Baroness

 

Instead of going a more metal direction, the new album is more like heavy indie rock with metal leads. Yellow and Green is shaping out to be a pretty good release. (Although I don't get the double CD thing when the whole album could have fit on 1 CD). But overall they are a great band that is good for getting people into metal because they aren't ridiculously hectic or heavy ever. They also have good harmonies and pretty catchy vocal melodies.

 

But, in the end, while they are a great band, they don't do anything monumental and they never give me "jaw-dropping" moments. Despite the fact that I own their first 2 albums and will own this next one, I won't be quite as impressed as I feel I WANT to be by them. It's like their music could never go beyond a 4/5 star release in a sense.

 

What do you guys think of this band?

 

 

ALSO... NPR is doing a free "first listen" of the new album on their site.

Dream Theater at the very least tries different stuff with every different album (latest one excepted), even though liking or disliking their music is debatable and mostly based on subjective tastes. 

The same thing does not happen with said band: every album IS the same. Maybe ten years into their career they finally have the guts to try something different with this new album, let's hope for it.

 

Yea. Black Clouds and Silver Linings is NOT the same album as Systematic Chaos. Haha. :-D

 

 

But really the new Baroness album sounds very similar to their others but they aren't trying to be heavy anymore. It has a completely different flavor in a sense. I think they are going to make some money on this one. Both CDs have quite a bit of win. I mean, its not perfect. hell, I would probably give the album 3.5/5. Not super super amazing or anything. But this new album is the most different from what their peers are doing. It's indie-sludge.

 

Touché

 

...On the subject of Baroness I think they´ve developed a lot over the years. All three studio albums have a very different sound IMO (and I have a promo with good sound of the latest). I haven´t given it enough spins to evaluate yet, but it´s something I look forward to do.