Just got mine in the mail from Lasers Edge, you may need to adjust your equilizer on your player to compensate for lower vox and deep bass mix (maybe it's just my set-up).
Intro - (6 seconds) - short but sweet, probably not wanting to just jump right into "There For Me" cause it starts off fast
There For Me - (4:37) - Starts off fast, plays fast for most off the song, with a couple of time changes and slower bits. Fred's vox are really good and strong. Guitar run starting at 2:23 and going for about 35 seconds or so, then a little "Quiet-time" until about 3:13, then kicks up again. Great song
Destiny Is Sorrow - (8:00) - classic Zero Hour beginning. Good strong vocal beginning. Use of the Album title "A Fragile Mind" right off the bat in the lyrics. The chorus part is very melodic. Multiple time changes as expected. All done very well. Love the chugging guitar sound at 2:55 - 3:40. Then slow bit, with different vocal style, I am technically defecient to know the exact effects used here, sounds mono with chorus and delay with some reverb. really nice "slow" part. @ 5:40 kicks back into hard chugging jams and some runs on guitar. Gets back into some classical vocal stylings. @ 7:30 slows again for last bit of song. Excellent.
Brain Surgery - (3:12)- Fast start, (thru secod listen, my 2nd favorite), Good jamming, great vox. Great guitar runs and if I have not mentioned yet, the drums on this album are exceptional as always (Mike kicks Ass).
Losing Control - (3:45) - slow start, very melodic, then kicks in @ 41 seconds. slower song overall. This is my favorite song due to the great riffs at 2:15 - 2:30, and then later on. This song has sooooo much emotion and character. A short but great song.
Twice The Pain - (4:20) - Acoustic beginning then thundering drums, then great hard electric riff, then slow again w/acoustic. The vox from before with the effects on it. slow part, then just kick into major mayhem. very emotional song. Overall, I feel a lot of emotion from this album. Much like the previous albums. At about 2:20 there are some outstanding bass runs, right in the front of the mix. a lot of time changes and progressions. Fred's vox are really handling the soft to loud /slow to fast and hard changes.
Somnecrophobia - (3:09) - instrumental - jams hard. obviously some of Jasun's Instrumental work and Death Machine ideas are being expressed here. Things that can't be done in the other aspects of his career are coming out here. It is also probably pretty nice to be able to work with different musicians (ie bass, drums) to get a different feel for different outlets.
A Fragile Mind - (11:33) - slow beginning, after the last songs' total jamming, good time change. Freds vox are right on progressive/ power metal. Great guitars, bass, drums. This song really works well. Fred holds his note great. The progression of the song is wonderful. Fred has most of the input of the lyrics thru out the album, with some input from the Tiptun's. It takes until 4:25 in this song for it to kick in, then some really great "death/black" metal vox. They aren't cookie monster vox, but spoken with lots of bass and some cool effects. then cool jams until 5:55, then some great singing vox at fast tempo. A hard song to break dowm due to the length. It is going to be a bitch for them to perform live. But I know it will definitely be one they have to perform. It is an OPUS for them. This song is obviously what they have been waiting to release on this album. I really like the quiet part from 8:05 - 8:30, then Jasun runs some riffs for a bit, at least 8 different rins until 10:30, then some more instrumental greatness, including some great bass fills and runs.
Intrinsic - (5:23) - instrumental. Some great thumping bass by Troy, Jasun shows us some keyboard skills, Mike continues his drums extravaganza with expert in time cymbals and fills. Troy does some great runs in this song on bass. Sounds kind of like a love song. Come on guys, Who are you trying to impress here? She must be hot!!!!! Great musicianship, but it seems a bit like cheesy filler.
Overall, another wonderful album. The musicianship is great as expected. The vox from Fred are great Welcome to your first release of Zero Hour. I had to adjust my EQ for the vox and bass. Maybe a little different mixing, but overall the sound was great. The mixing was great.
I just can't wait to see you guys live again!!!!
Intro - (6 seconds) - short but sweet, probably not wanting to just jump right into "There For Me" cause it starts off fast
There For Me - (4:37) - Starts off fast, plays fast for most off the song, with a couple of time changes and slower bits. Fred's vox are really good and strong. Guitar run starting at 2:23 and going for about 35 seconds or so, then a little "Quiet-time" until about 3:13, then kicks up again. Great song
Destiny Is Sorrow - (8:00) - classic Zero Hour beginning. Good strong vocal beginning. Use of the Album title "A Fragile Mind" right off the bat in the lyrics. The chorus part is very melodic. Multiple time changes as expected. All done very well. Love the chugging guitar sound at 2:55 - 3:40. Then slow bit, with different vocal style, I am technically defecient to know the exact effects used here, sounds mono with chorus and delay with some reverb. really nice "slow" part. @ 5:40 kicks back into hard chugging jams and some runs on guitar. Gets back into some classical vocal stylings. @ 7:30 slows again for last bit of song. Excellent.
Brain Surgery - (3:12)- Fast start, (thru secod listen, my 2nd favorite), Good jamming, great vox. Great guitar runs and if I have not mentioned yet, the drums on this album are exceptional as always (Mike kicks Ass).
Losing Control - (3:45) - slow start, very melodic, then kicks in @ 41 seconds. slower song overall. This is my favorite song due to the great riffs at 2:15 - 2:30, and then later on. This song has sooooo much emotion and character. A short but great song.
Twice The Pain - (4:20) - Acoustic beginning then thundering drums, then great hard electric riff, then slow again w/acoustic. The vox from before with the effects on it. slow part, then just kick into major mayhem. very emotional song. Overall, I feel a lot of emotion from this album. Much like the previous albums. At about 2:20 there are some outstanding bass runs, right in the front of the mix. a lot of time changes and progressions. Fred's vox are really handling the soft to loud /slow to fast and hard changes.
Somnecrophobia - (3:09) - instrumental - jams hard. obviously some of Jasun's Instrumental work and Death Machine ideas are being expressed here. Things that can't be done in the other aspects of his career are coming out here. It is also probably pretty nice to be able to work with different musicians (ie bass, drums) to get a different feel for different outlets.
A Fragile Mind - (11:33) - slow beginning, after the last songs' total jamming, good time change. Freds vox are right on progressive/ power metal. Great guitars, bass, drums. This song really works well. Fred holds his note great. The progression of the song is wonderful. Fred has most of the input of the lyrics thru out the album, with some input from the Tiptun's. It takes until 4:25 in this song for it to kick in, then some really great "death/black" metal vox. They aren't cookie monster vox, but spoken with lots of bass and some cool effects. then cool jams until 5:55, then some great singing vox at fast tempo. A hard song to break dowm due to the length. It is going to be a bitch for them to perform live. But I know it will definitely be one they have to perform. It is an OPUS for them. This song is obviously what they have been waiting to release on this album. I really like the quiet part from 8:05 - 8:30, then Jasun runs some riffs for a bit, at least 8 different rins until 10:30, then some more instrumental greatness, including some great bass fills and runs.
Intrinsic - (5:23) - instrumental. Some great thumping bass by Troy, Jasun shows us some keyboard skills, Mike continues his drums extravaganza with expert in time cymbals and fills. Troy does some great runs in this song on bass. Sounds kind of like a love song. Come on guys, Who are you trying to impress here? She must be hot!!!!! Great musicianship, but it seems a bit like cheesy filler.
Overall, another wonderful album. The musicianship is great as expected. The vox from Fred are great Welcome to your first release of Zero Hour. I had to adjust my EQ for the vox and bass. Maybe a little different mixing, but overall the sound was great. The mixing was great.
I just can't wait to see you guys live again!!!!
