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Nevermore-Enemies of Reality

TiTLE..... Enemies of Reality
LABEL..... Century Media            SOURCE... CDDA
GENRE..... Metal                    QUALiTY.. VBRkbps
RiP.DATE.. Oct-25-2004              TRACKS... 09
STOREDATE. Jul-29-2003              LENGTH... 40:53 min
SUPPLiER. TEAM BUTT

NR. TRACKNAME                                             TiME

01  Enemies of Reality                                    05:11
02  Ambivalent                                            04:12
03  Never Purify                                          04:04
04  Tomorrow Turned into Yesterday                        04:35
05  I Voyager                                             05:49
06  Create the Infinite                                   03:39
07  Who Decides                                           04:16
08  Noumenon                                              04:37
09  Seed Awakening                                        04:30

TOTAL TiME: 40:53 min
TOTAL SiZE:  64,6 Mb

RELEASE NOTES:

Seattlites Nevermore carved a unique little niche for
themselves, mixing power metal, thrash, and traditional heavy
metal stylings into a heady, dark witch's brew that's as
muscular as it is melodic. While previous platters Dead Heart,
in a Dead World and Dreaming Neon Black were sprawling, epic
concept albums, Enemies of Reality has more elements of a nasty
little thrash record, clocking in at a relatively brief 40
minutes and letting rip with the pummeling aggression of the
leadoff title track (which boasts typically stellar guitar work
courtesy of Jeff Loomis, who carefully balances technical
shredding with rock-solid, articulate riffs). Producer Kelly
Gray's (Queensr che, Dokken) mix sounds a bit botched during the
maniacal tempo changes and dizzying fretwork of cuts like
"Ambivalent" and "Never Purify," which would definitely benefit
from a fine-edged, less muddy guitar sound; however, his
knob-twisting sharpens the dynamics of stunningly effective
power ballads "Who Decides" (just try prying that guitar hook
out of your brain) and "Tomorrow Turned Into Yesterday," which
boasts the crystalline quality demanded by the down-tempo, clean
arpeggios of the verses, and explosive peaks for the chorus'
rib-crunching body blows. Vocalist Warrel Dane's lyrics are, as
usual, devastatingly bleak and poetic, especially when schizoid
voices overlap during psychedelic, out-of-body experience
"Noumenon" -- "There is no stronger drug than reality," he
warbles, reprising the line over the hoof-pounding thrash gallop
of album closer "Seed Awakening." While Enemies of Reality
doesn't necessarily break down any new barriers for Nevermore,
the album is a manic, panicked, pissed-off disc compared to
other entries in the group's discography; and there's really no
arguing with the band's consistency, especially when its
top-shelf songwriting skills and musicianship are so willfully
and skillfully on display. Even if fans long for the skills of
past producers Neil Kernon or Andy Sneap, they'll still find
Enemies of Reality to be a nasty little thrash record with
plenty of depth.

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Version: September 15th, 2004