Nevermore [Import]

Nevermore [Import]

Track Listings

1. What Tomorrow Knows

2. C.B.F.

3. Sanity Assassin

4. Garden of Gray

5. Sea of Possibilities

6. Hurting Words

7. Timothy Leary

8. Godmoney

Tracks:

Born
Final Product
My Acid Words
Bittersweet Feast
Sentient 6
Medicated Nation
The Holocaust of Thought
Sell My Heart for Stones
The Psalm of Lydia
A Future Uncertain
This Godless Endeavor

Album Description

Seattle's Nevermore return with their 6th album full of innovative and progressive heavy music. Features additional second guitarist Steve Smyth (TESTAMENT, DRAGONLORD). Enhanced CD features buddy icons, screen savers and photo gallery. Also includes fold-out full color poster.

Customer Reviews:

"They feast on the meat in bittersweet denial".......2007-03-01

4.5 stars. This is a superb rebound after the vicious "Enemies of Reality" with its relentless attack (good) mired in shoddy production (bad). "This Godless Endeavor" is Nevermore's darkest album since their masterpiece "Dreaming Neon Black", though nowhere near as haunting, and it has excellent production throughout. This album is extremely Progressive and interesting many times over. There is one song here that many fans seem to like, "Sentient 6", that I actually thought was boring and a virtual speed-bump in an otherwise stellar release. The only other flaw I felt occurred during the epic title track which is maybe too long for its own good and becomes so Progressive at times as to nearly derail the song completely. But what do I know? Check out the website "The Metal Observer" and you will find four different music critics who wrote reviews and each one gave this album a perfect 10/10! So there you go. Highly recommended.

Pretty good. But could be better.......2007-02-27

The first time I listened to the album, I was like, what the hell?? but as I listened to it again and again, it sort of started getting better. but come on, these are Nevermore! They can do better!

I was introduced to them when they were called Sanctuary and their album was called Into the mirror black. What an album that was! After 17 years, I still listen to that album with awe. One of my all-time favourites! but since then, all their albums have been mediocre at best. This godless endeavor is no different IMO.

The first song starts off as a "mosh-pit" type song. I can imagine all the fans starting to form a mosh-pit if the band were to play this song live. But then it has a catchy tune to it "Born... we are the same..." This song introduces us to Jeff Loomis' shread guitar-work. His sweeps on the guitar can be heard throughout the album.

The next two songs, I just skip them if I feel like. They are just ok lacking any catchy riffs or lyrics. The song "Bittersweet feast" has a catchy tune to it "This is your final warning..." and provides an excellent intro to what is perhaps my favourite song in the album "Sentient". This song alone is worth buying the entire album! Such meaningful lyrics and song variations; not to mention the guitar-work. Albums and albums by bands like trivium and shadows fall cannot match this one song. This song just shows how much an experienced band that has been in the music industry for almost 2 decades can make if they want to!

The rest of the album after this song just have songs to fill up the time to make a full studio length album. In essence this is a good buy but not something that you will miss listening to after a few weeks. there will be times when you listen to this album repeatedly and dont feel like taking it out of your cd-player. But those moments will pass. Nevermore rock on!

Blew me Away.......2006-12-06

This album hits both with emotion and technicality. The operatic singing parts are not overdone, and it stays in the middle of the road between sinister and sweet. The songs have alot of variation, they pay A LOT of attention to song structure. Main riffs are truly original, and the best part is--the songs don't copy each other. It truly is difficult to pick a favorite song on the album... there's nothing I wanted to skip. They have an original sound, but I think they're most easily compared to Into Eternity, just at a much more middle-of-the-road speed to the songs. (Into eternity is like progressive/melodic death metal/thrash.) These guys however, pull of a technical mastery, without going over the top... I like simplistic riffs, and they get just enough of those mixed with truly great lead/melody writing. (Kind of a mix of what I want and what the band wants, I'm sure.)

ONE OF THE GREATEST!.......2006-11-25

Yes it's true NEVERMORE are one of the greatest metal bands of all time. And without a doubt one of my favorite groups. This group is awesome. Their album (THIS GODLESS ENDEAVOR) is a MASTER PIECE. This is also one of their greatest albums. Although I have had this album since the day it came out. I'm a little late on this review here. But better late then never. To any metal heads that don't have this album, this album is epic. And an album that is very hard to remove from your cd player. I find myself still putting it back in every few weeks. Even after over a year. And for me to do such a thing after 26 years into metal is amazing. And that only proves one thing to me that this is a great metal album.

