Iron Maiden - Brave New World

2001

Really, some repetitious vocals going on here. More sing a long chants than I care for (One is too much). Good album, it doesn't touch the early stuff of course, but not too bad.The way overly repetitous vocals knocks this album back from being really good and listenable.

Converge - Jane Doe

This is all extreme and everything, but it lacks the groove I'm looking for. Soilent Green for example is just as extreme, but they know how to break it down. This is supposed to be a landmark album. They do the dissonant hardcore thing that reminds me of Drive Like Jehu. There's extreme note-i-ness and mathy craziness and it gets quite and loud. I'll bump this thing from a 3 to a 4 because the dynamics and beatdown factor is high. Unfortunatley the groove factor is low.

5ive - 5ive

2001

Big. Just drums and guitar let loose! Thick. Right from the start your in mid flight. Like a rocket blasting off for 40 minutes. Space travel at full throttle. Seemingly small changes somehow manage to keep this wall of thrust interesting. I usually don't care for instrumentals but this one works. The sleeve says there's something like six songs on here. I thought it was one 40 minute blast.

Fun Facts: There is a boy band from england called 5ive.