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Overall this is a tie for me with Supercharger for least favorite MachineHead CD....That being said this CD does contain some very good tracks..Exhale The Vile,The Burning Red,Nothing Left,The Blood the Sweat the Tears...Actually the more I think about it there are atleast 6 or so really excelent songs on this CD....However Crap songs like Desire to fire and and a few other songs that could have easily been sold of to make a Limp Bizkit CD bring the overall value of this CD way down...These songs will have you in a panic to get to the skip button in hopes nobody hears the crap.
June 28, 2008Ok, what happened here?
We go from amazing to an utter disaster.
Not one good song on the disc.
I kinda thought this would be a case of, they lost it for one disc.
That turned out NOT to be the case.
A clunker from start to finish.
AVOID!!!
May 28, 2008| | | Good, but some flaws kill it.... | |
Machine Head's "Burning Red" is almost like a split personality album, in which the band creates some of their signiture sound, but in other places it sounds like they were trying to cross over to a more poppy Nu Metal sound. Now, I am not one that completely hates NU Metal. There are those that think that all Nu Metal sucks, and if you are a Metal Fan, you are really kicking yourself for not being able to experience talented bands such as Mudvayne and DevilDriver, which are two of my favorite Nu Metal bands. Now, those bands that I mention have their own sound, which makes them unique and more diverse from most generic metal that you hear today. Even though Machine Head's first two albums might not be considered Nu Metal (by some people) I say it is; it has a bit of a Nu Metal feel, but with their own flavor. On the "Burning Red" we still get some really great "signiture" Machine Head with six songs on here such as "Desire to Fire", "Nothing Left", The Blood, The Sweat, the Tears", "From this Day", Devil with the Kings Card" and "Five". The other six songs. Well there is one cover of the Police's "Message in a Bottle" I love the original, I hate the cover. The other five songs sound like they band was trying to clone Slipknot and other pop Nu Metal. Now, some of you might like that, and therefore you might like the album a whole lot more then I did, but once bands start crossing over and change sounds (not because of desire to do something else musically, but to make some more $$$$ and earn more fans by becoming more radio friendly) there are on thin ice with me. Machine Head goes into a pop metal spirial with "Supercharger" so you could already tell it was coming. (look at the reviews for "Supercharger", they are terrible) I dont have any of the newer releases, as they pretty much peed me off with such a drastic change, but at least this album has some of the good stuff on it. ENJOY
February 15, 2008Machine Head has been a band that has always kept my interest for at least three years. However, "The Burning Red" is an album that you should take warning on. At times, there are some somewhat thrash-reminscent tracks ("The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears"), some ballads ("Silver", "The Burning Red"), and then you have the controversial rapcore track "From This Day", which basically has previous fans turn their heads. The Police cover song, "Message in a Bottle", is a pretty good tune, but it's more ballad-esque and less groove thrash.
My opinion: This album is far from their greatest and will never dethrone "Burn My Eyes", but it has its moments as well. Just stay away from the sloppily put together "Supercharger" and you'll be safe.
December 3, 2006This is an amazing CD. The sound is comparable to Sevendust's first album. It's one of the only discs I can listen to the whole way though without skipping around tracks.
I discovered The Burning Red by accident and it has become my favorite CD ever. It's an inspiration to people out there who have suffered and worked hard to rise above all that was bad in their lives.
There are a lot of people on here who don't like it because it is a little different then older Machine Head stuff... Don't listen to them. Some people just fear change.
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