Subconscious Terror

1. Intro-Portal to Your Phobias

2. Subconscious Terror

3. Artefacted Irreligion

4. Grizzled Finale

5. Eternal Eclipse

6. Experimental Stage

7. Suspended Animation

8. Divine Ultimatum

9. Spit Forth the Dead

10. Confess All Goodness

Tracks:

Intro-Portal to Your Phobias
Subconscious Terror
Artefacted Irreligion
Grizzled Finale
Eternal Eclipse
Experimental Stage
Suspended Animation
Divine Ultimatum
Spit Forth the Dead
Confess All Goodness

Customer Reviews:

A valiant first effort that foreshadowed the best was yet to come.......2007-06-20

Benediction burst forth in 1989 from the hot bed center of music in the UK, Birmingham. (Home also to other great Death Metal acts like Bolt Thrower.) The band huriedly recorded "Subconscious Terror". This comes across quite clearly in the record as is exampled by the album's horrible production.

Benediction doesn't really sound like any other Death Metal band. Death Metal probably never had a band with heavier drinkers either. You listen to these guys and they sound like big drinkers. They also stand out by their mid tempo songs that always seem to have dramatic introductions. Another way they stand out by incorporating a little bit of hardcore into their music (it is something that is only hinted at and never overbearing.) This is seen best by Benediction's choice in a singer, Mark "Barney" Greenway. You can understand what he's saying but his voice is still brutal. The guitars are marked by simple but catchy riffs with plenty of space as opposed to the machine gun riffing most death metal bands were beginning to be known for. The drumming is mostly simple but remains pretty busy in the fills. All of this incorporates a great degree of melody.

Since this early work of Benediction shows the band as something of a fragment, it isn't the most representative example of their work. This is even furthered by the fact that "Barney" left shortly after this album to reform Napalm Death for the "Harmony Corruption" second generation of Napalm Death. Benediction would then have to reform and find another front man which gave them the brilliant front man Dave Ingram.

Recommended if you are a completist and have all of Benediction's other work (Transcend the Rubicon, Dreams you Dread, Dark is the Season, Grotesque Ashen Epitaph, the Grand Leveller, and Grind Bastard.) If you're new to the group check out 'Transcend' or 'Leveller' or 'Grind Bastard' first.

Another unknown DEATH METAL CLASICK!!.......2005-10-19

Yes.. another unknown, long out of print, DEATH FUKKING METAL album!! from the vault's of 1990!!

This is so OLD SCHOOL!!!!! were gonna see if your a poser or not..the poser will turn this off in two sec's due to ''crappy production'' but boy does it work well on this album's atmosphere!! never really heard any other production quite like this..sound's like it was made a semi electronic CAVE!!

The intro is pretty cool..but not mandatory for everey listen!

As soon as the song's hit you though.. your NECK WILL SNAP!!! headbanging to this album is too easy!! I think this is one the best album's to ''THRASH'' around to!

There ya have it..more buried DEATH METAL..find it..but only for the TRUE!!! NOT for you triggered bass drum Jag off's!!

BENEDICTION's DEBUT..A MOMENT IN TIME!!!!

''THRASH YA MOTHER FU*CKER's''

Experimental Stage.......2003-07-29

Spooky introductions are [bad]. Unfortunately, lots of metal bands have tried them over the years, like Benediction did here. It seems like back-masked vocals over atmospheric noises are supposed to be scary. The noises weren't very effective, even in 1990.

Luckily, things improve. Kicking off the title track with a rumbling bass drone, Benediction prove very quickly they do things a little differently to the average Death Metal band. For one thing, they show an excellent understanding of dynamics. While most bands were trying to go faster/heavier/more brutal, Benediction were one of the first to reign in the speed and add thunderous mid-paced passages to songs. Slowing down the tempo ups the effectiveness of the drumming on this album in particular. Ian Treacy is of the Mike Sus school of "who cares if it's out of time, as long as it's heavy" drumming, but he really grabs your attention here, with the drums well up in the mix. The bass drum is particularly solid, like dropping bricks on your head.

