Scars

Scars

Editorial Reviews
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Straight-ahead yet emotive, testosterone-fueled rock, SOiL's impressive debut boasts 13 strong songs, all with staying power. The propulsive rhythms of the infectious, melodic, and intense title track are at once edgy and heavy, while "The One" is like a cooler Creed, with "Black 7" a brooding, more powerful and modern Danzig. Though Scars was produced by Johnny K, the seeming architect of the new "Chicago sound" that began with Disturbed (and SOiL are not unlike their Windy City counterparts, especially on "Understanding Me") that's not to say SOiL doesn't have its own identity. The Midwestern quintet grooves hard and consistently with a pleasing combination of modern metal stylings matched with old-school influences and a nice attention to detail. From the sexy groove of "Need to Feel" to the more evil "Wide Open," to the punky rawness of "The One," SOiL cover a lot of ground without losing the thread, marking the darkly provocative Scars as an auspicious, affecting, and coolly commercial beginning. --Katherine Turman

Tracks:

Regime Change
Love Hate (On and On)
My Hell
Scars Remain
Game On
Someone
After the World
Dive
Fight for Love
Purpose to Melody
No End at All

Customer Reviews:

Disciple ROCKS!.......2007-07-16

Before this CD, I didn't particularly care for Disciple. But after seeing them in concert the week it came out, I decided to try it and fell in love with their music. This CD has a song for everyone. If you're more into the inspirational or slower stuff, I'd suggest "After the World" and "No End at All." For those of you who like the heavier stuff that Disciple is known for, I'd suggest "Scars Remain," "Game On," "My Hell," and "Fight for Love." It's a great CD, a great band, and a great message that they're putting out there. After listening to this, I went from not even knowing the names of the band members, to knowing every single lyric to every song on this CD.

Not what it should be.......2007-04-10

Disciple is a band that, unfortunately, seems unable to find its way to the top of any audience's favorites list. Too unpolished to reach the top of the Christian rock scene and too typical to gain success in more indie-oriented circles, Disciple is perpetually cursed to mediocrity.

Admittedly, this album is a step in the right direction, seeming an improved successor both to the recent, pop-oriented self-titled album and the older, rawer releases like By God and Back Again. The beats are fast and the guitar riffs faster in songs like "Dive", "Regime Change", and "Game On". Unfortunately, the songs never seem to go much farther than that, opting for paths beaten to dust ten years ago or more rather than newer sounds.

The lyrics have enough biblical allusions to satisfy the religious audience, and the riffs have the tired feel that make this exactly the type of release that "old-school" Christian rockers will love, complete with the sleep-inducing power ballad "No End at All". However, in a scene that is increasingly developing lyrical and musical depth, Scars Remain simply can't compete--it has nothing really new to offer.

My Metallica replacement.......2007-04-02

I've been a Metallica fan since 1989. I recently gave up listening to them because of their interference with my faith. Only 5 days after I discarded every Metallica CD I had, I received this Disciple CD in the mail. Like I said, I was a fan, die hard Metallica fan, since 1989. Scars Remain has replaced my Metallica thirst musically and replaced angry, hopeless lyrics with Jesus. Awesome!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!!!!!!!.......2007-03-28

When my dad showed me this CD I was blown away. I couldn't believe that i'v never heard of Disciple before. Ever since christmas they are all I have in my stereo and on my MP3 player. I can't get enough of Disciple and I can't wait for their next CD.

Awesome band, Awesome CD! .......2007-03-27

I am a Christian, and of course I listen to Christian music, and I LOVE all types of Christian music, Contemporary, Hip Hopish, Rock, etc... I read a review on this CD on Amazon, and that same day I went to town and I bought the CD and I am really glad I did! Disciple is an awesome Christian rock band! I am really liking this CD more each day as I listen to it. I am glad that Disciple is doing this for God. I hope that they continue to do what their doing in Music Ministry. My favorite songs would have to be "After the world", "My Hell", and "No end at all". All in all this is an awesome Christian CD, and I recommend that you all go buy it! ;-)

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happy shopper
What a PATHETIC LOSER!!!
Don't buy there music
Been a MG fan for 2 years
A great debut!

Tattoos & Scars
Montgomery Gentry
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Something To Be Proud Of: The Best Of 1999-2005

ASIN: B00000IIXF
Release Date: 1999-04-06

Tracks:

Hillbilly Shoes
Trying To Survive
Lonely And Gone
Self Made Man
Daddy Won't Sell The Farm
If A Broken Heart Could Kill
I've Loved A Lot More Than I've Hurt
Didn't You Mama Tell Ya'
Trouble Is
Tattoos & Scars
All Night Long

