Eight Moons - Biomechanical

Advantages: some excellent songs,riffs, and vocals
Disadvantages: alot of experimentation and strange bits

...The Empires of the Worlds is the follow up album to Eight Moons, and is the second album from the British metal band Biomechanical. It was released in 2005 on Earache Records. Background of Band: The band formed in 2001, and in 2003 released their first album 'eight moons'. Their latest album is due for release later this year. The band is mostly well known for their singer's huge Rob Halford style voice, along with heavy riffs and orchestral backings. Members on this album (most have since left): John K. Jon Collins Matt C. Chris Webb Jamie Hunt Song by song review: 1. Enemy Within - 4:56 This is a good start to the album and showcases the vocal talents of John K. there is a strange intro with some heavy orchestral influences before a big riff kicks into the main part of the song. Pretty heavy stuff and some real... Read review

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Advantages: A musical watershed; Your CD player will biodegrade before these tracks become yesterday's noise...
Disadvantages: Hazardous to listen to if you're prone to contemplating suicide...

...I. DSOTM -- INTRODUCTION & HISTORY & BACKGROUND: A. Rock's Lunar Cycles: As in life itself, Rock & Roll's ongoing popularity and survival is due to its cyclical nature; it's perpetual metamorphosis. Nowhere is this theme more evident and poignantly conveyed than in Pink Floyd's "Dark Side Of The Moon." DSOTM arrived at; was a product of, the gloomy period in rock history that followed the death of that musical era's "big three;" Jim, Janice and Jimi, at the end of the1960's. Just as the deaths of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper & Richie Valens at the end of the 1950's were for many, "the day the music died," this second "trinitarian cataclysm" was in actuality, the harbinger of Rock's second "dark side of the moon" cyclical phase. B. The Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon Lunar Phase: On a microcosmic level, Pink Floyd itself had... Read review

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Advantages: Folk rock at it's best, magical lyrics, soothing vocals and enchanting lullabies, a real treat for the ears
Disadvantages: None

...As far as solo albums go in the world of folk rock Pink Moon is right up there squeezing it's way in between it's peers. Nick Drake has an enchantingly soothing pitched voice and along with his infamous right hand finger picking guitar style he is held in high esteem among his critics and fellow folk musicians. Nicholas Rodney Drake born June 19, 1948 in Ranhoon, Burma grew up in a small village in Warwickshire, he learnt how to play the flute at the local public school in which he attended. Drake later went on to study English literature at the University of Cambridge while his sister Gabielle Drake was becoming a highly accomplished actress. While a student Nick performed his solo material at local pubs and coffee shops until being spotted by Fairport Convention's Ashley Hutchings. Ashley introduced Nick to various... Read review

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