Vindication

Vindication

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Product Description
2nd album on Nuclear Blast shows the band progressing into new realms of metal. Features Tjodalv, original drummer and founding member of Dimmu Borgir and drummer for old Man's Child.

Album Description

Japanese pressing of the Danish extreme metal act's 2004 album includes two bonus tracks, 'Wake Up Dead' (Live) & 'Psychic Cyclus 1-3' (Live). Roadrunner.

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Japanese Release featuring a Bonus Track

Sights and Sounds from a Legendary Life: The James Dean Story

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Sights and Sounds from a Legendary Life: The James Dean Story

Manufacturer: Blue Moon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007TF0Y0
Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

Prelude
Boyhood
Who Am I?
Thinking of Home
Rebel at Work
Finding His Power
Hollywood
Movie Star
Lost Love
Success and Then What? - Tommy Sands
Testing the Limits of Life
Return Home/Let Me Be Loved (End Title) - Jimmy Wakely

Tracks:

Main Title [From East of Eden]
Cal's Dance [From East of Eden] - Jimmy Wakely
Nocturne [From East of Eden] - Steve Allen
Vindication of Cal [From East of Eden] - Dick Jacobs & His Orchestra
Main Title [From Rebel Without a Cause]
Jim's Ride to the Planetarium [From Rebel Without a Cause]
End of the World [From Rebel Without a Cause]
Knife Fight [From Rebel Without a Cause]
Death of Plato/End Titles [From Rebel Without a Cause]
Main Title [From Giant]
There's Never Been Anyone Else But You [From Giant]
His Name Was Dean
We'll Never Forget You
James Dean
Remembering James Dean
Theme [From East of Eden]

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Bonus Material [DVD][*]

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Fantastic Danish death metal in the vain of Fear Factory.
The best Melodic Death Metal you can get anywhere!
Killer Danish Death Metal!

1-800 Vindication

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Binding: Audio CD

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Burn Me Wicked

ASIN: B0002WS48G
Release Date: 2004-10-26

Album Description

2004 album from the biggest name in Danish extreme music, known for their uncompromising style of death metal. Kill rhythms, melodic yet hard hitting riffs, technical guitar solos & sharply aggressive vocals combined with their trademark brutality, occasional melodic lead work & a healthy dose of humor. Ten tracks. Roadrunner. 2004.

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Fantastic Danish death metal in the vain of Fear Factory........2006-05-21

Illdisposed? Never heard of them! That was my initial reaction when I started noticing this release doing the rounds. That's why I'm so surprised to find that "1-800-Vindication" is the Danish band's 6th full-length album, with the first one being released in the early 90s. One spin of this baby though and I feel like I've been missing out for far too long. How could something this good stay underground for so long. I have an inkling that's all about to change.

Quite often albums need a few listens to get their claws in, but there are a few tracks on this album that are immensely enjoyable immediately. Comparisons are not all that easy to come up with, but I can certainly hear some Hypocrisy and also elements of Fear Factory. This is death metal filled with catchy melodies and riffs. It stays around the slow to mid-paced vicinity for the majority of its playing time, rarely testing the musician's speed capabilities. Illdisposed also make use of keyboards quite heavily without ever overpowering the all-important guitar work. I find this gives the music a nice depth and variety and always serves a purpose.

The vocalist Bo seems to have some sort of distortion added to his voice for a lot of the album. To be honest I think he is the weakest aspect of the band. Even though he tries his hand at growls, screams and clean vocals, they're never all that captivating. They're satisfactory, but not fantastic.

Ever since I first heard the album, I have had "I Believe in Me" and "Now We're History" stuck in my head. I find myself drawn back to the album time and time again so I can hear these great tracks. It's a shame then that the rest of the album doesn't live up to the standard set, as this would truly be a masterpiece if that were the case. Also, the band obviously have a comedic side to their nature as a song life "Jeff" would suggest and I don't feel this fits in entirely well with the rest of their image.

Nonetheless, this is a thoroughly enjoyable release that caught me by surprise and refuses to let go. I'll have to search down their previous album to find out whether they were always this good.

The best Melodic Death Metal you can get anywhere!.......2005-12-11

Illdisposed simply crushes everyone else in the genre of Melodic Death Metal. Its really too bad that they dont distribute their albums in the USA anymore. It actually pisses me off because now I have to get online and order them for extra cash. But let me tell you that anything put out by these guys is definitly worth the extra dough...

Illdisposed isnt your average run-of-the-mill Death Metal or Melodeath band. No, not at all. Their music is so different from anything else in those two genres. The utilization of two different vocal stylings (one resembling a subwoofer, and the other an evil creature from the abyss) make them unique as well as their playing skills.

