Lizzy Borden - Appointment with Death
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Lizzy Borden - Appointment with Death
Release dates: US October 30th and Europe November 2nd
Label: MetalBlade Records
With their new album 'Appointment with Death', Lizzy Borden's traditionally continues with
a new theme oriented album scheduled to be released in US October 30th and for Europe November 2nd.
After an almost 25 year long career Lizzy Borden releases his 6th album, the first after 'Deal with the Devil (2000).
The music on 'Appointment with Death was composed by Lizzy, Ira Black, Marten Andersson and
Joey Scott.
Artists who performs on the new album are:
Lizzy (Lizzy Borden)
Joey Scott (Lizzy Borden)
Marten Andersson (Lizzy Borden/George Lynch)
Ira Black (Lizzy Borden/Metal Church)
George Lynch (Dokken/Lynch Mob)
Dave Meniketti (Y & T)
Corey Beaulieu (Trivium)
Jonas Hansson (Silver Mountain)
Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal/ex-Morbid Angel)
Michael T. Ross (Angel/Hardline)
Adam Cameron
Zane
Marliese Quance
Produced by Lizzy Borden and Joey Scott.
Recorded at Zanzibar studios in N. Hollywood CA.
Mixed by Erik Rutan.
From lizzyborden.com
"Like all past Lizzy Borden recordings, Appointment with Death is a conceptual piece; this concept is centered around the theme of, as the title implies, Death.
"Oddly enough, writing eleven songs about death was no easy task for me; lyrically being graphic or grotesque would have been too easy, and being overly morbid would bring nothing new to the concept. I wrote this just like I have all of the other LB recordings, as a play or a movie. There is a beginning, middle and an end with the lead character taking us on a journey. Death is all around us, lurking, waiting to pounce, striking fear and antagonizing the living in many different ways, I tried to explore some of those ways in the most poetic way that I know how" commented Lizzy."
As to me personally this is the first album I ever listen to with Lizzy Borden, but I don't expect this to be the last as I find it quite good. I'll give it a strong 7 out of 10.
All in all a good album which I expect fans of Lizzy Borden as well as fans of the genre in general will appreciate. For anyone like me who've never heard the band before I think fans of melodic and epic oriented metal will love it!
The guitar riff on the track 'Somthin's crawlin" reminds me of Megadeth (not gonna reveal what track, I rather see that you who listen to it find it out and go "ah that track").
If you're a fan of Lizzy Borden. Buy it! Play it loud!
Enjoy!!
| Track Listing | Abnormal
Appointment with Death
Live forever
Bloody Tears
The Death of Love
Tomorrow never comes
Under your Skin
Perfect World (I Don't wanna live)
Somthin's crawlin
(We are) the only ones
The Darker side
(Promo also included an Acoustic version of 'Tomorrow never comes', I've however not been able
to find any information confirming if it will be released on any Limited Edition of the official album or not. I certainly hope it will be released as I find it very good). |
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7.2 |
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8.0 |
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7.0 |
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7.0 |
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7.0 |
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7.0 |
Reviewed by DIOsweden
October 17, 2007
Last updated: October 17, 2007
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