Not only is Through The Ashes Of Empires huge sonically, but the music possesses a fierceness and power that rivals those seminal early albums. By all measures, the results are ferocious. And once again, leave it to the pen of Robert Flynn to scrawl some of the most emotionally intense lyrics in all of metal. While songs like "In The Presence Of My Enemies" and "Imperium" relay all the anger we've come to expect from Machine Head, "Left Unfinished" finds Flynn at his most personal and exposed, as he comes to terms with his deepest unresolved issues about his adoption as a child, and the feelings of abandonment that emerged from that. For this band, a new empire is rising. Album Description
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Yummy!
Delicious!!
Another feast of metal might.
More epic than the last one. And that one was great too.
Start to finish, a classic.
A must have for those of us with a musical dark side.
May 28, 2008This is an amazing album, i live in the UK and i got a copy shipped all the way from the US because the UK version doesn't have "seasons wither" on it. It was definetly worth the 3 week wait just for that song! The songs are all insanely heavy and the melodies provide a really nice contrast. One of their best ever albums.
March 18, 2008 | | 3 1/2, Above Average, Some if it still leaves a bad taste | |
"Through the Ashes of Empires", is Machine Heads fifth studio album, and after a the dismal reviews of "Supercharger" from both fans and reviewers, maybe the band finally heard some of the negitive, and decided to get back on track to just playing straight up Metal. Now, I always thought that Machine Head was a Nu Metal band, but with their own signiture sound, because when I use the term Nu Metal, and use it to describe pretty much alternitive or industrial Metal. Some use the term as to label any Heavy Metal that is popular or radio friendly, but i just simplety call that generic or recycled nu metal. I explain this so Machine Heads dont get offended that I used the term to describe them even on the first two albums (which I know are fan favorites, including myself) So on the the review of "Through the Ashes of Empires" Does the band finally get back on track here? Well yes and no. Its stronger song wise then "Burning Red" and obviously anything is better then "Supercharger", but it still has some annoying poppy/generic nu metal riffs and vocal that I cant stand, and wish the band would just abandon. Maybe I am being to critical, as some reviewers call this a return to form. YES, I agree to a point, its nice to have the band getting back on track, but they still have some work to do. Reviewers tend to get mad when others write such things as "this isnt "Burn my eyes" or "the more things change, so get over it" I myself understand that, and no album by the band might ever match those, but I want to see an effort to get back to that time period, build on it, and abandon the whole pop/generic/nu/new/crapola sound (: They might not release another masterpiece, but at least try. Still, this isnt a bad album, and even with some faults its the best thing they did since "The More Things Change" Out of eleven tracks, I love six of them. Thats not to bad. Some of the others are OK, worth a listen or two, and two of them really suck, I just hit skip. I good effort here, above average Machine Head album, but there is still some work to do. ENJOY
February 15, 2008| | | Through the Ashes of Empires | |
I think this is the best Machine Head album in a long long time. Maybe The More Things Change is their most known album but this one is almost that great. It has their -good- new sound. Powerfull without the Nu Metal Supercharge style.
January 4, 2007| | | Old school thrash metal meets Nu-Metal's power riff sound | |
More than a review(cause u dont need a review of this one, just hear it)I will like to say to the young ones that this was what the old school metal used to lack of, the FAT guitars, the round body, and this album has it, thats what makes it so incredible for me, sth I was wanting a long time ago, fat sound with speed and double bass thrashy riffs, and why does this album sounds so old school missed thrash metal? easy!, the prescence of Rob Flynn's VIO-LENCE guitar mate, Phil Demmel, I love Vio-lence and having both in the same band reminds me of what it was back in the day... unbeatable!
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