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This swaggering, tough-singing Kentucky duo consists of a pair of impassioned but unremarkable singers--Eddie Montgomery (brother of country star John Michael Montgomery) and his longtime musical associate Troy Gentry. They deliver a rowdy, whiskey-drenched, antiheroic brand of rocked-up honky-tonk that unabashedly conjures up memories of Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr., and other rough-and-rowdy country "outlaws" of yesteryear. Montgomery and Gentry wear these influences well on serviceable cuts like "Hillbilly Shoes" and "Didn't Your Mama Tell Ya," but do them a disservice on unremarkable ballads like "Trying to Survive" and "If a Broken Heart Could Kill," and on their derivative-sounding cover of Charlie Daniels's "All Night Long." The utter lack of original material on their debut CD is somewhat suspect, yet on killer cuts like the painfully confessional "Self Made Man" and the morally insightful "Daddy Won't Sell The Farm" they do show a few sparks of innovation amid all the ragged honky-tonk smoke and fire. --Bob Allen

Customer Reviews:

happy shopper.......2007-01-05

This was a gift for my boyfriend who is such a big Montgomery Gentry fan. He absolutely loved the CD and plays it so often I think I'll be getting another one soon! Very satisfied customer! Thanks!

What a PATHETIC LOSER!!!.......2006-08-20

Look at me ....I'm a tough guy ....just ask that dead tame bear over there. Gentry is so phoney he could be in the Bush administration. Let's make him co-Sec. of Defense! Rumsfeld-Gentry! Yeah, we'd limit our targets to unarmed people but the numbers would be great!

What a PATHETIC LOSER!!!

Don't buy there music .......2006-08-19

Country Singer Charged With Killing A Tame Bear
(WCCO) Minneapolis Country singer Troy Lee Gentry was indicted Tuesday in federal court on a charge of illegally killing and tagging a tamed black bear.

Gentry, of Franklin, Tenn., and Lee Marvin Greenly, a 46-year-old wildlife photographer from Sandstone, Minn., appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Raymond Erickson in Duluth, Minn. Tuesday morning. Their case being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael A. Dees.

According to the indictment, Greenly sold Gentry a tame, trophy-caliber black bear named "Cubby" for approximately $4,650 in October of 2004. Greenly housed several animals for use in his photography business.

After the transaction, the indictment reports that Greenly and Gentry tagged the bear with a Minnesota hunting license. Gentry then allegedly killed the captive bear with a bow and arrow while the animal was still enclosed in a pen on Greenly's property.

The indictment further alleges that Greenly and Gentry registered the bear with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as though it had been hunted in the wild before shipping the animal's hide to a taxidermist in Kentucky for mounting.

According to the Lacey Act, it is illegal to falsely tag a tame bear for the purpose of hunting.

The bear's death was videotaped and allegedly edited after the fact to make it appear that Cubby had been killed in a "fair chase" situation.

Greenly is also facing two further charges of violations against the Lacey Act, including guiding hunters to the Sandstone National Wildlife Refuge, where black bear hunting is illegal, and unlawfully setting up bear-baiting stations in the area.

Both Gentry and Greenly have been released on bond pending their next court appearance. If convicted on the charges, they could both face a maximum potential penalty of five years in federal prison and a $20,000 fine.

Been a MG fan for 2 years.......2006-03-22

I became a MG fan when I heard them (on TV) perform at the Fanfare in Nashivlle. I heard 'Hell Yeah' quite a while before that and I loved that; and If you ever stop loving me. I didn't know who MG where then- then I heard their performance at fanfare (On the TV) and had to become a fan. I got all their albums.

This is their debut CD, and it is really good. Their first single; "Hilbilly Shoes" is about not judgeing people- sends a powerful message and it can still be rocked out.

And "Lonley and Gone" is a great song and they can sing it with such emotion.. not to mention the vid for it!! Wow.
The whole album is good- and their version of "All Night Long" rocks
There are just so many things to say about each song.
"Daddy wont sell the farm" MAN! That song is great- the music singing melody and all. And it is about not being able to take a country boy out of thier setting, no matter what.

The whole album is great- and If i heard this album when it debuted in 1999 I would have said, "These guys will be around for a long time to come"

A great debut!.......2005-06-08

This is the cd that started everything for Eddie Montgomery and Troy (T-Roy) Gentry. This is what they offered, and they did a great job with it.

All of the songs on this album are great to listen to. It makes no difference where you are, home, work or on the road, you can listen to them anywhere. The songs are well written, and each song has a message, it has something you can relate to. "Trying to Survive" and "Lonely and Gone" are songs about trying to cope when relationships break up. Many who hate Country argue that's what all Country songs are about. No, they are not, but then again, EVERYONE knows someone going through this kind of heartache. "Trouble Is" sings of regret of letting a marriage slip away, while "Didn't Your Mama Tell Ya" reminds us there are still guys who do love their women and simply don't disrespect them, but rather love them completely. Other songs are a lot of fun, such as "I've Loved a lot More Then I've Hurt," where he's endured alot of bad things, but he still enjoys life, and "Daddy Won't Sell the Farm," about a farmer who won't sell out for ANYTHING, and neither will his son. Probably the most emotional song is the title track, "Tatoos and Scars," a song about a kid who thinks he's seen it all with his tatoos, but an older man shows his much harder-lived life with his scars.