There's a kind of famous guy doing vocals on this album. Barney Greenway growls his way through the album, in a-typical Death Metal style. It is easy to see why Napalm Death grabbed him permanently after this album. His Hardcore approach to Death Metal vocals made the lyrics easily decipherable, where most death grunts would have rendered them unlistenable. Barney's political awareness surfaced on the track "Divine Ultimatum", making a refreshing break from the satanic and/or gore riddled fare most bands peddled. Elsewhere on the album, there are good doses of blood and guts and Beelzebub, but there are also tales of psychosis and nightmare induced insanity.

To be brutally honest, this album does sound dated, but as a period piece, it is an excellent example of a band already looking to the future of Death Metal while it was still on the rise. This is also on blood and gore splattered vinyl, which is a nice visual touch.

One Of The Classic Death Metal Albums.......2003-01-08

This Album is a classic metal album. From the first beat to the last, you will love this album. The guitars while not the loudest certainly add to the prue brutallity of this band. The vocals of Barney Greenway do wonders for the band even though he left shotly after this recording for Napalm Death. If you love Benediction then buy this album.

The Film Music Of Miklos Rozsa : The Jungle Book, Spellbound

Average customer rating:

Miklos Rosza's music
ROSZA
A stunning tribute to a great composer
You'll Want More
Bad choir

The Film Music Of Miklos Rozsa : The Jungle Book, Spellbound

Manufacturer: Pearl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000000X12
Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

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Customer Reviews:

Miklos Rosza's music.......2006-03-10

As a fan of biblical/epic movies, I have heard over the years many of the beautiful scores by this composer. I wanted to experience the music by itself, not just as background for scenes, disrupted by dialoge. The sound quality is superb, the music is monumental, heroic, sweeping, even uplifting and moving. Individuals interested in powerful and dramatic orchestration should listen to a few track on this CD. It's worth the time, at least in my opinion.

ROSZA.......2006-01-12

There seems to be an amazing amount of film soundrack recordings done by second rate Euro orchestras of late. None of which seem to match the original soundtrack versions. This so called Epic recording is a prime example. Quickly and cheaply recorded-lacking understanding and soul of the originals--and more important because of time limitations--no rehearsal time with instruments being out of tune. . .this recording is another attempt to cash in on the nostalgia wave of collectors. It fails miserably. Listen to the originals and match them to this out of tune, out of phase recording and mourn the loss of any record company doing justice to the originals. This is a cheap cash in on the nostalgia craze and anyone who has a reverence to Varese, EMI, Chandos, Southern Cross or other labels that might still attempt to preserve original film musics (there are still several)--should try and revert to the originals. This is horrific stuff. Order at will.

A stunning tribute to a great composer.......2001-06-29

"The Epic Film Music of Miklos Rozsa" contains recordings of excerpts from several of Rozsa's scores, spanning the years 1949 to 1973. The music is performed with vigor by the City of Prague Philharmonic, conducted by Kenneth Alwyn.

Rosza was one of the great masters of film scoring, and this anthology disc is a real treat. Rozsa was equally adept at action and romance, at Eastern exoticism and European traditionalism. And he set a standard for scoring the big historical epic.

The selections on this disc include an exciting suite from "The Golden Voyage of Sinbad," the majestic Overture to "Sodom and Gomorrah," and the delightfully romantic waltz from "Madame Bovary." Selections from the score to "Quo Vadis" include "Arabesque," which has a nice ethnic flavor, and "Ave Caesar," whose stirring bombast is nicely offset by a hint of playfulness. There's a lot more, including two versions of the Prelude to "King of Kings" (one with chorus, and one instrumental). And there are three pieces from "Ben-Hur" score, surely one of Rozsa's greatest achievements.

If you love beautiful orchestral music, or if you are a fan of the art of film scoring, I highly recommend this wonderful CD.

You'll Want More.......1998-11-25

This brilliant music will make you long for the complete soundtracks of all the films on the disc -- especially the Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Let's hope that someone reissues many of Rozsa's soundtracks in the future. Until then, this is a great place to start!

Bad choir.......1998-10-20

It's a pity that the choir in the "King of Kings" theme sing so bad. Also there is a very clear fail in the performance of the orchestra at the begining of this theme.

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