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If you are still yet to hear of Shinedown then you
really must of been living under a rock for the
past 6 months or so as the band first took to the
UK in October when they supported Disturbed on their
headline UK arena tour, and they have since come
back to the UK to complete their first headline
tour which was a total sell-out with many venues
being upgraded due to overwhelming demand, the London
show was originally scheduled to take place at The
Underworld in Camden but got upgraded to Islington
Academy to meet with the demand of how many fans
wanted to attend the show.
The band have already released two singles in
the UK the first was ‘Devour’ which
was released towards the end of 2008, well just
after they toured with Disturbed really and it’s
the perfect song to get anyone into Shinedown,
the song is full of big drum rolls and fast powerful
guitar riffs that are executed with such passion,
vocally Brent Smith takes us on a melodic journey
with his ever so clear sing along vocals, especially
during the chorus of “Devour, devour, suffocate
your own empire, devour, devour, it’s your
final hour”.
The other single Shinedown have released is ‘The
Sound Of Madness’ which also happens to
be the title of their new album, ‘The Sound
Of Madness’ is another strong sounding powerful
song that is crammed full of meaty yet catchy
sounding guitar riffs, the song is also full of
rhythm and powerful sing along vocals, but comes
across slightly slower than ‘Devour’.
The new Shinedown album ‘The Sound Of Madness’
is actually the bands third studio album but their
debut album release in the UK, and the album opens
up with a powerful assault of the two singles
‘Devour’ and then ‘Sound OF
Madness’ before launching off on another
fast and powerful escapade with ‘Cry For
Help’, which uses pretty much the same formula
as the two singles.
So Shinedown break us in nicely with three big
heavy sounding fast paced tracks, before getting
slow on us for the next couple of tracks which
doesn’t seem to be a problem at all as shinedown
seem to be as good at writing and performing slow
songs as they are with the more straight edge
rock style of their music. ‘The Crow And
The Butterfly’ is the first slow song on
the album and it’s actually a really big
epic sounding ballad that sounds like a piece
of music that you would hear running through a
big Hollywood film. ‘If You Only Knew’
is another slow paced song, the sound of the song
really reminds me of the slower material from
Seether and is one of those songs where you want
to put your arms up in the air and sway from side
to side with your lighter making a small light.
‘The Sound Of Madness’ by Shinedown
is a real mixed album, it starts off fast and
furious and showcases the heavy side of the band
and then after three tracks things slow down and
Shinedown treat you to a few ballads and soft
rock songs before the pace picks up again for
the more rocky ‘Sin With A Grin’ but
as soon as the song finishes and you think Shinedown
are about to get heavy again they seem to take
two steps back and play yet another soft rock
song, this time with a song called ‘What
A Shame’ but luckily after that song you
get to the best song on the album ‘Cyanide
sweet Tooth Suicide’ and trust me it’s
well worth the wait.
My advice to you is to turn your speakers up
as loud as they can go when you get to ‘Cyanide
Sweet Tooth Suicide’ as the song is actually
amazing, this is what heavy melodic rock is all
about, this is Shinedown at their best, the song
is crammed full of heavy guitar riffs that are
played at 100 miles per hour, bouncy basslines,
constant fast paced drumming and one of the most
catchy choruses I have heard in a long, seriously
this song is a real big mix and it has everything,
its proper radio friendly and if Shinedown don’t
decide to release this as their next single then
whoever picks the singles in camp Shinedown really
can’t do their maths.
If it wasn’t for all the slow songs then
‘The Sound OF Madness’ from Shinedown
would be one hell of an album, don’t get
me wrong the slow songs aren’t bad or anything
but there is far too many of them especially when
all the Shinedown songs I have heard before listening
to this album have been pretty fast and heavy
yet melodic and that is the side of shinedown
that I enjoy the most., I still rate the album
highly and would recommend it to anyone.
4/5
Review by Trigger |
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Brent Smith (Vocals)
Barry Kerch (Drums)
Zach Myers (Guitar)
Nick Perri (Guitar)
Eric Bass (Bass) |
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1. Devour
2. Sound Of Madness
3. Cry For Help
4. The Crow & The Butterfly
5. If You Only Knew
6. Sin With A Grin
7. What A Shame
8. Cyanide Sweet Tooth Suicide
9. Breaking Inside
10. Call Me
11. I Own You
12. The Energy
13. Son Of Sam |
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| Review
Score Code |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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