Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory [Remastered] - Traffic

Advantages: original , raw sound , interesting vocal style , great guitar riffs
Disadvantages: lack of awesome drumming when compared with later works , slightly repetitive

...Fear Factory's debut album marked the beggining of an evolution in metal, this is a band that pioneered there own style and has gone on to influence more recent US metal band such as Machine Head, Chimera and Biohazard. So this is where it all began. With Soul of a new machine Fear Factory started out has a death metal band, but not just any death metal band, fear factory went further and played around with the death metal genre to find their own sound. the band frequently experimented with several different electronic samples and incorporated a soft vocal style to contrast with Burton C Bell's harsh death metal grunts. This review has been spilt into 2 parts repersenting each album Soul Of A New Machine This is Fear Factory's heaviest album ,here in an average song the death metal vocals tend to occupy about 75% of the song... Read review

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Advantages: Happy and Different with great pop songs
Disadvantages: Some great songs are left out

...-your-feet or get-up-and-dance introduction to the varied sound of Air Traffic. "Shooting Star", their most recent release, entered the UK charts at number 30. The one stand out track apart from these would be "No More Running Away", a song which grows into something very beautiful and special with each listen. This song has the depth of a Muse track. This is a great debut album, up there with any other indie album released this year. The band have not only produced a briliant eleven track playlist, but they have also shown potential to be huge. This is due to the sheer quality of the tracks as well as them sounding extremely radio friendly, especially the singles. Watch out for them, as Radio 1, XFM, NME, newspapers and the charts are proving to love the sound of Air Traffic. Buy the album so you can decide for yourself. If you like Coldplay... Read review

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Advantages: SImply Brilliant music
Disadvantages: Slightly too short

..., then the middle section is quiet and downbeat, followed by a final frantic section with Brubeck at the helm. Though rather long at 6 minutes 44 seconds I would class this is an almost perfect piece of jazz music. By far and away the best track on the album!!! 2) STRANGE MEADOW LARK- A great comparison piece to the third, a great highlight of Brubeck's playing abilities. This is a much slower piece, less classical jazz you could say, but non the less hugely enjoyable. This is a more relaxed piece, no frantic chords appear here. This is a re-mastered CD and on this track you can really tell the difference. The sound is crystal clear. 3) TAKE FIVE: The quintessential Brubeck sound, featured on many a TV advert. This is an instantly recognisable track, and what propelled Brubeck into fame. The piece begins with a Paul Desmond solo, with Morello... Read review

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