Eyes of Fire - Prisons
A lot of the bigger magazines, your Terrorizer s, Revolver s, and Metal Maniacs, all seem to really get behind this Southern California quintet, which is why I was certain this album was going to suck. I just automatically lumped them in with other criminally overrated bands that always receive high praise, like Mastodon, High on Fire, Neurosis, Isis, etc. Plus, this band features ex-members of the very forgettable Mindrot, so I was sure I wasn’t missing anything. Well, I was a little wrong. This album is far from flawless, but these guys are capable of delivering a goosebump here and there, and definitely leagues above the aforementioned boring slop. They do sound a lot like Neurosis, I can’t deny that, but the difference is that the vocals are much better, and the raw emotion and gloom is not buried under a megaton of dead ambiance. I am also reminded of Swedish gods Burst (talk about a surpassing Neurosis influence). So, while Prisons contains its fair share of filler (including “It All Dies Today,” the worst possible choice for the record’s first single), there are certainly diamonds in the rough, and I’m glad I actually gave Eyes of Fire a chance. Suggested mix selections: “Blood,” “Gone Forever,” and “Dead to the World.”
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