing they've ever done. You can hear some really solid musicianship in this and it's much better than all the other bands that try to HIDE ripping off 12,267 bands while they just rip-off Meshuggah, which is a top notch choice anyway! I'd have to disagree with the reviewer on this one. While I would concede that A Great Artist had exactly the problems described in this review, this record is substantially better. hmm...dont' know why i through the italic brakets there.... [i]"so do they still sound EXACTLY like meshuggah?"[/i] so do they still sound EXACTLY like meshuggah? 'cause a great artist didn't do anything for me. i heard their older stuff was solid though. this album is at least a 8 so unearth sounds like 1,549 other bands, and ALOL sounds somewhat similar (but less so on this album than on the last) to one band and they're the one to get shit for lack of originality? sorry, that just doesn't compute. first. i haven't heard the album yet, just one song, but i can pretty surely say that your review is retarded and wrong. |