This album was their finest moment. They told the world they were tough and proved it with their music. Their next one would be good, but unfortunately it was downhill after that. At one time, Montgomery Gentry made solid Country. Maybe one day the will do it again.

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Great solid album.
Could've been better.....

The Failure In Drowning
Scars of Tomorrow
Manufacturer: Victory Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000I2J0ZG
Release Date: 2006-10-31

Tracks:

Lost in the Moment
Failure in Drowning
Broken Silence
Unwinding
Silence of Sorrow
Wandering
Nashville
Relive the Curse
Face Plastered in Black
Untold Truth
Your Hand This Vice

Customer Reviews:

Great solid album........2007-02-23

I personally think the audio on this album sounds terrific. I listen mostly in my car on my stereo, which is mostly all high end with subs and the whole works. I don't know what the other guy is talking about with poor quality. Everything is very distinct and audible, nothing gets real washed out or muddy sounding. This is an album that you have to be in the state of mind for it because its not about random pointless subjects. The lyrics are the kind of hurt/bitter/angry type, so if you're not sitting on top of the world in your life right now, this album should sit perfectly with you. Good job guys.

Could've been better............2006-11-05

whoever eq'd certain parts of this album needs to be slapped. I took out 1 star for poor production, and one for performance. The vocals on the title track where Mike tries to sound like Alex from Atreyu are irritating, just 'cause Scars is way better than Atreyu, they shouldn't be influenced by them. Also, the Caliban-style overproduced clean vocals on a few of the tracks. As far as production goes, The Horror of Realization sounded way, way better. The kick drum's slap it way too high pitched on the album. It's more than likely a sound replaced kick using a trigger, but the kick they chose to use just sucks. The guitars are way, way too bassy to the point that when I listen to the beginning of Nashville through my studio monitors, it crackles all over the place. The rest of the drums sound great, musically this album is about on-par w/ their last. Love these guys to death, just hope their next effort is mixed better......

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THE ONLY BILL PERRY REVIEW YOU NEED...CUZ I...
A Real Find!!!
Almost Amazing

Love Scars
The Bill Perry Blues Band
Manufacturer: Virgin Records Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000WAT
Release Date: 1996-02-06

Tracks:

Love Scars
Lost In The Blues
Fade To Blue
Down
Darkness Of Your Love
Boogie Blues
Settle Down, Fred
Smokey Joe
I'm Leaving You
In My Lonely Room
80 West
Fade To Blue (Reprise)

Customer Reviews:

THE ONLY BILL PERRY REVIEW YOU NEED...CUZ I..........2005-12-07

THIS is the only Bill Perry Love Scars review you need because i played guitar in his band for 2+ years...check the liner notes to Greycourt Lighting or Live at Mannys for me.
So im here to tell you that LOVE SCARS is my FAV B.P. record! I first heard it as a 20 yrold fan, brimming with curiosity for the Blues and R&B.Its been some years since ive heard it(friends stealing my copies) and im still totaly ready to expound!
The THING about Love Scars is its got real VIBE...the record actually SOUNDS BLUE...I know that sounds like some Jimi Hendrix talk (of which Bill Perry no stranger) but its for real this time...As some of the other reviews had described (although seeming to lack any real musical knowledge) the record is moody, smokey and the songs are hard won and compelling.
Let me explain the funny titles, Bill is the kinda guy who finally names a song when the record company calls him up on the phone for the track listing...he's not real detail oriented...as he likes to say 'i just push the high strings brotha'.On stage night after night he might call a song by one of the lyrics within the tune, eventually we all forget the title! In his world of WREAKING tone, DARK BLUE vocals, and WHITE HOT licks its really just all about 'catching a groove'....and GROOVE this albumn does.
You gots the FUNK, the burning Shuffle, the SLOW blues, and Bills marvelous although under-exposed skills in 6/8 time, the very minor key'd 'Settle Down Fred' and blues CLASSIC 'Fade to Blue' being examples! Love Scars also drops an adequate dose of acoustic and Dobro material, something we all hope Bill will record an entire album of one of these days.
BILL PERRY IS A MONSTER WORLD CLASS PLAYER...A LIVING BREATHING BLUES MAN WITH A VOICE, BOTH ON GUITAR AND HIS OWN, THATS AS DEEP REACHING AS IT IS UNMISTAKEABLE.
If you need some modern blues inspiration, look no further.this music will guide you and your stereo for years to come.

A Real Find!!!.......2005-05-16

An amazing debut from a truly amazing guitarist. Bill Perry has that unusual positive combination of being both technically proficient beyond 98% of blues guitarists out there, yet extremely soulful and musical at the same time. Layer his smokey, gritty voice on top and you have one of the absolute BEST blues albums I have ever heard. As the previous reviewer notes, not every song on this CD is 'perfect', but Perry's range is so wide, everyone will find 75%+ to like here. For a classic slow blues tune, 'I'm Leaving You' is simply awesome...his solo sends chills down your spine. 'In My Lonely Room' is an incredibly strong song for a more traditional tune. 'Fade to blue' is a tune you'll be humming to yourself for months.

