IN FLAMES - A Sense of Purpose (Review) (1/2)
In this video-review I comment on In Flames' latest album "A Sense of purpose" and the 12 songs in detail (plz read the note below).Tracklist:1. The Mirror's Truth2. Disconnected3. Sleepless Again4. Alias5. I'm the Highway6. Delight and Angers7. Move Through Me8. The Chosen Pessimist9. Sober and Irrelevant10. Condemned11. Drenched in Fear12. March to the ShoreThe Special-Edition DVD contains the 12 parts of the studio diary, that were available in myspace-tv almost half a year ago."A Sense of Purpose" (ASOP) was released April 4th. 2008 (Europe) by Nuclear Blast.______________________Note:If someone wants to accuse me of inaccurate, biased or whatever-rating and measurement (e.g. "10/10 for almost every song can't be. There are not only hits on that CD" // or "From your point of view there can only be CDs with 10/10 points" ...)I reply:My reviewing is as UN-biased as can be, because I do NOT compare the music I review with former albums, other bands and - not even that - my favourite album of the band.On the contrary: I rate every song on its own by its own musical "value". So I take the standard of the melodies (could they be played by some novice or does it take skill?), the drums etc into account. I listen to how the music is produced (do you hear the recording-takes and the seam where those takes are put together (like in almost any cheap metal recording)? Of course I have a definition of "good standard" behind that, BUT that is isolated from (current) musical taste and/ or euphoria/ disappointment!Music that needs outstanding skills to be created and played needs not please everyone (not everyone likes classical music). On the other hand, even simple music can be very entertaining and worthwhile.So actually every good review has to contain at least hints about the musical 'benchmark' that is used ("compared to my favourite album..."). Otherwise you may call it biased.[["wow, I should call this "the manifest of reviewing music" :D ]]BUT BACK TO IN FLAMES:The musical standard on "a sense of purpose" IS very high, indeed. Simply evaluating the "value" of the music, then the songs deserve what I give them.For example, most (former) punk/metal... band songs would NOT get a 10/10 from this musical-value point of view, because they have less variation, fewer riffs, simple production etc. (e.g. latest Lost Prophets, latest Millencolin, vs. latest My Chemical Romance (higher standard than former CDs) or Funeral for a friend (higher musical standard but fewer "hits" compared to older albums)).Best example (metal): KoRn!No matter if one hates "untitled" or not, no one can sensibly argue, that ANY album before that reached the quality of the new songs (production, musical complexity and variety, artworks etc.). It's almost progressive avant-garde if you listen to it closely (those drums :))!). Thus: 10/10. BUT: "follow the leader"(FTL) still is my favourite album and every song on it is BETTER - (!!)IMHO(!!) - than anything on "untitled". Compared to FTL, untitled scores lower. Got my point?
Channel: Music
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: Scheinweltname
Length: 09:28
Rating: 3.52
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