Black Vanity

1. Bitter Seed

2. Ebony Rain

3. Hunger of the Innocent

4. Scarecrow

5. Black Flowers of Passion

6. Last Departure/Serpentine Parade

7. Sweet Tragedy

8. Pale Autumn Fire

9. Out in Sand

10. Rosemary Taste the Sky

Tracks:

Shadows of Vanity
My Exit In Red
Lay Down your Arms
The Spiral
In The Absence of Fire
Between The Dead And The Deceived
For The Taking
Merciless
A Silent Prayer For The Haunted

Customer Reviews:

WHAT THE F#*K HAPPENED!!!.......2007-08-03

I don't know what happened to these guys ,but they got lost making this CD. Influenced by someone or something that took this one in a whole different direction. There are shades of old,but only a bit here and there.If you liked Asylum Of The Human Predator,don't buy this one. The only reason I gave it 2 stars is some of the drums and guitar are still good. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME...

Pretty Good.......2007-05-17

I've been a devoted Hell Within fan since "Asylum of the Human Predator." I've seen them twice in concert, hung out with them after the shows, and even took a few Jager shots with Matt McChesney (after watching him jump off the stage and [...]. It's easy to imagine the anticipation with which I was overcome upon learning of the new album's release date. After purchasing it, I eagerly popped it into my car's CD player and waited to be blown away.

And I waited.

And waited.

And waited.

Nine tracks later, my reaction to the album was "Eh."

This entire CD comes off like it was put together by a committee. It's as though they put together a focus group who couldn't decide if they wanted the band to sound like Slayer or Avenged Sevenfold so they just opted for some twisted amalgamation of both. There are two or three standout tracks, but on the whole the rest of the album feels like they just can't get on the same page rhythmically, vocally, or melodically. I have to hand it to Matt for trying more clean vocals on this go-around, but it seems like his range is pretty limited and it detracts from what is an overall brutal musical approach.

All I can say is that I am disappointed. I've been listening to the album repeatedly to find something I like, and I just can't. They had a good thing going and now they've gone off in a direction that I'm not sure I can follow. Don't get me wrong -- I think bands should evolve and I don't think they should necessarily stick with the same tired old formula.

I do think, however, that they should avoid the focus groups the next time and just do what comes naturally.

John Langstaff Sings Archival Folk Collection

Average customer rating:

John Langstaff Sings Archival Folk Collection

Manufacturer: Revels Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00068CUQS
Release Date: 2004-11-02

Tracks:

O Waly, Waly/The Water Is Wide, I Cannot Get O'er
Carrion Crow
All 'Round My Had I Will Wear a Green Willow
Cruel Mother
Farmer's Curst Wife
Riddle Song/I Will Give My Love an Apple
Lord Rendal
Billy Boy
Croodin' Doo
John Barleycorn
Lover's Tasks
Green Wedding
She's Like the Swallow
John Riley

Tracks:

Bonnie Wee Thing
Pretty Sally
Two Brothers
Teh Deaf Woman's Courtship
At the Foot of Yonders Mountain
Rich Old Lady
There Was a Man in Our Town
Baby Bunting
When I Was a Little Boy
Rosey Boy, Posey Boy
Frog Went Courtin'
Dn Lover
Jockie to the Fair
Pretty Sally

Tracks:

False Knight Upon the Road
Little Turtle Dove
Seventeen Come Sunday
Sir Patrick Spens
Blow Away the Morning Dew
Trees They Do Grow High
Crawfish Man's Street City
She Moved Through the Fair
Golden Vanity
Rich Old Lady
Nottamun Town
John Barleycorn
Jolly Ploughboy
St. James Hospital
Brisk Young Widow
Six Dukes Went A-Fishing

Tracks:

Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
Bingo
I Wish I Was a Child Again
Hares on the Mountain
Two Magicians
Trees They Do Grow High
Lady Maisry
Edward
As I Walked Through the Meadows
Lark in the Morn
Gypsy Laddie
Go and Tell Aunt Nancy
Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me?
Cripple Creek Girls
Tottenham Toad
Frog in the Well
Dance to Your Daddy
As I Was Going to Banbury
Swapping Song
Dashing Away With the Smoothing Iron
O My Love, Will You Wear Red?
Frog and the Mouse
Cocky Robin
What'll We Do With the Baby?
Mocking Bird (Hush Up, Baby)
Bye, Bye Baby
Tiny Man
Weekdays and Sundays
Oh Jacky, Stand Still
Turn Round, Turn Round
Basket Full of Nuts
Our Baby Prince
All the Ducks
Polly Perkin
Follow the Leader
Poor Doggie
Baby's Song

Album Description

John Langstaff, now 83 years of age, is the founder and director emeritus of Revels, the non-profit performing arts company that produces Revels Records as well as 'The Christmas Revels' annual winter solstice celebrations in 12 cities across the country. This is the complete collection of Langstaff's disc, featuring all four acclaimed previously re-released CDs originally recorded in England. The recordings have been digitally re-mastered at London's famed Abbey Road Studios. Included are many traditional British and American folk songs and ballads, most with simple, art song settings. Legendary pianists Sir Gerald Moore, Sam Mason and John Powell, as well as guitarist Martin Best, are featured.

Average customer rating:

Hard to Explain
VERY gloomy but rockin'

Black Vanity
Cemetary
Manufacturer: Black Mark Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Last Confessions

ASIN: B000001H1S
Release Date: 1995-03-01

Tracks:

Bitter Seed
Ebony Rain
Hunger Of The Innocent
Scarecrow
Black Flowers Of Passion
Last Departure/Serpentine Parade
Sweet Tragedy
Pale Autumn Fire
Out In The Sand
Mary Taste The Sky

Customer Reviews:

Hard to Explain.......2005-08-10

This band is hard to explain. It is metal and rock done with a raw emotion that comes through in the vocal delivery. The songs are very memorable and catchy. They were definitely an under-appreciated band.

VERY gloomy but rockin'.......2001-05-16

It's really an injustice to rate this a mere 4 stars. But man, the lyrics on almost every song are depresso to the extreme. I expected some hazy gloom n' doom when I first listened to it, but instead it is overt and continuous anguish. Still well worth buying, though, because of the pure rocking craftmanship. Sudden time changes and tempo variations, whisper-to-slight grindcore vocals, and not to mention some of the catchiest, fist-pumping riffs from the land of the Vikes. If you can tune out the total negativity of the songs' themes, or if that is your mood, and you're ready to rock to it, buy this album ASAP! Matthias Lodmalm spells g-e-n-i-u-s.