In short, Bill Perry is, in my judgment, simply amazing. Even more amazing is that no one has heard of him.

Almost Amazing.......2002-01-29

This first album contains some great blues, songs and guitar from Bill Perry. I was amazed on stumbling across this cd a few years back. Perry has not had any coverage where I live and this cd was not listed on Amazon until reasonably recently. The album is a bit uneven but still highlights his potiental. His guitar is often awesome and his smokey vocals more than adequate. Check out 'down' as a master piece of atmosphere and guitar, the strangely named 'settle down, fred' for his guitar ability and feeling, and 'fade to blue' (both versions) as examples of some funky blues. Some tracks however do not measure up because of ultra high note playing that tends toward partial hysteria.

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Forget At the Drive In
The Veritable Archetype of Alt-Rock
Solid Foundation for Sparta!!!
SPARTA--force unstoppable.
Great album.

Wiretap Scars
Sparta
Manufacturer: Dreamworks
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ASIN: B000069KO6
Release Date: 2002-08-13

Tracks:

Cut Your Ribbon
Air
Mye
Collapse
Sans Cosm
Light Burns Clear
Cataract
Red Alibi
RX Coup
Glasshouse Tarot
Echodyne Harmonic
Assemble The Empire

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When hirsute El Paso, Texas, emo gods At the Drive-In abruptly called it quits and split into two factions--unofficially, the afros and non-afros--dismayed fans feared that it spelled the end for their pummeling, tight-wire guitar rock. Not so. While hairy frontman Cedric Bixler and guitarist Omar Rodriguez did, indeed, venture into weirdo space jazz under the name the Mars Volta, guitarist Jim Ward, bassist Paul Hinojos, and drummer Tony Hajjar stay on course as Sparta. Wiretap Scars echoes the reckless beauty of the trio's former band. The album features raw punk fury on "Cut Your Ribbon," emotional dissonance in "Cataract," and an absurdly exuberant melody ("Glasshouse Tarot") or two ("Mye") scattered about. And it rocks like a bastard. --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

Forget At the Drive In.......2007-02-02

I've seen too many reviews marginalizing this album because it's not At The Drive In or Mars Volta - they're right, it's not, and that's why it's brilliant. Independent of the comparisons, taken solely for what it is (rather than what's it's not), Wiretap Scars earns each of its five stars. The level of its energy and the sincerity of its emotion have made this album one of my all-time favorites, which is what led me to write this review some 4+ years after I first purchased it. I disagree that this album is just a disjointed collection of songs; personally, I think it's one of the most cohesive albums I've heard in the last decade - the pace and attack of the songs changes over the course of the album but the emotional tone stays the same: desperate and somewhat nostalgic. I've never tired of this album and it has scarcely left my CD player over the last several years.

The Veritable Archetype of Alt-Rock.......2006-12-12

I had been a fan of At The Drive-In, and when that band fractured into Sparta and the more popular The Mars Volta, I investigated both new bands. The Mars Volta have certainly become more well known; and their style of bizarre, experimental art-rock/psychedelia/fusion/whatever is interesting, but I seriously think that this album by their counterparts Sparta is one of the great underappreciated alt-rock albums of all time.

Pop-inflected, atmoshpheric, creative, otherworldy, artistic, catchy, gritty, expressive....these are all way I could describe this amazing and addictive album. Both more coherent and more well-written than anything The Mars Volta have ever done; it really is a shame that this album didn't receive more attention from the music-buying public. For me, this band and Sunny Day Real Estate are the veritable apogee of the alt-rock/emo sound, in different ways, without some of the annoying pretense and smug hipness of some of the other bands in the genre. I still can't get this one out of my CD player. A modern obscure classic!

Solid Foundation for Sparta!!!.......2006-12-02

This album is instantly palatable, and the grandeur of this work is awesome. Every track is instantly catchy, and the lyrics and music are well put together. This album features 3 out of the 5 ex-At the Drive In members from El Paso Texas: Jim Ward (vocals), Paul Hinojos (guitar), and Tony Hajjar (drums), and you can definitely see where At the Drive In got some of its influences from. Jim does an excellent job at taking the reins at vocals, and in my opinion, the break-up of At the Drive In has provided us with two excellent bands (the Mars Volta and Sparta) that can more than adequately hold their own apart from their previous band, if not even better. This album has a somewhat euphoric quality to the guitar work, and leaves you in a state of wonder, and the overall raw integrity to which lead singer Jim Ward lends his vocals is amazing. Standout tracks are abundant, but if I had to pick my favorites, they would be: "Air", "Collapse", "Light Burns Clear", and especially "Glasshouse Tarot", which in my opinion, is the best sounding song on the album. For harder tracks reminiscent of ATDI, check out "Cut Your Ribbon" and "Assemble the Empire". EL PASO ROCKS!!!

