Nights Like These - The Faithless

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From A Second Story Window
The Chariot
The Number 12 Looks Like You

Label

Victory Records

Tracklist

1. Storming Valhalla
2. Head of Medusa
3. Destroy the Stairs
4. Scavenger's Daughter
5. Memento Mori
6. Ghost Town Rituals
7. Symphony for the Plague
8. Bury the Messenger
9. We Were Meant for Ruin
10. Eternal Tempest
11. Let the Waters Overtake Us

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The jumbled and disorganized label that is Victory Records just got a little more confusing. With their roster containing about 75% disgusting and embarrassing bands, it's hard to find bands like the incredible Between The Buried And Me, the colossal Dead To Fall, and the energetic Bury Your Dead in the mix. Now, the intense, brutal, and furious Nights Like These join them in this awkward mix of crap and gemstones.

The Faithless is a short but extremely dangerous 26 minute debut LP. It consists of eleven songs with three of them rerecorded from the band's previous EP. Every song on this album could castrate an army if they were to somehow battle it out. The tones are loud and fierce, and the more melodic sections of the album have a great sludgy feel to them.

The longest song “Ghost Town Rituals” explodes with Norma Jean or The Chariot like verses that transition from blast beats to an ever so catchy southern rock breakdown. “Bury The Messenger”, which was rerecorded from the EP, is the stand out track for me as it opens up with ridiculous grindcore reminiscent of From A Second Story Window. The song just doesn’t quit as it burst into ferocious death metal breakdowns and melodic guitars over palm muting.

I don’t think many bands could have done as well of a job as Nights Like These to fill a quick 26 minute album. Because it’s so short and good, I just cannot stop listening to it, and head banging to its brutalness. There really isn’t anything wrong with this LP. I just hope the band writes another one soon! Pick up The Faithless if you want to hear Victory’s heaviest band yet.

--Chris Pandolfo

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Last updated: 09/29/2009 08:54PM

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Rick Gebhardt
07/18/2006
07:32AM
Age: 32
Location
Minnesota
Pretty solid disc. One of Victory's better bands (but that's not saying much, really). Could have maybe used a little more focus, however. It felt like they were trying to crank out as much heaviness as possible in 25 minutes. It would be cool if they developed their songs a little more.

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cloudscollide
07/18/2006
07:59AM
Age: 24
Location
PA
rmgebhardt
Pretty solid disc. One of Victory's better bands (but that's not saying much, really). Could have maybe used a little more focus, however. It felt like they were trying to crank out as much heaviness as possible in 25 minutes. It would be cool if they developed their songs a little more.


Yeah but I think that because it's shorter it doesn't seem that bad...If this cd was 40 minutes with the same heaviness it definetely would have been overkill. I'm glad this album is so short.

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glhxckid
07/18/2006
08:07AM
Location
Troy, Michigan
What the hell?

This is a fucking horrible disc. Those comparisons are kind of off, too(besides the slight Chariot/From a Second Story Window influence in the choppy breakdowns).

Seriously, why the hell does this get a 4? The songs on this are waay too short (except for that incredibally boring 5 minute song), they're repetitive, and sound like a million other cliched band's trying out the 'cahotic metalcore' style, except they have a decent production.

Maybe at most, this deserves a 2, but even that's a little high. There are tons of other bands trying this style out that can do it far better. Victory just signed this band because they sound like the next Norma Jean...

AVOID THIS
neveragainforyou
07/18/2006
09:24AM
Location
my house
dont avoid this cd
avoid glhxckid because he doesnt know anything.

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Jayme Barkdoll
07/18/2006
01:27PM
Location
Tuscaloosa, AL
i enjoy this album, but its nothing new... regardless, I listen to it regularly as of late... probably wouldve gotten a 3 from me
gregplaysdrums
07/18/2006
02:44PM
Location
SCV, CA
I think this band sucks. The music is terrible, cliche, badly recorded and just sucks. If I want to hear this kind of bullshit, I could listen to a million other bands that do it a million times better.
glhxckid
07/18/2006
07:31PM
Location
Troy, Michigan
neveragainforyou
dont avoid this cd
avoid glhxckid because he doesnt know anything.


i know good music when i hear it.

this is not good. this is very bad metalcore.
GrindTylerCore
07/18/2006
08:44PM
Location
Olathe, Kansas
it could be worse. i like that it is short too. im probably one of the only people out there who likes short albums. i can almost always listen to a whole album without changing it or skipping tracks, but past 50 minutes it becomes difficult.
Before The Devil
07/22/2006
02:52AM
Age: 26
Location
The Desert of CA
there an amazing band non the less..

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