1-800-Vindication was hard for me to wait on, but it was worth it. The songs are heavy with great vocals and groovy riffs with great guitar work and solos. Once you start listening to this album you wont be able to stop. Its really too bad theres only 10 tracks on here. But hey, I guess too much of a good thing might just be a bad thing...(I dont think so in this case haha).

If you're a fan of Morbid Angel, Mnemic, Panzerchrist, Volbeat or Vader then you're destined to love Illdisposed! And if you like this album, dont forget to pick up their other albums including their newest 2006 release "Burn Me Wicked". Also note that if you get any albums from before "Theres Somthing Rotten...In the State of Denmark" that they are heavier and lean more to the all-out Death Metal side.

Killer Danish Death Metal!.......2005-06-30

Illdisposed is the major league of death metal.
1-800 Vindication is one of their best efforts since the "Submit" album.
Hard, thrashy, and uncompromising death metal, a must-get to all metal fans.
Be sure to check out the songs "Dark" and "Still Sane" on this album.
Illdisposed is meant to kick your a$$!

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pretty average
local boys go big
Interesting Blends
Frustrating
FINALLY!

Vindication
Crease
Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004TQS8
Release Date: 2000-06-20

Tracks:

Vindication
Gravity
Frustration
Just For A Second
I'm The One
Spin Around
Jenny (867-5309)
Making Progress
Butterfly Stitches
Building Up
Non-User
Stuck Like Chuck
Watch What You Wish For

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pretty average.......2001-05-24

I bought this CD just to hear Frustration and I wasn't disappointed by the it. The first 7 tracks of the album are quality, including yet another cover of 867-5309/Jenny. I've found I just cant listen to the last half of the CD. They have the sound of a great hard rock band come 20 yrs too late. Might want to wait before buying to see if they can put out another one...

local boys go big.......2000-11-07

They have been local for a while but i only heard of them a short time ago. It didn't take long to turm me on to them. They are a great rock band with a very distinct sound. go for the cd, you won't be disapointed.

Interesting Blends.......2000-10-24

This album has an interesting sound to it. Vindication is a sweet song and the rest of the album is decent enough to warrant buying. If nothing else you have to admit that the cover is sweet looking: never underestimate the power of album cover art :P Seriously tho, this is a decent album and is worth having.

Frustrating.......2000-09-13

The songs "Frustration" and "Jenny" are definitively great. But the rest of the album is a little bit disappointing...

FINALLY!.......2000-07-07

I heard part of this CD before it came out. This band is great! It's about time! Must buy!

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Dark and heavy!
Solid, heavy...but not a masterpiece.
Susperia strike gold
A new style of metal..
An awsome band that many have not heard of

Vindication
Susperia
Manufacturer: Nuclear Blast Americ
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Unlimited
Predominance
Devil May Care
In Sorte Diaboli
The Hinderers

ASIN: B000066425
Release Date: 2002-05-28

Tracks:

Cage Of Remembrance
The Bitter Man
Anguished Scream (For Vengeance)
Petrified
The Bounty Hunter
Completion
Warmaster
Dead Man's World
Cast Life Into Fire
Bleed Yourself

Album Description

2nd album on Nuclear Blast shows the band progressing into new realms of metal. Features Tjodalv, original drummer and founding member of Dimmu Borgir and drummer for old Man's Child.

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Dark and heavy!.......2007-03-24

Susperia delivers a dark and powerful album with 'Vindication'. Dark vocals and guttural screams complement the heavy and melodic guitars and the tight percussive work that Susperia is known for. With songs like The Bitter Man (in my opinion, the greatest song Susperia has ever written), Cage of Remembrance, and Dead Man's World, this album is a great addition to any fan of metal's collection.

Solid, heavy...but not a masterpiece........2005-09-03

Given the elements of their origin, the sound of Susperia is an initial surprise. After all, when members of Old Man's Child, Satyricon, and Dimmu Borgir get together to jam, you expect a very distinct style. You expect something reminiscent of their genre.

But with Susperia, an entirely different path is taken. "Vindication" is a heavy, punishing slab of post-thrash groove, contrasted by the occasional foray into venomous assaults of speed and savagery. And when you think you have a good bead on where Susperia is coming from, they pull the rug out from under your feet with slow, gothic-metal grinds and blistering black-metal brutality.

Perhaps the most potent blow from "Vindication" is dealt with the riffs. Simply put, they are enormous and crush everything in their wake. It is hard to resist tapping your foot to some of these tracks. Performance-wise, this album is the wet-dream of any drummer. The percussion is almost ridiculously good. The drummer, known simply as Tjodalv, rips out blast-beats and savage double-bass, but is extremely tasteful and never overplays. This album is worth the purchase for his performance alone.

But, this album is far from a masterpiece. Vocalist Athera is one of the main reasons this album never fully takes off, despite its several attempts. His range is limited, and at his best, he sounds like a Philip Anselmo impersonator with a bad case of the flu. He is certainly not a terrible vocalist by any means. But his vocals are adequate at best, which does hold some of the songs down.

