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April 15th, 2008, 01:03 PM
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Our first Review for DARK DECEIVER!!!
http://www.seaoftranquility.org/revi...ontent&id=6320
Zero Hour: Dark Deceiver Added: April 14th 2008 Reviewer: Pete Pardo Score:  Related Link: Zero Hour Website Hits: 78 Language: english |
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April 15th, 2008, 09:19 PM
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This is a good question as I've been told from a couple people they actually saw the CD in stores and bought it. I don't know if distribution maybe made some mix ups. I know in Ca I haven't seen any. Ken will start shipping pre-orders for the disc later this week so that's a good question
Thanks everyone and looking forward to everyones thoughts. Jasun |
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April 15th, 2008, 11:57 PM
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don't know what the German promo department is all about, but I haven't heard anything yet...
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April 18th, 2008, 02:39 PM
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This cd DOES kill xD. Everything about it is brilliant, even the final track, which is extremely odd, but seems to instill a feeling of .. darkness? It fits perfectly. I still can't believe I got the cd in the mail so early, they must've really screwed something up. I'm gonna be listening to this album for a loong time.
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April 18th, 2008, 02:43 PM
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April 18th, 2008, 04:12 PM
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That's great you received it so quick. I think everyone will get it in the next couple days if they got it off www.lasercd.com
So happy you dig the disc surfpup and hope everyone gets it soon. Jasun |
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April 18th, 2008, 06:53 PM
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 amazing. I'll write up a review as soon as mine gets here, probably tomorrow!
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April 19th, 2008, 03:52 AM
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wow, killer review, now I want this release so bad!!! Specs and Towers SHOULD be arriving in the next couple of days *crosses fingers* and then it'll be Dark Deceiver in with very next order...
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April 19th, 2008, 01:29 PM
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Great review. I got my copy from Laser's Edge this week. The new album ... smokes!
 ZH keeps getting better and better. I will post a review when I get a free moment from spinning it ... again and again and again.
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April 19th, 2008, 02:12 PM
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April 19th, 2008, 06:01 PM
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April 19th, 2008, 06:17 PM
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Right on and I'm happy to hear people are starting to receive it and very pleased to hear the positive response on DD.
Yes Intromental handles ZH in Scandinavia. I just got back from the distribution party of Big Daddy in NY. Very cool people we're distributed by in the USA by and was great to meet everyone. Brett your shirt will be your way Tuesday man and thanks so much bro. You basically have every ZH shirt.....YOU SO RULE MAN!! I'm in NY and I saw Dark Deceiver today in Virgin Mega store. I guess there was a mix up but cool to see it there already. Hope I answered everyone and talk to you all soon. Jay |
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April 19th, 2008, 08:37 PM
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You're in NY? Man, if you were in Syracuse that'd be my town!
Review coming up---- impressions on first listen, post this anywhere/everywhere and/or do what you want with it! 1. The Power To Believe As soon as you hit play, you're under sonic attack: Zero Hour hits you with a showcase of why they're still ahead of everyone else in the genre. While other bands just rehash riffs and use the same old themes and schema, ZH reinvents themselves each album, but still manages to express their unique iconic style. Sweeping guitar, rhythmic and somehow conscious percussion, blistering bass, soaring vocals - there really is no "background" here. It's all up front, nobody buried in the mix, nobody not pulling their weight. The entire band has incredible skill and the more important skill of knowing how and when to use it to create landscapes of sound that don't disappoint. The Power To Believe is no exception, this is a headbanging slamfest of sound. 2. Dark Deceiver picks up the baton and keeps slaying. The lofty vocal passages are strong and contrast with the deep sort of chanting. There's a section here just before 1:30 where Mikey rolls off some inhuman chops on the drumkit. Then the pace slows and you get a peaceful interlude, ending immediately in a lightspeed guitar solo by Jasun and Troy. The sound is tight and punchy. Like their last album Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond, ZH and Dino Alden did an excellent job once again. 