At the Gates - Slaughter of Soul

[necrosmurf]

Einerseits kann ich padraks Reaktion zwar nachvollziehen, da die Scheibe fuer mich auch ein wahres Gottalbum ist, aber man sollte sich auch dessen bewusst sein, dass das beileibe nicht jeder so sieht. Hab da erst neulich paar Reviews bei metal-archives.com gelesen, die mich ganz schoen ins Staunen gebracht haben. Zum Beispiel sowas:

Clearly, At the Gates were searching for commercial acceptance with this release. Long gone are the innovative stylings and structures of their early material, replaced by slick production and simple, accessible metal ready for the mainstream. Structurally, this stuff is sub-basic. These aren't stripped down compositions, that would imply forethought, these are "songs" (and I use the term loosely) eroded to unsupported hooks. Worse, these aren't even GOOD hooks; "Slaughter of the Soul" is a motley collection of fourth rate Entombed retreads, fifth rate Heartwork ripoffs and riffs rejected by Pantera. Fuck the hype, don't spend your money on records that suck.

Offenbar gibt es also tatsaechlich Leute, die mit der Platte nicht wirklich was anfangen koennen