Golden Foretaste Of Heaven, The - Alec Empire

Advantages: REALLY NOISY!!!!!, actually, noisier than that.
Disadvantages: Do you like the sound of 1000 dentist's drills?

...Think for a moment, if you will, about Atari Teenage Riot. They’re considered one of the noisiest bands around. Leader Alec Empire’s solo work makes them sound like B*Witched. This is ‘Miss Black America.’ It’s released on Digital Hardcore Limited, so it’s highly unlikely you’ll be able to find it. But would you want to anyway? It’s a blast of extreme noise terror. Frankly, it sounds like someone boring through your skull with a rusty drill bit. It doesn’t last long, if it did, people would probably die from listening to it. I can say nothing more, except, if you like hideous, screaming noise, you’ll love it. I do.... Read review

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Advantages: brilliant lyrics good front cover and very clear
Disadvantages: takes a few minutes for the actuall lyrics to start

...Angels and airwaves(AVA) new album is brilliant not many people like it i think they were expecting something like blink 182 style lyrics as its tom delonge(founder of blink 182 who split a few years back then formed Angels and Airwaves)but i found that its is easier to listen to. yes blink 182 were good and yes i liked them infact i love them but i only liked certain songs and albums but I-Empire i listen to all the songs at least 3 times a day (sad i know). no i have not heard the first album yet and i bet your thinking well whats the point in getting this one first well i heard 'Everythings Magic' on Kerrang! when it come out and liked it so i decided to get this album i will be getting We dont need to whisper and i will be writing a reveiw on it when i get it. but right now lets focus upon I-Empire 1:Call to arms: good song i... Read review

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Advantages: Beautiful, stunning, atmospheric soundtrack; fits in perfectly with the film; excellent album in its own right, regardless of what you think of the film
Disadvantages: A bit short at only 61 minutes

...and ethereal vocals that I'm sure will have stuck with anyone who has seen the film. Zimmer is an absolute perfectionist when it comes to his work, and you can really see this, not only in the beautiful music this CD contains, but also in the way it fits in with and matches the mood on the film. The music is an attempt to get back to the golden days of the great Hollywood epic, but unlike other Roman masterpieces such as Quo Vadis where a great deal of scholarly research was lavished on producing authentic sounding backing music, Zimmer has instead gone for a more contemporary approach, combining synthesised and traditional classical music to produce the end result. He has even tried to capture the size and breadth of the Roman Empire by incorporating several "ethnic" instruments into it such as the Spanish guitar, the Chinese dulcimer and Armenian... Read review

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