Comments on: Woe of Tyrants – Threnody

By: AARONIUS

AARONIUS — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:51:44 +0000

I agree about the spastic stuff. It tends to grate on my nerves after a while as I am a fan of actual songwriting, but I think Woe of Tyrants are one of the better bands that do this style.

By: Stiffy

Stiffy — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:44:40 +0000

This band does have a little more melodic death leanings, but it’s the same stop and go riffing as all those other metalcore acts along with nintendo guitar noodling. I can’t tell this band apart from the rest of the spastic American acts out there today.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 22:06:26 +0000

Behold the Lion IMO still remains their best to date.

By: Erik Thomas

Erik Thomas — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:31:13 +0000

Yeah- its a weird one for me- i love the record but cant seem to get excited about it or go back to it.

By: AARONIUS

AARONIUS — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:55:06 +0000

Wow, I expected a much more excited review after hearing this one.

To me this one is working on so many more levels than their last one did.

The intro reminds me of Nile or Behemoth, and yeah the last album had some of that kind of flair also, but this album sounds darker to me which I like way better than that happy Iron Maiden twiddly-dee guitar crap that all the kids are doing these days.

Come to think of it I felt the same way about A Plea For Purging’s last album, which you were disappointed with also.

To each his own I guess, but unless you’re Steve Vai and can do something other than just play a million miles an hour I don’t need to hear all that.