Mausoleum
2006
1. Killing Machine
2. Scarred Beyond the Black
3. Fatal Chances
4. Praise the Day
5. In for the Kill
6. Redemption from Genocide
7. Loup Garou
8. In the Storm
9. What Makes You God?
10. Burn in the Wind
Metalmorphosis... you get it? Hardy fucking har. For personal listening reasons a name that cheesy could desuade me from ever hearing this album but I figured I should review it anyways. Plus hey... look at the list of musicians involved... Juan Garcia, Dave Ellefson, Jimmy Degrasso, and James Rivera. That's a hell of a collection right there.
Unfortunately, there's also a man named Peter Scheithauer who is the band leader & primary/songwriter. I'm just gonna come out and say it... why beat around the bush? This album is a giant metal cliche in terms of writing. You've heard it before and I'm positive you've heard it done better. The songs here are just bland to the nth degree power/thrash. Absolutely no hooks or anything to make you care this band ever existed. All the great musicians in the world can't make up for uninventive songwriting and that's what you've got here. I don't mean to say every band needs to reinvent the wheel but the songs here could easily be wedged inbetween any of the 30000000 other James Rivera bands as filler tracks.
In conclusion, you really just don't need to hear this. There's nothing new here and you won't remember most of these songs after they've been played. All of the good metal artists involved could've better spent their time with another band. The only thing I'd recommend this album for is a cure to insomnia. It's not blatantly annoying and it's fairly well performed so I'll let it sneak away with a rating of 2.
Highlights: Loup Garou
Rating - 2.0/5
2. Scarred Beyond the Black
3. Fatal Chances
4. Praise the Day
5. In for the Kill
6. Redemption from Genocide
7. Loup Garou
8. In the Storm
9. What Makes You God?
10. Burn in the Wind
Metalmorphosis... you get it? Hardy fucking har. For personal listening reasons a name that cheesy could desuade me from ever hearing this album but I figured I should review it anyways. Plus hey... look at the list of musicians involved... Juan Garcia, Dave Ellefson, Jimmy Degrasso, and James Rivera. That's a hell of a collection right there.
Unfortunately, there's also a man named Peter Scheithauer who is the band leader & primary/songwriter. I'm just gonna come out and say it... why beat around the bush? This album is a giant metal cliche in terms of writing. You've heard it before and I'm positive you've heard it done better. The songs here are just bland to the nth degree power/thrash. Absolutely no hooks or anything to make you care this band ever existed. All the great musicians in the world can't make up for uninventive songwriting and that's what you've got here. I don't mean to say every band needs to reinvent the wheel but the songs here could easily be wedged inbetween any of the 30000000 other James Rivera bands as filler tracks.
In conclusion, you really just don't need to hear this. There's nothing new here and you won't remember most of these songs after they've been played. All of the good metal artists involved could've better spent their time with another band. The only thing I'd recommend this album for is a cure to insomnia. It's not blatantly annoying and it's fairly well performed so I'll let it sneak away with a rating of 2.
Highlights: Loup Garou
Rating - 2.0/5
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