3. Inner Spirit. At 12 minutes, this is the longest track on the album. Fans of Towers of Avarice might expect something to rival Demise & Vestige. They won't be left wanting. It destroys with a maelstrom of sound and technical mastery. At about 6 minutes, the pace slows and Chris calmly sings confidently a catchy melody. The guy can do soaring screams, deep snarls, and this crystal clear mid range. He's incredible. Another reviewer compared this section to Geoff Tate. I definitely hear what he was talking about, except this would rival Tate back in the 80s, and best him! I also hear tones reminiscent of Devon Graves, of Dead Soul Tribe. Zero Hour has in Chris the final piece to their exposition of the ultra-talented. 4. Resurrection begins with some incredible bass beneath Jasun's trademark sweeps and Mikey's machinegun drums. At about 30 seconds, the band breaks into a melodic riff that builds and fades like an ocean tide. Lots of energy and a sense of movement, of being pulled forward. Chris roars. 5. Tendonitis. This insturmental bass solo is a bitchslap in the face of Troy's tendonitis. Injury, take that! You'll have to stop the album, hit "replay" and hear it again before continuing. And then pause before track 6 so you can pick up your jaw or your bass in awe. 6. The Temple Within. The first time I heard this was in New York City over a year ago. Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond had just come out, and some fans were worried about the future of Zero Hour. To bury any worry in the ground, and show off their new vocalist Chris Salinas, during the set they announced and played a song from the then upcoming and unnamed 5th album - The Temple Within. I was incredibly impressed. Not only did the song totally rip, but the band, who had not yet had the time to play it as many times as say, something off Towers or Metamorphosis, sounded expertly tight. Here it was a live song, with studio quality performance, and brilliant song writing. After the show, the song I wanted to hear again was this one! Troy's bass rolls on and on as if his endurance is unending, Jasun lays down epic riff after epic riff, Mike knows just what drums and cymbals to play to not just be "that drummer guy" that could be substituted for a machine. He brings a soul to his style that makes him a melodic contributor that's essential to ZH's sound. On The Temple Within, his cymbal 16th notes help make the song what it is- awesome. 7. Lies Again Chris shows Geoff Tate how to sing. About half way through the song, they fade the mix out of the whole band except Chris, who darkly whispers... and then it crashes back in. The harmony vocals, reminiscent of a sort of metal version of Gregorian chant, are proof that ZH isn't afraid to try unconventional means to express themselves. And that's what makes them actually progressive, while other bands just claim to be or write a song in 7/4 for no reason. 8. The Passion of Words The passion is evident. There is such a force behind the music here, and especially in the vocals. "I'll give you heaven!!" At around 2:30, again the band drops out for a moment while Chris calmly speaks, and then.... ZH fans will remember the epic moment on the Towers of Avarice album "I was still not the tiiiiiide". This is that moment for Dark Deceiver. And just as impressive. "You're falling, you're falling!" 9. Severed Angel Silence. Fading in, the band sounds like a warzone. It gets louder and more frequent, like bomb blasts, with the near quiet ambient sound of intense technicality. Lots of reverb. Like an empty cathedral during a metal sound check. And then jam. Jam and fade, back to ambient, only to be assaulted again! Immediately asks to go back to track 1 and listen again! Dino's back up vocals on the album are as great as his production abilities. 5/5
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April 19th, 2008, 09:17 PM
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Kenneth.....SO METAL to take the time out to write this review so quick my bro. I thank you so much for taking the time out to do this as a review like this will help so much.
More than anything I'm just so happy that YOU dig it man. As a listener of ZH from the beginning and has the whole catalog. I'm just so happy the CD is speaking to you my bro. I have to give a HUGE shout out to DINO ALDEN who just made this CD happen. His hard work and talent is what it's all about. This wasn't a easy CD, a lot of hard work was put into it and Dino you're the BEST man. Thank you so much again Kenneth and everyone for picking it up. Jasun |
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If the metal world getting bashed over the head with the latest powerhouse from Meshuggah wasn't enough, technical prog-metallers Zero Hour are about ready to finish the job and leave us all obliterated into a pile of ash with their new CD Dark Deceiver. This band has consistently delivered top notch stuff, and their last release Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond in 2006 was considered one of the top albums of the year here at Sea of Tranquility. Well, Dark Deceiver ups the ante considerably my friends, both in terms of complexity and heaviness. Opening track "Power to Believe" might just be the most crushing piece this band has ever recorded, filled with brutal guitar riffs from Jasun Tipton and the always elastic jazz-fusion bass lines from brother Troy. Former Power of Omens singer Chris Salinas is back for his second album with the band, and he sounds right at home here, even getting in some nasty growls on this killer of an opening cut. 
