Comments on: Arsis – Starve For the Devil

By: Storm King

Storm King — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:12:38 +0000

I agree with mccumberv; remove “Forced to Rock” from the equation and this is still Arsis. A bit more direct and straight forward, but still the same band to me. Arsis had gotten a little lost in their technicality over the past few CDs for me, so this is a welcome change. It IS rather front loaded, almost like the track selection for a vinyl album where side one gets all the singles. A Celebration of Guilt is still their masterpiece though.

By: faust666

faust666 — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:25:11 +0000

I concur.

By: Staylow

Staylow — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:26:48 +0000

I disagree with that. I’ve had this opinion since I first heard the album back in early January or December or whenever it was – before that video debuted, I know that, so that isn’t coloring my views. The material here is a little different and more straight forward, and not quite as…menacing as before. I’ve listened to it about 25 times, looking for a spark, for something to truly click, but it never really did, unfortunately.

By: mccumberv

mccumberv — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:59:08 +0000

If the video for Forced to Rock had never been put out then they (Arsis) wouldnt be catching all this flak for selling out or dumbing down, the music is still technical and the songs are still good. If you put all 43 Arsis songs in your playlist and put it on random, all these new songs would fit right in and you wouldnt know the difference. Its the same shit.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:46:54 +0000

Heartwork was their peak imo. Don’t get me wrong I love Necroticism too but it’s more monotonous compared to Heartwork, which is entertaining from start to finish.

By: AARONIUS

AARONIUS — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:57:43 +0000

Y’know I’ve heard countless people compare Arsis to Carcass, and for the life of me I don’t hear it.

Maybe it’s just me, but Arsis has a really “tinny” (Really it could be labeled “American”) and raw sound, whereas Carcass always had a really bass heavy, big studio produced kind of sound.

Is Malone’s guitar playing so similar to Mike Amott’s? That’s the only thing I can think of that might be similar in tone to Carcass’s sound.

Also I can’t understand the Heartwork hate either (I don’t necessarily think Erik was slamming Heartwork persay). I mean to me that was Carcass’s shining moment, and a lot of guys seem to think that was when they “sold out”.

I just don’t get it, I guess I’m just getting too old.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:40:09 +0000

Doubt they’ll ever top A Celebration of Guilt or A Diamond For Disease…I think I’ll just stick with those.

By: Erik Thomas

Erik Thomas — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:15:39 +0000

Carcass has been mentioned alot in Arsis’s early stuff. This is there Heartwork

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:49:41 +0000

I am digging this, thought Forced to Rock was a fun romp but the rest of it is pretty straightforward killer Arsis. Much better songwriting than the dull, cramped technicality of United in Regret although I agree that ACoG and WatN have been their shining moments.