In Memory - Nevermore

Advantages: Damn fine album from a very underrated band.
Disadvantages: One weakish track towards the end of the album.

...there would kill to write a song like this, but i don't think is a Nevermore classic.Great guitar work again though. The final track, this Godless Endeavor, is one of the best songs ever and is a spectacular way to end the album.Not just one of the best Nevermore songs, but best songs ever.Clocking in at just under the 9 minute mark, the song doesn't seem to last that long at all.There's a lot of progressive influence in Nevermore's music, none more so than this song.The song starts acoustically for a quick intro, then a jaw dropping riff kicks in that has to be one of the best riffs ever.Excellent guitar and drumming make this amazing beyond belief.Top it off with Warrel's vocals sounding pissed off in places and you have an instant classic. There really is nothing bad i can say about This Godless Endeavor.The album contains nothing... Read review

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Advantages: Interesting new take on thrash
Disadvantages: One bad track - the first one!

...Nevermore are a band I’ve been hearing a lot about on my little metallic underground grapevine lately – statements like “best band of the last decade” have been flung around until I finally decided to buy something. So, Dead Heat in a Dead World it was. Let me start by saying what I was expecting – I knew they were a thrash band so I was expecting traditional nineties thrash – very fast and furious and astonishingly heavy. It wasn’t quite what I was expecting. The album as a whole is not that fast, although the thrashy rhythms are still in place. The best word I can use to describe the album is ‘dark’ – very dark indeed. It’s a bit like old Metallica with hints of doom bands like My Dying Bride, which makes for a very interesting combination. Unfortunately... Read review

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Advantages: thought provoking lyrics, beautiful songs
Disadvantages: some weak songs

...Travis are no longer fashionable. The millions who bought The Man Who have transferred their allegiance to other artists such as Coldplay and more recently Keane and James Blunt. Thus their latest album (not including their singles collection) 12 memories did not have the same success as their two previous albums the Man Who and The Invisible band. It is a shame as I quite like this album and would rate it higher than The Invisible Band and perhaps even the Man Who (I still think their first album Good Feeling is my favourite). I like the CD cover. The black and white photos within photos of the band members works really well and makes me want to look at it closer. I also like it as it does have the lyrics even the one for the hidden track (the album has 11 tracks listed so why 12 Memories. There had to be a hidden track) The CD... Read review

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