CD Review: LACUNA COIL - "Comalies"

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Band: Lacuna Coil
CD Title: :"Comalies"
What do they sound like: They sound like a an Orchestratic Version of the band COLD mixed in with a little bit of The Cult and a big part of Evenesence.
Where you might have seen them:
-----------MTV's "Headbangers Ball Vol. 1" - "Heaven's a Lie"
-----------"Resident Evil: Apocolypse" - "Swamped"

Review: " 'Comalies' is a mixture of Orchestratic sounds, deep long bass guitars with vocals that will pull your soul out from your ears and throw it into an ocean of emotion. The drums are similar to that of the band COLD, very powerful, clean and ready to explode at a moments notice. Listen not for a moment and miss a lifetime of feelings. With song speeds reaching sleepingly slow like enya to Deep, Powerful Ballads to a Faster Metallica.
Overall, i would give this CD a 10 out of 10. Simply because it has engulfed me and i can't stop listening to it. I would recommend this CD to anybody who has ever like a song by any of the abovementioned artists."

thanks for your time ;) - jOe

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Are we doing reviews for CD's? I got one that I think everyone should take a stab at listening to it.

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A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step

Hard Rock With Heart
by: nick evans

After giving this album repeated listens, I have concluded this to myself: everything Maynard James Keenan touches turns to gold. He can do no wrong. 11 years ago, he separated himself from the rest of the grunge pack with his incredible voice and intricate instrumentation. Now, more than a decade later, his second band releases The Thirteenth Step, the album that fans of Keenan have been waiting for. Because A Perfect Circle is traditionally a bit more melodic than Tool, we get a better showcase of his brilliant voice, backed by complex instrumentation.

The first single, “Weak and Powerless”, while already blowing up at rock radio, is a great representation of the rest of the album. It starts out with the familiar chords, and you keep waiting for the distortion to come and for it to get much harder. But it doesn’t and it’s a great change of pace. And while Thirteenth Step doesn’t have as much stand-out songs as Mer De Noms did, (“3 Libras” is one of the finest rock songs of the past few years, in my opinion) it has its share of great tunes. “The Nurse Who Loved Me” is just about as delicate as A Perfect Circle gets. It’s not the strongest track, but Keenan’s voice backed by strings is very close to pure bliss. But it all turns around with “The Outsider” and “Pet”, the album’s hardest tracks. It almost brings us a half a step back to the AEnima days.

This album may take a few listens to sink in, like all other works Keenan has done, but it is definitely a rewarding experience. It is always interesting to see where Keenan is on his quest for spiritual truth- on Lateralus he seemed to be on his way to finding something, and this album further establishes that. It takes a step in a new direction in the evolution of A Perfect Circle. While everyone else on the modern rock scene is either screaming or head banging, they do their own thing by bringing REAL music back. I respect them deeply for that. It will disappoint those looking for the screaming guitars, but please those that love them because they add depth to hard rock. The mainstream really needs a dose of this album right now.

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Are we doing reviews for CD's? I got one that I think everyone should take a stab at listening to it.

Well, thats not the point of this thread but could be a good start...

jOe