Post "The Conductor's Departure" reviews here

[anata]

hey everyone! Post links to "The Conductor's Departure" reviews here if you find any.

Thanks
ANATA

[Sardonicus]

Well, the only review I could find so far is over at www.nuclearabominations.com, but it's scathingly negative, and was clearly written by a half-wit. It's illogical really to blame someone for having different tastes, but his explanations for disliking Anata's work are pretty asinine, so I'd encourage everyone here to email this douchebag who calls himself 'Necrogoregrinder' at info@nuclearabominations.com to inform him that people with his obvious intellectual handicap needn't be masquerading as metal reviewers, and request that he please do the metal community a favor by severing all of his fingers.

[anata]

Either people get the music or they don't. We are very used to the latter, especially in some European countries, so this doesn't harm us. It only makes us STRONGER!!! (*cliché*)

[Mister_Willy]

I'm not a big fan of "The Conductor's Departure". The music is very good, I just don't think that it's suits Anata very well.

Under a stone was brutal as hell, yet this new album is more a technical/melodic
side of Anata. Don't get me wrong, I still think that it is very good musicianship. I'm just disappointed by the fact that it's nowhere near as brutal as the previous albums.

The Conductor's Departure and Downward Spiral are both excellent tracks though!!!


- Will -

[Sardonicus]

http://www.metalrage.com/reviews/922

Here's a 90/100 review over at MetalRage...enjoy.

[Sardonicus]

http://www.metalfactory.ch/reviews/cdreviewjuni2006.htm

Here's one for those of us who can read German, which unfortunately does not include me.

[[qliphoth / daemons]]

Here's my review:

AMAZING.

/review

[Sardonicus]

Review at Blistering.com:

http://www.blistering.com/fastpage/fpengine.php/link/1/templateid/11933/tempidx/4/menuid/2

[Sardonicus]

Another at TheDarkestHours.com:

http://www.thedarkesthours.com/reviews/testreview.php?id=1696

[Sardonicus]

Yet another at DigitalMetal.com:

http://www.digitalmetal.com/news.asp?cid=7260

[Fractal_Mortality]

Yet another at DigitalMetal.com:

http://www.digitalmetal.com/news.asp?cid=7260

Don't think that's a review man

[Sardonicus]

Whoops...got a little link happy. Sorry. The rest are reviews, though.

[fetuskiller]

Here is my review for 'The Conductor's Departure'... Five stars out of five. It's in Dutch but maybe i will translate it in the next week...

Webzine: http://www.chokingonbile.com/

Quick link: http://www.chokingonbile.com/?Page=Reviews&ID=655

[anata]

Thanks man.

[BZM]

Here's my review, which should be going up on The Metal Observer (http://www.metal-observer.com) as soon as the translators finish with it.

Anata - The Conductor's Departure
10/10

When a friend introduced me to Anata's 2003 full length, Under A Stone With No Inscription, I was utterly floored. Just as I thought death metal was going completely stagnant, and that everything had already been done before, or "to death" so to speak (nyuk nyuk), along come these Swedes that left me speechless with their ingenious and fresh style of riffing, spectacular drumming courtesy of the great Conny Pettersson (formerly of Eternal Lies and Rotinjected), and all done very tastefully while avoiding the bloat of an overly busy record that seems to plague many technical death metal bands. Needless to say, I was nearly wet with anticipation of their new record. Such anticipation was well-deserved...