Heavy like a really heavy thing.......2006-11-06

Metal.

Nevermore are steeped in it. This band is so metal that they won't line with age, they'll rust. And what a din they create, an aural assault that takes a sturdy heart and iron plated ear drums to digest. The album is a bleak and relentless lesson in metal with a mission. A band with purpose that's for sure and the weighty, bone crushing riffs and non more metal vocals of Warrel Dane are matched by songs with titles such as Medicated Nation and The Holocaust of Thought.

Nevermore have crafted a slabe here that has great musicianship but refrains from being too pretentious. Sure, the solos are individually credited but I'm take that as they guys taking pride in their musicianship rather than them having big heads. Also the songs themselves are not all 8 minute opus' which might be expected. There are a clutch of shorter stompers like 'The Psalm of Lydia' and when the band do pull out a longer tune it's length is totally justified - such as on the title track.

In the final analysis I have to admit defeat here - the brain pounding heaviness is just too much for me, making this album one that very rarely graces my stereo. It's not just the pummeling riffs or Danes great yet very individual vocals (the guy sounds line nobody else I can think of) it's the subject matter that really accentuates the power here. Highly intelligent, fully formed ideas that are singularly depressing, simply battering the listener into a catatonic state of glassy eyed despair. These lyrics come from a planet I can only live on for a short time but those punters with cast iron mental constitutions will lap up this veritable feast of no holds barred metal disintegration.

A beautifully harrowing experience which for me personally scores 2/5 but for it's genre and due to it's qualities (which are undeniable) I've given it 4/5.

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One of the GREASTEST bands ever!!!!!!!!
Brilliant Music in a Dead World
????
The genesis of a metal band
Friggin amazing

Dead Heart, in a Dead World
Nevermore
Manufacturer: Century Media
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Dreaming Neon Black
This Godless Endeavor
Enemies of Reality
Nevermore
Into the Mirror Black

ASIN: B00004YLH6
Release Date: 2000-10-17

Tracks:

Narcosynthesis
We Disintegrate
Inside Four Walls
Evolution 169
The River Dragon Has Come
The Heart Collector
Engines Of Hate
The Sound Of Silence
Insignificant
Believe In Nothing
Dead Heart In A Dead World

Album Description

2000 & fourth album from this Seattle metal band born from the ashes of Sanctuary. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

One of the GREASTEST bands ever!!!!!!!!.......2006-07-02

If you don't like this band then go slap yourself. All the members of this band are great. Alot of bands that people now listen to sound all the same, this is one of the bands that sticks out. People go out and buy all of Nevermore's cds.

Brilliant Music in a Dead World.......2006-04-23

When I was first getting into metal, this was one of my first 'real metal' CDs I ever bought (i.e. not poppy nu-metal like Korn, Skinlab and ilk.) As such, my review might be a bit biased in favor of Nevermore, but nonetheless, this album rules. I'd argue that either this (or maybe Dreaming Neon Black) is Nevermore's musical apex thus far. And since Nevermore is one of my favorite bands, that this is one of the best metal CDs ever made. And it is with good reason that I say this.

With so many bands vying for attention, there's a lot of unoriginality in music. It's rare for bands to draw from so many influences that their music defies logical classification. Yet Nevermore does just that (Iced Earth is also one of the few to do so.) They brilliantly combine the best of progressive metal, power metal, traditional metal, gothic metal as well as other subgenres. Dead Heart in a Dead World (a.k.a. DHDW) is not only the result of Nevermore 's unique style, but their varied songs as well.

This is the best feature of DHDW. Each song has its own combination of levity, seriousness, darkness, mellowness, heaviness, etc. For instance, the songs 'Evolution 169,' 'Inside Four Walls,' and 'Sound of Silence' all have some degree of levity in their lyrics (if only because one has lyrics from a Simon and Garfunkle song), yet 'Inside Four Walls' also has a degree of political seriousness about it that neither of the other two has.

Likewise, 'Dead Heart in a Dead World,' 'The Heart Collector,' and 'Believe in Nothing' all have a degree of darkness in them, yet 'Dead Heart in a Dead World' has a musical heaviness in it that neither of the other two (which are more ballad-esque) have.

It is hard to overstate the uniqueness of each song. Some songs will make you smile, some will make you think, and others will make you despair. And there is never any point where one has to skip tracks because every song is excellent. All of this while Nevermore performs interestingly original music that, while not always the most technical in metal, is so beautiful that it doesn't even matter.