SPARTA--force unstoppable. .......2006-11-26

One of my favorite albums, Wiretap Scars, gives the listener such a wide range of Sparta's capability as coming out and making it as their own. Many of the songs are catchy and have the stick-in-your-head ability. I can't stop playing it in my car! Perfect for all moods.

Great album........2006-05-06

This album start to finish is simply awesome and rocking. Some people don't seem to like Jim's voice compared to Cedric's but personally I've always preferred Jim's. If you like rock in the vein of Fugazi, Radiohead, Foo Fighters, and older Jimmy Eat World you should definitely check this out.

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From start to end had me trapped!!!
Their best.
Scarsy
Probably the best ever...
Mindless, Blind, Water-Deprived, Locked-In-The-Basement Mosh

Scars
SOiL
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005NQJZ
Release Date: 2001-09-11

Tracks:

Breaking Me Down
Halo
Need To Feel
Wide Open
Understanding Me
My Own
Unreal
Inside
Two Skins
The One
New Faith
Why
Black 7

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Straight-ahead yet emotive, testosterone-fueled rock, SOiL's impressive debut boasts 13 strong songs, all with staying power. The propulsive rhythms of the infectious, melodic, and intense title track are at once edgy and heavy, while "The One" is like a cooler Creed, with "Black 7" a brooding, more powerful and modern Danzig. Though Scars was produced by Johnny K, the seeming architect of the new "Chicago sound" that began with Disturbed (and SOiL are not unlike their Windy City counterparts, especially on "Understanding Me") that's not to say SOiL doesn't have its own identity. The Midwestern quintet grooves hard and consistently with a pleasing combination of modern metal stylings matched with old-school influences and a nice attention to detail. From the sexy groove of "Need to Feel" to the more evil "Wide Open," to the punky rawness of "The One," SOiL cover a lot of ground without losing the thread, marking the darkly provocative Scars as an auspicious, affecting, and coolly commercial beginning. --Katherine Turman

Customer Reviews:

From start to end had me trapped!!!.......2006-05-12

I picked this cd up a few years back and when i head the band was releasing their new cd which you can read my review about under that cd i just had to pop this album back in to remined me why i loved these guys. From the second you pop this cd in to the very last dark track you will be bangin your head and screaming for more, this is truly one of the best cd's i own and will always love it although Ryan is now the lead man for drowning pool!!!

Their best........2006-04-14

This is one of the few albums that I can listen to from track 1 through the final track and enjoy every single song. The album had 'radio friendly rock' written all over it, but it never got much attention besides the one single "Halo." Unfortunately Ryan (lead vocals) left the band and has since joined Drowning Pool.

Scarsy.......2006-03-19

Good rythims, good vocals, fun lyrics....first saw this on a WoW pvp video and had to have it.(Video PAT-PVP2)

Probably the best ever..........2005-08-18

True Score:4.8 a couple songs toward the end could have been better
Replay / Value: 5.0 always something good to listen to no matter how many times you've already heard it.

I love many cd's but no matter how great a cd seems to be at first the routine of listening to the same songs repeatedly makes even the best cd's dreadful. I've had Soil's cd for 4 years now, seems like longer and could be, I bought it when it was first sold. Still enjoy their sound. It's probably safe to say after all this time SOIL is my ultimate favorite group in my ultimate favorite genre.
The best comparison I can make on Soil is to take what is good about Godsmack's industrial vocals and style of music(on Godsmacks good songs). The music is loud, energetic,thickly layered, strong, heavy and dark.. perhaps a little like Spineshank? Lyrics aren't generic so a wonderful job of writing their own words. The drums are particarly powerful, like metalica, and push my sub hard.
As pleasant of a recording and well mixed as you can get for hard metal recording.

Mindless, Blind, Water-Deprived, Locked-In-The-Basement Mosh.......2005-06-02

(The title of this article)Is what you get when you buy this album. The first two tracks are brilliant, no matter what, with heavy, harsh riffs taking mosh by the scruff of the neck and cheerfully kicking the life out of it, making sure it can't run away. They have mosh music, and it's all theirs.
From then on it gets weaker, the songs are enjoyable, but only if you're in the mood for a good old mosh, and have been kickstarted by the first two tracks. There are times when you have to wonder how much thought he's put into his lyrics (He rhymes 'emotion' with 'wotion'. Is 'wotion' a word? I haven't checked, and I'm not going to.)
The album is enjoyable at first, but if you are listening to it on your own it gets boring quite quickly (especially after the 3rd time you have played it.)It just seems to be the same stuff at different tempos.
But, overall, this is a good album while you are in the company of others, and it does for about forty minutes of moshing. So gather a group of like minded friends, lock the door, turn the lights out, drink more then a sensible amount, put this record on, and demonstrate.

