2009
“I tried to tell her of their poison, she chose not to hear.”
It’s all too common for European metal to invade American soil but the reverse is a lesser occurrence. But Newton’s law, that for every force or action there is an equal but opposite reaction, gets enforced because Seattle’s NEVERMORE hits back with the strength of several. They are modern, heavy metal heroes, talented and affable. After watching their recent Year of the Voyager DVD I have no problem mentioning them in the same complimentary sentence as Iron Maiden. Their extra weapon is that their heavy metal toys with a bunch of other genres, ensuring that they are always interesting.
Century Media also made this compilation an easy task because they signed NEVERMORE right in the beginning, for their 1995, eponymous debut. And the band have been with them ever since. That translates to all 7 studio releases and the live encapsulation being represented here. There is no forgiveness for excluding 2 of my 5 favourites, ‘Dead Heart in a Dead World’ and ‘The River Dragon Has Come’, but ‘The Heart Collector’, ‘Dreaming Neon Black’ and ‘What Tomorrow Knows’ did make the cut.
Guitars duel, drums pound nails and powerful, varying in delivery, vocals make NEVERMORE special. And in this release you get thrash, old school, death and prog in one sitting. Where else could you? Love it!
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