Unfortunately, Nevermore's followup albums aren't as good because they lack the emotional variance that DHDW has. They are increasingly misanthropic, and while there are traces of that on this album, it is not overdone as it is on the followups. That's not to say they are bad because they're still very good, but it lacks the depth that DHDW and Dreaming Neon Black have.

If you have any appreciation of metal music, you will buy this CD. Then you'll buy Dreaming Neon Black.

????.......2006-03-13

alright.I was expecting a little bit better, i guess i am gonna stop buying CD's and start buying just songs:)

The genesis of a metal band.......2006-02-24

This is Nevermore's turn towards concept albums...they established themselves with the first two albums and worked out the small issues that all bands start with and it comes together in this, the beginning of their signature sound. The whole album has a strong push from start to finish. I personally find their album Dreaming Neon Black to be their best to date, lyrically, musically and general feel. They flex some lyrical muscle and show off with the musical pyrotechnics in this album though. I believe in liking a band through and through, and no collection would be complete with only a few of their albums. Seeing them live at Gigantour was also a real treat. They are ever the critics of their own music which means they care about what they put out. The sound tech was pretty bad until someone kicked him halfway through the set...and they admitted it. Few bands will do that, admit that something went wrong. But they pushed through and kicked some serious ass. All in all, get anything with their name on it. The lyrics are deep, the sound is unique (especially for something coming from Seattle) and they seem to be a humble group of musicians.

Friggin amazing.......2005-11-16

God I love Nevermore. They are one of the best bands that formed in the 90's. After having plenty of strong material under its belt before, Nevermore enter the new millennium with their best album yet. Here, you've got soaring vocals from Warrel Dane, great bass from Jim Sheppard, and awesome drumming from Van Williams. Towering over everything, however, is the guitar work of the one and only Jeff Loomis. How good is this album? Read on for the tracks.

1. Narcosynthesis - Very good song. I love the opening riff. "How did it come to this? Narcosynthesis!" 5/5

2. We Disintegrate 5/5

3. Inside Four Walls - The lyrics on this song are exellent. Warrel shows how great his lyrics are. "Inside four walls/Inside four walls my friend/They took away your freedom/and the pigs still preach their lies!"

4. Evolution 169 5/5

5. The River Dragon Has Come - THE bets song on the album! Don't let the clean intro fool you, this is possibly the heaviest song on the album, featuring an amazing 7-string riff. 6/5

6. The Heart Collector 5/5

7. Engines Of Hate - One of the heaviets songs on the album. 5/5

8. The Sound Of Silence - The S&G cover. Better than the original! 6/5

9. Insignificant - The better of the two ballads! 5/5

10. Believe In Nothing - Possibly Nevermore's most well-known song. 5/5

11. Dead Heart In A Dead World - Great closer to this album. 5/5

So, if you're a metalhead, you'll love this.

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A Metal Masterpiece!
Anything Nevermore is doomed to be perfect....
"Meet me in the dreamtime water, drown"
METAL GOODNESS
Crap

Dreaming Neon Black
Nevermore
Manufacturer: Century Media
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Dead Heart, in a Dead World
This Godless Endeavor
Enemies of Reality
Nevermore
In Memory

ASIN: B00000GWYS
Release Date: 1999-01-26

Tracks:

Ophidian
Beyond Within
The Death Of Passion
I Am The Dog
Dreaming Neon Black
Deconstruction
The Fault Of The Flesh
The Lotus Eaters
Poison Godmachine
All Play Dead
Cenotaph
No More Will
Forever

Album Description

1999 and third album from this Seattle metal band born from the ashes of Sanctuary. 13 tracks.

Customer Reviews:

A Metal Masterpiece!.......2007-04-29

Nevermore is one of my favorite bands from the 90's...The Guitar, drums, bass and vocals are so powerful, the Dark theme of the CD is the best part, this is Nevermores "Operation Mindcrime" in my opinion. if you love Heavy Metal, Doom, Or Death, you have to put this in your collection!

Highlights are Poison Godmachine, Dreaming Neon Black, Beyond within, Lotus eaters.!

Anything Nevermore is doomed to be perfect...........2007-03-16

...and this is no exception. The album is supposedly a concept album but not in the traditional sense of a story. Instead the songs all have the same thematics based on the loss of a loved one and are said to be Warrel Dane's interpretations of various dreams he had. On to the music part now, Dreaming Neon Black is everything the Nevermore fan expects. Crashing guitars, solid rhythm section and amazing vocals by Warrel. These guys know how to write good music regardless of people calling them power metal or death metal or anything. This is good music nonethless and Dreaming Neon Black is one of the best metal albums out there. Don't hesitate to give it a listen.

