Godless Endeavor [Import]

Godless Endeavor [Import]

Track Listings

1. Born

2. Final Product

3. My Acid Words

4. Bittersweet Feast

5. Sentient 6

6. Medicated Nation

7. Holocaust Of Thought

8. Sell My Heart For Stones

9. Psalm Of Lydia

10. A Future Uncertain

11. This Godless Endeavor

12. Beyond Within (Live 2001) (Bonus Track)

13. Engines Of Hate (Live 2001) (Bonus Track)

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese pressing features a bonus track TBA. Nexus. 2005.

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.