 | Arsis Starve for the Devil
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| 3.0 good | Thor | January 15th 10 |
Arsis completely change from their previous outing, We Are the Nightmare. Instead of a more flashy and technical approach that their last album took, Starve For the Devil focuses more on thrash/80's metal influences and more hooks than ever previously presented in an Arsis record. Mike Van Dyne delivers his best drum performance to date, giving Arsis a sense of rejuvination and drive. James consistently slays the fretboard, which has become the norm for followers of the band. Hell, you'll even hear a bass solo in "Closer To Cold". Check out "A March For the Sick", "From Soulless to Shattered (Art In Dying)", and "Closer To Cold" for some of the most solid metal I've heard in a while.
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| 2.5 average | bloozclooz | February 16th 10 |
nothing like their "A Celebration of Guilt". Even We are the Nightmare was fun. this is just boring.
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| 4.5 superb | Brownbeardrummer | April 7th 10 |
at first i gave this a four. but i gave that rating two weeks ago. and i still cant stop listening to this cd. its too melodic and delicious
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| 3.0 good | Rabdurian | February 16th 10 |
To be honest, this album disappointed me. I've gotten used to the extreme technicality of Arsis's earlier material, and this album throws all that out the window in favor of a classic rock mixed with death metal sound. Still an entertaining listen though
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| 3.5 great | keyserfunk | February 15th 10 |
Outside of the painful opening track (WTF?), Arsis really moved in the right direction on this release. Really kick ass rhythm and lead guitar work throughout. Not sure where all this negativity is coming from -- I sense an agenda -- no wait, a conspiracy.
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| 0.0 | Phrike | February 10th 10 |
"Disease reborn" this is not. Nor is it "full of emptiness". The melody and the amount of catchy hooks has increased and there's a bit of thrash injected into it as well, but I just can't get past the fact that this route simply doesn't suit them. The technicality has been toned down significantly, but that's not a positive. C'mon, were they ever so technical to the point of wankery? One listen to the song A Diamond For Disease will answer this question easily.
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| 2.5 average | Progmaster85 | January 25th 10 |
The new release from tech/death band Arsis, is not a total failure by any means, but a step back nonetheless. What ever happened to the uncontested brutality of their first two efforts, where has the originality gone? On this record, it seems that Arsis is attempting to draw from it's influences a bit too much, instead of being a tech death metal band that they once were, they are now a technical thrash band that sounds like Megadeth with unclean vocals. I enjoyed some of this record indefinitely, but it is still a step back for Arsis, they lost their edge. The bright side is that while the solos and high-neck leads are placed in cliche thrash areas of each track, the guitar work and harmonies are still pretty fucking cool, which one would expect with Arsis. For a fan of 80's thrash or bands like Shadows Fall or Children of Bodom, this album may impress, but for fans of the old Arsis, you will walk away slightly irritated by the lack of originality and brutality.
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| 3.0 good | asdemonsburn | January 15th 10 |
Arsis gets more accessable, Arsis becomes thrashier, Arsis likes to shred, Arsis uses old song titles in their lyrics. I'd say Arsis is a pretty cool guy but We Are the Nightmare this is not. Malone remains awesome, but without Cesca and Knight, this album falls short of being memorable and will probably get lost in the sea of future 2010 metal albums sure to rule.
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| 0.0 | Athom EMERITUS | January 15th 10 |
This started out good but lost steam
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| 2.5 average | haxxiy | March 5th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | hussam | April 30th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Trey STAFF | February 7th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Tib | December 29th 16 |
| 3.5 great | tellah | December 1st 16 |
| 2.5 average | Leymon | February 23rd 16 |
| 2.5 average | Flave | November 14th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | ngk44 | September 4th 15 |
| 1.5 very poor | Abraxas | April 30th 15 |
| 2.5 average | Gigapax | February 14th 15 |
| 5.0 classic | Fossa | February 11th 15 |
| 2.0 poor | alarm | July 8th 14 |
| 2.5 average | Fujay | May 15th 14 |
| 3.0 good | heck | February 23rd 14 |
| 3.0 good | SMUD | July 18th 13 |
| 2.0 poor | Hati | July 18th 13 |
| 2.5 average | Warpt | May 2nd 13 |
| 3.0 good | Dask | December 8th 12 |
| 3.0 good | sagu | October 3rd 12 |
| 3.0 good | Emyay | April 9th 12 |
| 3.0 good | MTTS | February 17th 12 |
| 2.5 average | Andrew | December 1st 11 |
| 3.0 good | Phate72 | September 18th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cabrero | August 29th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Weed | August 27th 11 |
| 3.0 good | eeule | July 18th 11 |
| 3.0 good | ev0ken | April 25th 11 |
| 2.5 average | 37er00 | February 21st 11 |
| 2.0 poor | MO | January 20th 11 |
| 1.5 very poor | Scoot | January 6th 11 |
| 2.5 average | Jeejee | October 28th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | Oceans | October 12th 10 |
| 3.5 great | CutMan | October 8th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Spec | September 26th 10 |
| 3.0 good | GibTG | July 29th 10 |
| 3.5 great | xDANKx | March 30th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Zoo | February 27th 10 |
| 1.5 very poor | drewkar | February 13th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | Wizard | February 10th 10 |
| 3.0 good | pride | February 10th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Grog50 | February 8th 10 |
| 3.5 great | Kronzo | February 6th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Emim | February 6th 10 |
| 2.5 average | BigTuna | February 6th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Fjolnir | February 4th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Wolfe | February 2nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | X3ni92 | January 29th 10 |
| 3.0 good | quik40 | January 25th 10 |
| 3.5 great | L0G05 | January 24th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | met65 | January 22nd 10 |
| 3.5 great | TBliss | January 21st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Manland | January 20th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | Ire | January 18th 10 |
| 3.0 good | Poet | January 18th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | mikev | January 17th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Kakuran | January 16th 10 |
| 2.0 poor | DBlitz | January 15th 10 |
| 3.0 good | RedSky | January 15th 10 |
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