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Be Ministered To...
very dry boring and dry again

Healed Without Scars
David G. Evans
Manufacturer: Abundant Harvest
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2006-09-19

Customer Reviews:

Be Ministered To..........2007-06-29

I closed my eyes and allowed myself to be ministered to.. There are several songs on this cd that have a powerful message.. but you must be ready and able to receive them.. This cd will take you to a higher level..
if you relax and allow it too.

very dry boring and dry again.......2007-01-10

i ordered this cd after hearing let it be me on the radio a song off the cd well i was extremely disappointed it did not hold my attention and i was not moved at all they should have just done a single because the rest of the cd is quite a bomber i hate to put down a gospel cd but i must tell the truth

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I love the group.....
Instead of this, I reccomend the latest by Android Lust
Pure oth Rock Pop
A great post punk joyride

Sexless Demons and Scars
Jack Off Jill
Manufacturer: 404 Music Group
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Covetous Creature
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Band Aid Covers the Bullet Hole
So Long, Scarecrow

ASIN: B00000AEBE
Release Date: 1998-09-01

Tracks:

American Made
Horrible
My Cat
Super Sadist
Devil With the Black Dress On
Girl Scout
Swollen
Poor Impulse Control
Lillirot
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Please enter a title for your review.......2005-08-28

I can't work out what this band is trying to do. There are elements of metal, punk, riot grrl, and grunge, all of which are handled in the most rudimentary way. If music is inconsequential to you and all you're looking for is a cute unconventional singer to worship, then Jack Off Jill may be the band for you. If you're looking for good tunes you won't find them here.

I love the group............2004-10-15

I love Jack Off Jill. I have to say that much, but this is the only album I OWN! I have currently ordered "Clear Hearts, Gray Flowers" and "Covetous Creature". I don't feel right in reviewing something until I actually have the CD accessible for me to listen to. In this case, I only have this album.

First things first. The album is solid, the music is good, and her vocal's are full of pent up rage as always. Those are the good points.

The bad ones....I found the songs uninspiring, and rather bland. It doesn't seem that they put their all into this album.

Once I get the other albums, I will review those, because I know "Clear Hearts, Grey Flowers" is an amazing album in itsself.

Instead of this, I reccomend the latest by Android Lust.......2004-01-16

On one level, I pity all the folks who think this is good music... It is neither creative nor innovative, only cliched and juvenile. This album sounds like something I would have written in high school. Not that high schoolers suck at writing...on the contrary, high school kids can be quite gifted, and these ladies are obviously not teenagers! On the other hand, and on another level, I can see how most people would like this crap. The general public has a limited idea of what good music and writing are...
I am reserving judgement on Scarling, the singer's new band, until I hear it, because I am willing to bet that Jessicka has matured as a songwriter and musician... At least she should have by now.... it's been at least 4 years... For some really moving music, check out some Shostakovich string quartets, PLEASE! America needs more educated and cultured people.

Pure oth Rock Pop.......2004-01-15

God Damn it this title rocks
Jack off Jill are completely out of my genre Im much more of a grunge person myself but this is a record of pure goth pop melodies its impossible not like. If u dont have the the three major label Jack off Jills cds get them now.

A great post punk joyride.......2004-01-03

Although Jack Off Jill may never have topped the charts or headlined Madison Square Garden, their contribution to gothic-alt rock as well as the Grrl Band Revolution isn't any less important.

Disbanding in 2000, they left their fans with a masterpiece, "Clear Hearts Grey Flowers". There first label release Sexless Demons & Scars (Risk) should not be discounted as anything far from great aswell.

Like I said, Sexless Demons And Scars is Jack Off Jill's first full length release on Risk Records. All songs are fun, angry, and most impressive. Though I think JOJ's vocalist outshines most of the music on this record, the results make for a great post punk joyride through candy covered wet dreams and razorblade smiles of painful nightmares!

If you like Le Tigre, Babes in Toyland, & hole BUY this record now!

Scars of the Crucifix
Average customer rating:

great death metal

dear deicide,

CD = Evil DVD = lacking

Best Death Metal Album

This is one rules!!

Scars of the Crucifix
Deicide
Manufacturer: Earache Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2004-02-24

Customer Reviews:

great death metal.......2007-03-16

great death metal, as one would expect from the legends. i am usually very picky about when newer stuff comes out, but i'd say this is one of their best, easily.

dear deicide,.......2006-11-08

please pray to your lord satan to give you more talent serously it sounds like raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh rulah satan is lord rooooooooooooooo raaaaaaaaaaaaaaa re ro ro ro your boat gently down to hell im mean dear god we get it you love satan the fans will say im not a metal fan but im only into REAL metal not RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH RAG ROOOOOO do me a favor and pick up gwars new album now thats a band

CD = Evil DVD = lacking.......2006-09-05

I Assume This Is The DVD Version (If It Isnt Dojn't Bother Wasting Your Money On The DVD)Ill Start With The Album, This Short Little Spawn Of Mayham Is Good Deicide And Nothing Else(Even The Song Mad At god Which I Found A lyrical failure) Is good. The DVD however is quite a letdown, the first part is alrihgt explains how the album is made(well how the vocal's are anyways) and it show's in on the band's live's which is alright i guess,some parts were inteesting but i got bored when steve started showing off his gun collection, and i feel that they could have also gotten the video for the title track on here (and a making of feature for that) if they tried.