"Meet me in the dreamtime water, drown".......2007-02-22

This is far and away my favorite Nevermore release. Easily their darkest album, the mood throughout is one of crushing heaviness. The progressive conception of each and every song is excellently constructed and intelligently conceived. This is the one Nevermore release I can always rely on to give me a Progressive Metal fix. When looking over my own Nevermore catalog my eyes always linger upon this CD before any of the others because I know greatness lies within. Each and every song has a signature riff or devastating chorus even though they all constitute sections of a masterful concept album. Indeed, I dare any Progressive Metal fan to resist the fantastic lead guitar riff on the song "The Fault of the Flesh", the insistent pulse of "Beyond Within", or the darkly mesmerizing chorus of the title track. This album is all-around excellent. Highly recommended.

METAL GOODNESS.......2006-04-14

This is great stuff. Heavy riffs, nice solos, original vocals and smart lyrics. If you like heavy/thrash metal as well as any other style of metal GET IT, if you dont have it yet. Nevermore is amazing band!
Crushing....

Crap.......2006-01-08

Look, I don't get what the hype about this album is. Nevermore can obviously play, as demonstrated by the first song on here. But why did they choose to have the whole album be a mid-paced, boring almost-concept album?

I bought this album because "Deconstrution" was freaking awesome, but I was quickly disappointed when I discovered that it was probably the heaviest song on the album.

Half the songs on here are so slow they're practically ballads, and "The Lotus Eaters" is one of the most irritating metal songs I've heard. I buy an album for great guitars and headbanging, not to listen to the most pathetic, whiny "Please God..." a guy can muster over and over again.

Not the worst I've heard, but this really bores. I simply refuse to buy or listen to any Nevermore albums after this piece of crap.

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Politics of Ecstasy
Nevermore
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Nevermore
In Memory
Dreaming Neon Black
Dead Heart, in a Dead World
Enemies of Reality

ASIN: B000FGG6YS
Release Date: 2006-09-05

Tracks:

Seven Tongues of God
This Sacrament
Next in Line
Passenger
Politics of Ecstacy
Lost
Tiananmen Man
Precognition [Instrumental]
42147
Learning
Love Bites [*]
Next in Line [Multimedia Track]

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This album rocks!
It had to happen sooner or later...
What the heck happened to the production?
look past the production!
Progressive shredfest somehow spoiled by muddy production.

Enemies of Reality
Nevermore
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Nevermore
In Memory

ASIN: B0000A4G6D
Release Date: 2003-07-29

Tracks:

Enemies Of Reality
Ambivalent
Never Purify
Tomorrow Turned Into Yesterday
I, Voyager
Create The Infinite
Who Decides
Noumenon
Seed Awakening

Album Description

Seattle's Nevermore return after almost three years with this 2003 album. Century Media.

Customer Reviews:

This album rocks!.......2006-06-05

This is Nevermore's sixth full-length album another peak in the band's rapid ascend in the metal scene. The band is former SANCTUARY members Warrel Dane (vocals), Jeff Looms (guitar) and Jim Sheppard (bass). Throw in drummer Van Williams and you've got Nevermore. At first I didn't think to much about this album but the more I lessened to it the more I liked it. I started to hear all the master qualities that I missed when giving the album a quick once over. If your a Nevermore fan reading this then you might understand where I'm coming from with that last comment. The thing that caught my attention was Jef Looms's solo on I; Voyager and Enemies of Reality is pretty heavy. I think it does metal justice in my opinion. To me its the small things that make an album or a song good. This album may not be there best but it rocks pretty d### good to me.

It had to happen sooner or later..........2005-12-29

If I weren't biased, I would have only given one star.

Every good band does it... sell out. You can hear some of each song in every song on this album. Nevermore's last masterpiece was DEAD HEART, after that...

It's not that the songs are BAD. They're just linear. On DEAD HEART, NM switched gears with each song. This was especially so on their EP IN MEMORY. Each song was a masterpiece you could hang on the wall and admire as an individual work of art.

ENEMIES is a collection that you get the sense of the genius behind it only collectively. None of the songs really stand out on their own merit.

But hey. Awesome band. These aren't guitar-slinging nuts, these are musicians to be reckoned with. Their guitar work is unrivaled and the lyrics aren't just to meat up the sound.

