Comments on: Into Eternity – The Incurable Tragedy

By: bast

bast — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:01:41 +0000

Ok, thanx for the review and the reply, i´m eager to listen to this!

By: Staylow

Staylow — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:30:31 +0000

Personally, I like all three albums on or about the same level, with Dead or Dreaming just a couple steps behind. BIO maybe just a tad bit more, but either way, they’re extremely consistent with the quality.

By: bast

bast — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:46:20 +0000

BIO was just mindblowing (and as you say so heartfelt!) and raised the expectations way to high for what TSOA presented really (though it was a solid album).
I´ll have to check this out, but i doubt they´ll match their masterpiece. And that is a bummer.

By: Staylow

Staylow — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:08:34 +0000

Thank you Dan.

There’s definitely more variation and versatility here than on “Ashes”.

Yeah, the lyrics are kinda bad and very…uh, forward I guess. Not the word I’m looking for, but you get what I mean. But with the subject matter, I’m not sure how else one could go about it – there’s really no way to veil that, at least that I can think of. I think it’s just something he needed to get off his chest. But one thing I really like about it, is that it’s so heartfelt. I always dig/appreciate music that comes from the heart, as is here, and why I hold it in high regard. It’s also the reason I like Down so much – their stuff is just loaded with so much heart and passion.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:34:35 +0000

Oh, one last note. I know cancer is a heavy subject (my own mom has dealt with it twice), but they reeeeaaallly could have picked a more interesting concept or at least dealt with this one a little more creatively. I read an excerpt of the lyrics on Metalreview.com and they sounded pretty cringe-inducing.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:31:59 +0000

I’ve always been on the fence with Into Eternity. I loved Stu’s vocals on ‘Ashes,’ but I thought the songs were a little one dimensional. I found it almost irritating that people kept pegging them as progressive, when EVERY song fell into the harsh verse/clean chorus formula. Some choruses were also a little bit, well….emo, for my tastes. I’ve also never been a fan of Roth’s solo’s. He’s technically impressive but some solo’s sound like warm-up exercises at 300bpm.

That said, I’m interested to see if this hearkens back to the variation and versatility found on ‘Oblivion.’ Good review Staylow.