I
won't beat much around the bush with this new Nevermore album, because
this will surely be a metal highlight of 2005! "This
godless Endeavor" has the intensity of "Dead Heart In A Dead
World", the freshness of "Nevermore" or even the second
Sanctuary album "Into The Mirror Black", the aggressiveness
of "Enemies Of Reality" and the production of "Dreaming
Neon Black". So you get all the best ingredients from Nevermore
on one awesome album! Andy
Sneap has captured this powerful metal band excellent on this album,
like he managed to pull the essence out of the "Enemies Of
Reality" on the re-release earlier this year (see review
elsewhere), Steve Smyth has been fully integrated into the sound of
Nevermore, and the combo of him and Jeff Loomis delivers great riffs,
licks and leads left and right. Warrel Dane has benefited a great deal
from laying off the booze, and he delivers a performance that can be
compared to his work on "In Memory", and the rhythm section
of Jim Sheppard (bass) and Van Williams (drums) does an equally great
and rock solid job, so Nevermore has done everything in their power to
create a metal album to be reckoned with ... but make your own
judgment. Hugh Syme (Rush, Megadeth, Fates Warning) has done the
art-work, a cool picture, that carries the thematic that everyone is
hiding behind a mask on, a theme Nevermore has dealt with on many
occasions. This album deserves to be a classic, and I am sure
that I am holding a very, very strong contender for album of the
year in my hands. Recommendation: Push play, listen to all 57 minutes of brilliance and start all over again ... |
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