(VA:1) - Intricate

Advantages: Older Alice Fans May Be Pleased/ / A lot of great songs!
Disadvantages: None especially. Some songs may be too bizarre for some to take seriously.

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Advantages: Wonderfull Hardcore at Its Brutal Best
Disadvantages: Not For Mass Consumption

....I.S.M who are fantastic as is this song. Very strange and dark though. Not The Last Musically this is far beyond hardcore even though it is pure hardcore, starting off with intricate guitar plucking and subtle bass playing, creating a swirling atmosphere it is a song of epic proportions. All is not intricate though we still have their own unique twin guitar attack and typically negative lyrics "Slimy Happy people Drive You Mad" a song about depression and isolation but strangely uplifting as well. When I Say Stop Again a wonderfully nihilistic song, this is about as close to metal as Poison Idea ever got, but it does suit them very well. Foiled Again About rejection and failure two things that you should never have a fear of, again it is more metally than punk but good metal not cheesy metal and at 1 minute and 19 seconds... Read review

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Advantages: Flawless Heavy Metal record, technically stunning time signature shifts with occasional classical structuring
Disadvantages: 20 year old production job, could do with a re-mastering

...changes throughout, or the beautiful guitar harmonies from both 'Kirk Hammet' and 'James Hetfield' that swim beautifully alongside the masterful metal on display. The technicality on show is bewildering, solos and metal riffs that are so hot they could set the fret boards on fire, but delivered with a tight intricate passion the likes we don't often hear these days. 'Lars Ulrich's' drum set explodes in flourishes at the right points, blazing underneath the Guitars and Bass at a frantic pace. But what of the Bass? it's almost as if a parallel universe has opened and a being from another world has stepped in, not only does Cliff's bass add to the guitar harmonies, it goes a lot further to push the barriers of what can be achieved alongside other instrumentation. Just listen to the riveting Bass intro to 'Orion' and you'll know what I mean... Read review

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