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And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

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RS: 3.5of 5 Stars Average User Rating: 4.5of 5 Stars

2002

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Best known for leaving stages spattered with blood and pulverized equipment, these Texas screamers have built a castle atop the wreckage with their third album: forbidding and imposing on the outside, grand and luxurious within. Trail of Dead still play as if they get a bonus for every mike they blow out -- they like to accelerate immediately to what would normally be the climax of a song, then crank things up another notch, and another. But behind the torrents of white noise and bloodcurdling howls, there are subtle string and horn arrangements, underscoring the power and drama of the quartet's attack; delicate melodies and twinkling chimes float out of the melee. The elegant swoop of the melody to "Baudelaire" doesn't stop them from using it as a battering ram, but even at their most savage, Trail of Dead know that the most important part of a tornado is the calm at its eye.

DOUG WOLK
(RS 891 - March 14, 2002)



(Posted: Feb 19, 2002)

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junior1023 writes:

4of 5 Stars


Trail of Dead, I guess as they are known for short, employs a balanced blend of hard rock and sweet melody on this album. Conrad Keely isn't afraid to scream, but when he tones it down, he doesn't make it sound emo either, nor does the rest of the band. There is definitely an air of psychodelia here judging by the lyrics and the haunting sound bytes at the end of some of the songs. My favorite song is Source Tags & Codes. The riffs are so fluid but they don't flow in a way one would expect which is why they're so catchy. I'm always looking to find a cure for the typical radio-friendly sound and I think I may have found it in this band which I only discovered several weeks ago.

Sep 4, 2006 16:01:52

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