Best Death Metal Album.......2006-04-03

This is my favorite Death Metal Album of all time. I'm a huge fan of every deicide album, even the ones that most agree weren't all that good. They just stepped it up to a new level on this effort. The sound they get out of their guitars is huge and unearthly. The over all atmosphere Deicide creates is on an epic orchestra like level. I've never heard metal like this before. Other great albums by this band are their self titled album, Serpents of the Light, and Legion. If you're new to Deicide you might want to try those ones first. This album takes a little time to digest.

Don't listen to the Christian reviewer below me, if there is a God I'm sure he's got better things to do that worry about what kind of music were into; you think he'd be more offended if we were listening to talentless, mediocre, kiss A$$ Christen Rock. `Praise Jesus, He's so great, Praise him, He needs your acceptance and approval, it's like crack to him.' Grow up people.

This is one rules!!.......2006-04-02

Now 1st of all I would like to talk to Mr. Noel Kelly "A_Christian" Dude now just to let you know. YOU are dead wrong!!!! I used to be a christian along time ago but now I hate the church, etc. That church stuff is brain washing you to make you say the same thing as I hear from the rest of them people. You need to wake up!!! Now this cd is one of there best works!!! I have been rocking out with them for along time! So if you want to hear something that is going kick your ear drums in then pick up this!!!!

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Beautiful music.
5 stars for performance, 4 stars due to omissions
"Hammer & Silva...raises the hair on the back of your neck"

Hammer the Studio That Dripped Blood
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Main Theme/Inside Castle Darcula/Lure Of The Vampire Women/Dracula's Rage/The Kiss Of The Living Dead (Dracula)
Funeral In Carpethia/Finale: Confrontation & Climax/The Fall Of Dracula (Dracula Prince Of Darkness)
Love Theme (The Scars Of Dracula)
Finale/Dracula And The Crucifix (Dracula Has Risen From The Grave)
The Blood Of Dracula (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
Romance: The Young Lovers/Shadow Of The Tomb (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
Ride To The Ruined Church/Romance At Dusk (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
Dracula Triumphant/Pursuit/Death Of Lucy (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
The Victory Of Love (Taste The Blood Of Dracula)
Christina (Frankenstein Created Woman)
The Power Of Evil (The Devil Rides Out)
Invocation To The Devil/Dance Frenzy (The Devil Rides Out)
Awakening And Absolution (The Devil Rides Out)
Vampire Rhapsody (Kiss Of The Vampire)

Tracks:

Cosmic Sequence/Tumak Meets Luana/In The Domain Of The Shell People/Eruption Of The Volcano (One Million Years B.C.) - Mario Nascimbene
Main Theme/Storm Over The Sea (When Dinasours Ruled The Earth) - Mario Nascimbene
Life Of The Tribe/Finale (Creatures The World Forgot) - Mario Nascimbene
The Tomb/The Desert (The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb) - Carlo Martelli
Ayesha - She Who Must Be Obeyed (She)
Bedouin Attack & Desert Quest (She)
In The Kingdom Of She - Processional/The Cruelty Of She (She)
The Eternal Flame And The Destruction Of She (She)
Main Title (The Abominable Snowman) - Humphrey Searle
Defeat Of The Aliens/Finale (Quatermass II)
Main Titles/Anna's Theme - Christopher Gunning
Prologue (Vampire Circus) - David Whitaker
Main Themes (The Vampire Hunter) - Jamed Bernard
Pastorale/The Werewolf At Bay/Aptheosis (Curse Of The Werewolf) - Benjamin Frankel

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful music........2007-01-10

I sat back with the lights dimmed and a cup of hot coffee and enjoyed the beautiful haunting music of years gone by. Memories abound.

5 stars for performance, 4 stars due to omissions.......2006-08-29

Why doesn't this get a perfect five stars?

Simple reason.

The producers at Silva, for wahtever reason, decided to cut down their SHE suites and Hands of the Ripper suites.

On the previous Hammer releases, "Draculas - Classic Horror Films", released in 1993, recorded in 1989, they had seven additional minutes of "Hands of the Ripper" that could have been included on this set.

Additionally, The Devil Rides Out: Film Music of James Bernard, released in 1997, recorded in 1995 and 1996 had about a minute more of additional music from SHE, PLUS about seven minutes worth of suites from Quatermass and X: The Unknown.

Both discs in this new re-issue round out at around 68 minutes, so there was room for some of these omissions.

Silva Screen gets big kudos for a reissuing these recordeings in the remastered HDCD format, but I don't understand these omissions. In fact, one of the tracks included, "Vampire Hunter" isn't even from a Hammer film, and its the only recording on this collection not on previous Silva CD's.