They just didn't dispense with their talent as well as they usually do, that's all.
But that doesn't discredit their value as a legendary band.

What the heck happened to the production?.......2005-11-04

The only reason I'm giving this album a 2 instead of a 1 is because I think under all that muddy noise is some real good music. If I set my EQ just right I can hear something that sounds good. It might just be in my imagination but I can't fault the band completely for a bad production house. But, like the title says, this CD has HORRIBLE, DEPLORABLE, TERRIBLE, SAD, MISERABLE production quality. There are some CD's you buy that sound good on only certain types of stereo equipment. This cd sounds TERRIBLE on all configurations. The only album that I can think of that has just as bad if not worse production quality is "St.Anger" by Metallica, but at least Nevermore's music is still good, so that's the upside. Please Nevermore, if you are reading any of these reviews, I'm almost positive that your songs are awesome. Please produce another CD. We won't think any less of you!!! I just want to hear these awesome tunes. :(

look past the production!.......2005-09-12

I have yet to hear the remixed version, but this is a great cd, except for the song right before the last song, it's not very good. If not for that song, I'd give it a five.
I loved Sanctuary and liked the first Nevermore cd, but never got into them since the first cd.
This cd made me realise that they do indeed rock!
The songs are amazing and hopefully the remix sounds better, but if that didn't exist, I would be more than happy with this version.

Progressive shredfest somehow spoiled by muddy production........2005-08-23

This release is the second album I get from Nevermore. Compared to "This Godless Endeavour" (the other album I got) I think it's a bit more technical, but sadly the production does harm the final result -- yes, I own the original version, not the remastered one. While I love the dark, menacing sound of the rhythm guitar, the muddiness of the mix makes the listening experience not very enjoyable. It's a shame that Kelly Gray, who fairly played guitar for Queensryche, isn't equally good in playing the knobs and gauges for Nevermore. The abuse of voice overdubs (or harmonizers?), the unclear drumming and the overall felling that every instrument bleeds into the other; all that it's far from what I would call a good job. I hope the remastered version fixed all those issues -- I guess I'll purchase it, eventually.

Apart from the production problems, the songs here are very interesting. The first thing that I loved when I played the album was how Jeff Loomis doesn't shy when soloing. This guy is simply amazing, and here I guess he wanted to show his chops offs. So, be prepared to get a generous dose of serious shredding lead guitar.

Back to the songs, well, they don't have many hooks, but they do hit your head really hard. I like the dark melodies showing some modernized Iron Butterfly reminiscences. The lyrics and the arrangements are top-notch. These guys are in the league of Dream Theater and Fates Warning, no doubt about that. My personal highlights are "Never Purify" (that pounding sound, that middle section, and that fast solo!), "Noumenon" (a weird, but great song) and "Seed Awakening" (sometimes thrashy, sometimes menacing, with amazing lyrics and a very progressive feeling). I also like "I, Voyager" (for headbangers' guilty pleasures, with a "bonus" melodic chorus and a flashy guitar solo), "Ambivalent" (GREAT solo too) and "Enemies of Reality" (which contains another amazing solo from Loomis). As you see, I can remember almost every song here, so the pleasure is guaranteed for metal lovers.

To end the review, my main complains are, one, the aforementioned production problems; two, its length (it's way too short!) and three, Warrel Dane certainly is a fair-enough vocalist, but I would like him to showcase a wider range. Anyways, in spite of those (perhaps not so minor) flaws, the musicianship of these guys is so great, the compositions here are so good and the performance of the band is so tight that I don't dare to give to this album less than four stars. So, if you like a heavier variant of progressive rock, this is an album made for your tastes, besides any defect it might have. Go for it NOW!

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A remaster worth buying!

Nevermore
Nevermore
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Politics of Ecstasy
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ASIN: B000FGG6Z2
Release Date: 2006-09-05

Tracks:

What Tomorrow Knows
C.B.F.
Sanity Assassin
Garden of Gray
Sea of Possibilities
Hurting Words
Timothy Leary
Godmoney
System's Failing [*]
Dreaming Mind [#][*][Demo Version]
World Unborn [#][*][Demo Version]
Chances Three [#][*][Demo Version]
Utopia [#][*][Demo Version]
What Tomorrow Knows [*][Multimedia Track]

Customer Reviews:

A remaster worth buying!.......2006-09-30

Not every remaster is usually worth buying (I found out the hard way for my Megadeth albums), but this is an exception. Not only is the sound quality improved, but there is FIVE bonus tracks & they are fairly decent too considering the last 4 are rough demo tracks. There also is of course an updated booklet which includes a little story behind the album, live & publicity pics, & the liner notes & artwork has been redone. I would definitely recommend the upgrade if you are a big fan of the band!