Secondly, there are few songs here that I would call "memorable" or note-worthy. After listening to "Vindication" thoroughly, you are certainly impressed with the sound and sterling production quality, but you probably won't have any of these songs stuck in your head.

Definitely worth buying if you are a metal fan, especially of Scandinavian bands. Susperia is a melting pot of styles and techniques, and a good one at that. But don't expect "The Jester Race" or "Slaughter Of The Soul" from this one.

Susperia strike gold.......2004-03-02

Susperia is a project brought together by ex-Dimmu Borgir drummer Tjodalv. Let me tell you, this album will beat the crap out of you and want you screaming for more.
Susperia's first album, Predominance was ok, nothing too impressive or new, and in my opinion, bland and uninspiring. Vindication however, is the complete opposite.
From the opening track Cage of Remembrance, the band will make your ears bleed and your skull crack with a pummeling assault of razor sharp guitars, thunderous drum blasts and bass lines, and lead vocalist Athera's surprisingly wide range vocal skills.
To me, it seems, Susperia decided to go with something different on Vindication then they did on their debut. Its almost as if they wanted to throw in a blend of different metal styles and forge it into one solid sound. In my opinion, they succeeded magnificently. You have black metal in the vein of Dimmu Borgir, thrash metal in the vein of Pantera and Slayer, and even some melodic metal like older In Flames.
The song structures are laid out well, starting off either hard and heavy, then slowing down to a dirgy crawl, or starting out with some haunting clean guitar licks then kicking into high gear with a massive wall of grand distorted guitar bliss.
Athera's vocals are impressive, he changes so much in one song he's far from boring, sounding one minute like Phil Ansolmo from Pantera, then going to a Tom Araya like scream the next.
Cyrus and Elvorn simply rip out the guitar riffs on this album. I mean it when I say that these are some of the heaviest, meatiest, and most head bangable guitar riffs I have ever hear since perhaps Slayer or Children of Bodom. Tjodalv pounds away on the drum kit, blast beating one minute, then stepping down to a nice, even, though still hard hitting tempo the next.
Vindication is based heavily on rhythm riffs, and although there are not too many solos, the music changes pace enough times to keep each song fresh and stops them from becoming stale and redundent. All the guitars are packed with enough distortion to make any other metal band jealous, and the way Susperia blends the heavy rhythm riffs together would make even the legendary Slayer proud.
Every song on here to me is memorable. I can pretty much gurantee anyone who listens to this album only once, that you will have some riff from one of these songs stuck in your head. Such songs as "Anguished Scream", "The Bitter Man", and my personal favorite "The Bounty Hunter" are good examples of this.
Do yourself a favor, if your tired of the boring done over and over again death metal such as Deicide and Morbid Angel, or if you are looking for a new band to check out because others like In Flames or Soilwork have become a dissapointment, pick up Susperia's Vindication. I guarentee you will not be let down.
Memorable Tracks: The Bitter Man, Anguished Scream, Bounty Hunter, Warmaster

A new style of metal.........2003-10-16

This album is somewhere between black and classic iced earth like metal. I really like the sound. The high point of this album is most cirtainly the drumming provided by trodjav, who is a past member of dimmu borgir. Though a great album it lacks quality tracks, and the vocals arnt that great. This is why i gave it only 4out of 5

An awsome band that many have not heard of.......2003-08-03

Simply amazing,thats about it. If you like Pantera, crowbar, kilgore, any kind of death metal, or heavy metal, then you will like this. One of the best underground bands I have heard in a long time. Deffinitly worth the $$$$$

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Vindication
Six Foot Deathtrap
Manufacturer: Six Foot Deathtrap
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CA2LZ0
Release Date: 2005-08-23

Tracks:

Black 13
In My Eyes
God Damn
Murderous
Shadows Surfacing
Parasite
This Life
Effigy
What I'm Looking For
Traumatic
New American Death
Cut Away
Negative Ride
Sever the Lines

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brilliant

Sounds of Vindication
The Manhattan Project
Manufacturer: Forsaken Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000AINMW
Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

Surely She's a Pyro
Liaison
Bones of the Broken
Tomorrow Smells Like Novocaine
Bleach My Eyes Blue
Devil Can't Two Step Like I Can
Meaningless
72 Inches
20901
Staring at the Sun

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brilliant.......2003-11-19

this cd is a brutal mix of technical guitar parts, melodic singing, a few breakdowns, and some very brutal vocals. can't really compare it to anything else, but parts of it sound like poison the well, from autumn to ashes, hopesfall, etc.

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Vindication

Manufacturer: Blakkstarr
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000CAGYB2
Release Date: 2005-03-22

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