Again, 5 stars for the performances, the 1989 performances with Neil Richardson and the Philharmonia are fantastic. (Dracula, Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Dracula Has Risen From The Grave, Taste the Blood of Dracula, Hands of the Ripper, Vampire Circus.)

Additionally, The Westminster Philharmonic under the baton of Kenneth Alwyn do an excellent job as usual (Kiss of the Vampire, Curse of the Mummy's Tomb, She, THe Abominable Snowman, Quatermass II and Curse of the Werewolf.) Finally, the City of Prague Philharmonic, who get a bad rap more often than they deserve round out hte album and IMHO, deliver the goods, under the trusty batons of Paul Bateman (Scars of Dracula, Frankenstein Created Woman, additionally, Bateman also plays the piano solo on Kiss of the Vampire.) and Nic Raine (The Devil Rides Out, One Million Years BC, When Dinosuars Ruled the Earth, Creatures The World Forgot, The Vampire Hunter)

I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could.

Much thanks to producers David Wishart, Eric Tomlinson and James Fitzpatrick and recording engineers Mike Ross-Trevor, John Luard Timperley and Jan Holzner for contributing to these fine historical film music recordings.

"Hammer & Silva...raises the hair on the back of your neck".......2002-04-09

Silva Screen takes us on tour through the castles of Transylvania with a collection of
outstanding scores from James Bernard on Disc One ~ "DRACULA" (1958)..."KISS OF
THE VAMPIRE" (1964)..."DRACULA PRINCE OF DARKNESS"
(1966)..."FRANKENSTEIN CREATED WOMAN" (1967)..."THE DEVIL RIDES OUT"
(1968)..."DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE" (1968)..."THE SCARS OF
DRACULA" (1970)..."TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA" (1970)...even though the
blood doesn't flow as easily in "KISS OF THE VAMPIRE", the score from Bernard is
seductive, sensual to say the least for "creatures of the night", masked ball scene blends
atmospheric trance-masquerade themes, intoxicating main title is hauntingly mesmerizing with
"VAMPIRE RHAPSODY", just listen to the piano solo from our character in the film Carl
Ravna (Barry Warren), son of Dr. Ravna (Noel Willman) along with daughter Sabena Ravna
(Jacqueline Wallis), a cult of vampires in early 20th century Bavarian, praying on a young
honeymoon couple...Bernard's rhapsody captures the listeners heart and BLOOD!

Let's look at Disc Two with the other Hammer themes and their composers ~ "THE
ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN" (1957-Humphrey Searle)..."QUATERMASS II"
(1957-James Bernard)..."CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF" (1960-Benjamin
Frankel)..."CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB" (1964-Carlo Martelli)..."SHE"
(1965-James Bernard)..."ONE MILLION YEARS B.C." (1966-Mario
Nascimbene)..."WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH" (1969-Mario
Nascimbene)..."HANDS OF THE RIPPER" (1971-Christopher Gunning)..."VAMPIRE
CIRCUS" (1971-David Whitaker)..."VAMPIRE HUNTER" (2000-James
Bernard)...difficult as it may be, there is a stand out ~ "THE CURSE OF THE
WEREWOLF", fine direction from Terence Fisher (director) with an outstanding cast Oliver
Reed (Leon-the Werewolf), Clifford Evans (Alfredo), Yvonne Romain (Servant Girl) and
Catherine Feller (Christina), Hammer's departure from the old stereotype of the beast is
refreshing, Reed's performance as the tormented sole, from man to wolf is touching, the score
by Ben Frankel is tense building at it's best, to say the least, setting the tone and mood for the
transformation with counterpoints is stimulating, inclusive orchestration development for what
lies ahead during a full moon.

Without a doubt the highlight pick hands down is "SHE", composer James Bernard gives of
himself without question, the SUITE takes the orchestra into lilting melodic exercises with
percussion chiming in, the harmonies are hypnotic blends of textured fabric, listen as The
Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kenneth Alwyn display stirring strings and
a solo harp run the scales in "THE ETERNAL FLAME AND THE DESTRUCTION OF
SHE", hold-fast arrangement has haunting echoes of Bernard's constant theme, with a final
beat from a drum in the percussion section.

Must make mention the cast of players that made this possible ~ The Philharmonia Orchestra,
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra ~ and
their various conductors Kenneth Alwyn, Paul Bateman, Nic Raine and Neil
Richardson...supported by the illustrious staff from Silva Screen Records LTD ~ Reynold da
Silva (executive producer), David Stoner (associate producer), Gareth Williams (Dolby
Surround/HDCD Mastering) and of course James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), who
has the knack of developing quality in every Silva Screen release...similar to "A History Of
Horror:From Nosferatu To The Sixth Sense" (SSD-1111/2CD Set), guaranteed to raise the
hair on the back of your neck!

Total Time: Disc One 68:01 on 14 Tracks & Disc Two 68:46 on 14 Tracks ~ Silva Screen
Records SSD-357 ~ (2002)

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