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Dawn of the New Athens
Aesma Daeva , A.D. , John Prassas , Lori Lewis , Melissa Ferlaak , Earl Root , Chris Quinn , and Tim Klatt
Manufacturer: pnevma
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

The Heart of Everything
The Forgotten Goddess
Nine Destinies and a Downfall

ASIN: B000P37NDE

Product Description

Dawn of a New Athens is the long awaited album for all fans of symphonic metal. After 4 years Aesma Daeva has compiled its strongest lineup. With Grammy award winning Producer Neil Kernon (Hall and Oats, Queensryche). This album comes with major label production and underground originality. The album opens with the doom metal epic Tiszas Child. A wonderful song featuring the choral voices and members of (Rose Ensemble and Vocal Essence) combined with the lead vocals of Lori Lewis (Therions touring vocalist 2007) This is one of the most emotion and colorful symphonic metal albums released. Guitars are handled by Earl Root Minneapoliss own Root of all evil ,(ex disturbed God Awful) Bass guitar covered by Chris Quinn (DODD, A Whisper in the Noise) Other Highlights include DOreste DAdjace from Mozarts recently censored opera Idomenio. It is a very original and well thought out arrangement with rock and roll tempo changes and groove, but never loosing the vocalists money runs that we are all waiting to hear. Easily matched in intensity is Since the Machine a dystopian epic of massive chords and massive proportions based on George Orwels 1984.

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My introduction to Nevermore
Whoa!... This sounds KILLER!
Seed Awakening
SO MUCH BETTER...
Yes, definitively better than the original.

Enemies of Reality
Nevermore
Manufacturer: Century Media
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Nevermore

ASIN: B0007VCVEA
Release Date: 2005-03-28

Tracks:

Enemies of Reality
Ambivalent
Never Purify
Tomorrow Turned into Yesterday
1, Voyager
Create the Infinite
Who Decides
Noumenon
Seed Awakening

Album Details

This Special Edition Includes their 2004 Studio Release with Three Bonus CD Rom Videos.

Customer Reviews:

My introduction to Nevermore.......2006-07-25

And what and introduction I received! One of my good friends recommended that I purchase the re-release of 'Enemies of Reality' as opposed to the original release. I picked up this album at a BestBuy over a year ago. First of all, Andy Sneap (genius) helped Nevermore with the overall sound and production with re-mixing and re-mastering the release. Most of the music that Andy Sneap produces usually sounds very good. He has an ear for great music. Moving on to the album, Nevermore continue their greatness of making great heavy metal.

Vocalist and lyricist Warrell Dane writes deeply emotional and relevent lyrics alongside breathtaking guitarist Jeff Loomis who can solo and riff until your brains ooze out your ears. The album stars out with the title track (Enemies of Reality) that is still to this day my favorite song by Nevermore. The song, Tomorrow Turned Into Yesterday, is a slower-paced song that is fun to crank over and over. 'I Voyager' is a fun song to hear live and the music video is pretty good. I was very impressed with Nevermore's riffing, obvious world-class talent, and Dane's top-notch vocals.

Nevermore's style of music should be appealing to many different fans of heavy metal. Their music is hard to pin-point, with some calling it power metal with elements of progressive. Call it what you want, but we have one of the best American metal bands right now in the genre. If you havn't seen this band live yet, DO IT! They put on a great show and play songs spanning their musical careers. The past four Nevermore albums, back with 'Dreaming Neon Black' all the way to 'This Godless Endeavor' are elite. Listeners should not be dissapointed. Listen and headbang!

Whoa!... This sounds KILLER!.......2006-06-27

With all due respect to anyone who actually liked the originally mix of this disc, it didn't sound anything like Nevermore. This may be sacrilege to many who read this, but I actually traded in the original pressing of "Enemies" at my local used C.D. store, because I couldn't even get through the first few tracks. I've been a fan of Dane & Co. since the Sanctuary days, and I've never had such a distaste for anything they've recorded. For those of you who still have not heard this abysmally atrocious debut of Nevermore playing grunge (seriously- I'm not even sure you can actually hear a single guitar solo on the whole disc), splurge and get the re-mix. Andy Sneap deserves HUGE kudos for cleaning up this mess. No, it still doesn't sound as good as their other releases, but it sounds a sh@tload better than it did. In short, it sounds like a Nevermore album (forgive the use of that antiquated term).

More objectively, judging the disc on its own merits, this is still not Nevermore's best stuff- even with the brilliant re-mix. If you're a fan already, you gotta have it. It's good. If, however, you're relatively new to the band, practically anything else from their catalogue would be a better place to start than this one. My personal recommendations would be "Dead Heart" and/or "Dreaming Neon Black".

Seed Awakening.......2006-03-02

To be honest, at first I avoided buying this remaster of the album, due to low budget I have, but decided so after enjoying the album "This Godless Endeavor" to the point of being able to be Warrel's backup on vox, I decided to pick up the remixed/remastered copy of "Enemies of Reality". First off, for the most part this is very much better mix of the songs, and without doubt the second half of the album.

But I guess first I'll give you the bad that still keeps this album from reaching 5 stars. The Vidoes were great, but somehow they only seem to play in mono on my pc. I don't know why. Second, the length of the album is still at 40:53 which for me is way too short. No bonus songs added or even live songs from the album or something. Videos are ok, but they are not playable on normal cd players. Save those Vids tho, I want a video collection after 4 more albums. :P

Now for a Quick review of the remastering of the album (plus's and minus's)

1. Enemies Of Reality- For the most part this track is just easyer to hear. Sounds are more appearent. The vocals sound a bit different too. I think the vocals in some parts in this song have been rerecorded. Or maybe Andy Sneap used a different master tape of Warrel. The Track overall, really ain't all that different from the older version.
2. Ambivalent- This track is more clearer mix, there seems to be more vocal tracks in this mix. Seems like something is a bit different about the guitar solo which makes it more interesting. This song improved greatly from Andy Sneap.
3. Never Purify- Without a doubt the verses sound better in this version. clearer vocals.
4. Tomorrow Turned Into Yesterday- This track really changed alot from the older mix. The guitar in the verses is more acoustic sounding. Probably the one track that changed the most.
5. I, Voyager - Not a great deal of difference here. The track is a bit clearer. Making it a bit more enjoyable. But this is one point where Andy didn't do much different, probably cause the track is pretty much the best the way it is.
6. Create The Infinite- This song was the worst for me on the older version of this song. And so, Andy focused on fixing the track. Its clear he sent more time than Kelly anyways. The Quiet annoy bridge was fixed totally. The vocals are now louder and more destict. The music there also slightly up.
7. Who Decides- Intro has vocals this time as it fades in, the mix is clear and crisp. Nothing more to say here.
8. Noumenon- This track seemed to be Mixed about the same as the older version except, at the end some vocals and guitar is more clearer. It's hard to tell the difference between the 2 versions of this song.
9. Seed Awakening- This song was overlooked to be frank on the older one. This time the vocals are clear, and the quiet weird bridges were turned up too. This track at the end of the day sounds now very different from Noumenon.
V1. Enemies of Reality- The Video is fun to watch, the only problem is how they edited the song so it was more the length that a radio hit is. I miss those parts cut out. Man Warrel sure does the hand singals enough. lol
V2. I, Voyager- This Video is very cool. Love the look of Warrel in this one. Vampires are so much fun to see played. Warrel is so Evil in this video. Love it!
V3. Enemies of Reality(Live at Wachen 2004)- Great Live show. They know how to do it live, thats for sure.

Verdict is this is better than the older version mixed by Kelly. Get the remastered version, if you want sharp vocals, and more focus tempo. The one time I'd suggest the older version , is maybe the title track. Most tracks are much better. This album is being sold at the Century Media web site. Buy it there.

SO MUCH BETTER..........2005-09-14

This is so much better than the original mix.
The drums actually sound good, not that crappy "St. Anger" drum sound that was on the original mix.
The guitars aren't quite as thick, but I'll take thinner guitars over crappy drum sound any day.
Andy Sneap should get an award for his job on this remix!!!!
These songs(and I heard the original mix first) made me get into Nevermore again after 8 years of not paying attention.
Now I own the whole collection.
AMAZING, JUST AMAZING!!!!!!!
If you haven't bought any Nevermore cds, I would get this one first!

Yes, definitively better than the original........2005-09-01

I own the original version, and in this new one the vocals are certainly brought upfront, everything is better defined, drums and bass sound far tighter, and the mix is way cleaner. However, the rhythm guitar's tone does suffer a bit. The ballsy mood, the deep dark tone that Kelly Gray succeeded in reflecting on the original version is somewhat lost here -- though just slightly, to be fair. But definitively, this remastered and remixed release is much more brilliant. The band shines as it should have in the first try; and the final product is unarguably better rounded. Given that the music in this album is pure metal genius, I have to give to this "corrected" version its well deserved five stars. Adding the fact that they included three videos in the enhanced section, one of them with the band performing "Enemies of reality" live, you bet you won't be disappointed -- this fairly compensates for the short duration of this album. In few words, consider giving to the original album a second try by purchasing this one, and you won't regret it. As this review's title points out: yes, definitively better than the original.

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nevermore gives forevermore on this ep.......2005-11-25

i own several eps from different metal bands ,i can honestly say that this is my favorite one . for one because this ep by nevermore gives you that old school metal feeling after 2 or 3 times listening to this album. the first 4 songs will get you wishing this could have been a full length album. but anyway this album does seem short because it only has 5 songs, but it is well worth the buy. iam not going into detail about nevermores metal sound. just buy it and try it. you want be dissapointed if you like old school metal

Seismic Power Metal EP.......2005-08-16

A five-song EP totalling nearly a half hour of intense heavy metal from Nevermore, whose music rumbles with such deep, earthquake-like rhythms I've come to think of their brand as 'seismic power metal'. The band is extremely capable of softer and more melodic, often acoustic, songs as well, and that aspect is showcased on the disc as well, particularly in album closer 'The Sorrowed Man'. Opener 'Otimist Or Pessimist' is the EP's premier thrash assault, a high moment in the thrash genre. The multi-tempoed 'Matricide' is about humanity's slow killing of Mother Earth, with extremely powerful lyrics, emotional and powerful vocals and some of Nevermore's best pure power metal music. Title track "In Memory" is a slower doom metalish track; by the time you get this far you can see that the EP is doing a really remarkable job of showcasing the group's many different facets within a relatively short space. Their cover of Bauhaus's 'Silent Hedges/Double Dare' is very well done but not among the best tracks the band has put out. Again though, it highlights yet another aspect of what Nevermore can do. The closer 'Sorrowed Man' is a tender and beautiful soft metal track whose lyrics can be interpreted in either a highly spiritual and bright manner or in a fatalistic and dismal one; I choose the former, though based on some of the darker and bleaker lyrics on albums such as "Enemies Of Reality" I suspect it was probably intended in more of the latter tone (also as a possible counterbalance to the call in 'Optimist Or Pessimist' for, well, optimism). That's one of the great things about music though isn't it, that each listener gets his or her own interpretation out of a song? Either way you interpret 'Sorrowed Man', this is a great introduction to one of the world's premier metal bands.

\\m// ~ Amazing ~ \\m//.......2005-07-16

It's almost sad this cd only has 5 songs on it. Warrel Dane is just unbelievable. Jeff and Pat are legendary on this cd. I can't even believe I'm about to say this, but this has to be the only disc I own that actually brings tears to my eyes. Matricide in particular, and I'm not even a hippy or any goofy sh*t like that. No really though, it's a great disc with some sweet covers. Just a little short. Still gets 5 stars for the emotional drawing power, yet this album is still very forceful. It's all in the delivery, and few come close to Dane.

The Pessimist Spits these Pointed Words.......2004-02-22

Basically this ep is the ep before there was "Dreaming Neon Black" album came out. If you like Dreaming Neon Black, you will most likely like this EP. It does however have a heavier sound to it on the the first track, but thats short lived. 1. Optimist or Pessimist - A song about how the end of the world is coming and both the Optimist and Pessimist now it, yet they respond differently. . . . 90%2. Matricide - A song about how we are killing Mother Earth. . . . 95%3. In Memory - Speaking of falling back on memories when theres nothing left to hold on to. . . . 90% 4. Silent Hedges/Double Dare (2 Bauhaus Covers) - Cool covers. Interesting spin on the songs. . . . 90% 5. Sorrowed Man - A uplifting song. Very powerful soft song. . . . 95% If you like his EP, also check out: Nevermore- Dreaming Neon Black, Nevermore- Nevermore, Nevermore- Dead Heart in a Dead World, Nevermore- The Politics of Ecstasy.

Pretty good, not fantastic though........2003-11-21

This is a ep from nevermore in there earlier days, it has a bit more uplifting vibe to it (which i dont like), but it also has dark tracks like optimist or pessimist which are amazing. The solos on this cd are a variation of blazing speed, and ones that are more melodic, jeff loomis is amazing. good cd \m/

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