What first greeted me was a very pleasing production, the guitars sounding a lettle less raunchy than on UASWNI (how's that for an ancronym?) but definitely more "organic" and coherent. You can still hear every bit of the fabulous bass playing, and Conny's drums sound as great as ever. Instantly after the building up intro you are pummelled by the familiar dual guitar riff attack, weaving in and out of eachother, playing off of every sick drum fill. Speaking of which, there is not one solitary SECOND of filler on this entire album. Every note has a purpose, and this becomes very apparent about halfway through the first track (Downward Spiral Into Madness) where Anata illustrates that their true strength isn't merely in their melodic sense... but in their HARMONIC sense. This record has some of the best harmonies I've ever heard in heavy music, breaking away from the traditional major 3rd symmetric lines of bands like Arsis and performing full-on counterpoint, doing completely different things that make perfect sense and weaving a vibrant tapestry of music. When the third track began, Better Grieved Than Fooled, my breath was completely stolen from me as one of the most powerful beginnings I've ever heard in a song annihilated my senses. Rarely do you hear passages as majestic and awe-inspiring as this... and later in the song, the song breaks into a clean section that's like waking up from a dream. Brilliant legato lines swirl fluidly through your speakers, approaching a climactic build-up to a reprise of the astounding beginning, which continues to floor me every time.

Another track that deserves its own paragraph of unadorned adulation is the instrumental of Children's Laughter, which is entirely clean guitars... and containing one most incredible and memorable drum performance I've witnessed since Sean Reinert recorded Focus for Cynic (a band that Anata continues to remind me of in many ways, and there's no greater compliment than that). The song serves as the intro to Renunciation, which is yet another masterpiece - one thing this album certainly isn't short on. Children's Play alone elevated this record, for me, elevated this record from being merely the best metal record I've heard in 2006 to one of my all-time favorites.

Easily an early contender for album of the year, and deserving a place in my top 10 death metal records of all time! Buy this album the very MOMENT it is available to you, and witness the rebirth of heavy music!

[paulrawnerve]

My review that went up a couple of weeks ago, but i forgot to post the link here.. oops.
http://www.rawnervepromotions.co.uk/index.php?categoryid=23&p2_articleid=2437
hope you enjoy.

[Lichtbringer]

HOLY SHIT ! I just phoned a local record store and they have The Conductor's Departure ! I'm off to my car to get it right now !!! My heart cheers again !!!

EDIT: Since I know my words could never do that album justice, let me say that much: This is nothing short of amazing. I'm still baffled by what I just heard.

[Sardonicus]

http://www.metalreview.com/ViewReview.aspx?ID=2730

[BZM]

the review is finally up (sorry for taking so long, we don't have a lot of translators...)

http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=10559

[Colossus]

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=795

[anata]

Here's my review, which should be going up on The Metal Observer (http://www.metal-observer.com) as soon as the translators finish with it.

Oh BZM a 10/10! I just love your thorough analysis of the songs, thanks! You stand apart from most journalists (who even though they give us a good rating, have no idea what they're actually hearing)

:devil:

Fredrik Schälin
ANATA

[BZM]

Wow! Thanks for the kind words, Mr. Schälin! You (and the guys) definitely earned every point of that score though; I continue to be infatuated with the album! :D

Now that the review is live... would you (Fredrik) be interested in doing an interview sometime in the near future for TMO (http://www.metal-observer.com)? It'd be my pleasure!

[Tzimisce]

Oh BZM a 10/10! I just love your thorough analysis of the songs, thanks! You stand apart from most journalists (who even though they give us a good rating, have no idea what they're actually hearing)

:devil:

Fredrik Schälin
ANATA
Heeeey! I'd like to think that I don't also have my head up my ass. I wrote the blistering.com review. :soapbox:

[sweetXmajestic]

I think everyone would like to know others don't think they have their heads up their asses ;)

[1by1]

This album has completely catch my attention and is the reason why i keep listening to this amazing genre called death metal. You guys definetely raised the bar. Come tour in the US!!! Cali especially :]

[anata]

Here's the reviews with numbers I've found so far...
-Reviews-
Magazines:
Kerrang! 4/5
Hard N’ Heavy: 4/5
Rock Hard: 9/10
Rock Sound: 8/10
Hard Rock: 8/10
Heavy heavy: 8/10
Metalheart: 8.5/10
Sweden Rock: 7/10
Powerplay: 7/10
Metal Hammer UK: 7/10
Terrorizer: 7.5/10
Mindview: 4/7
Rock tribune: 81/100

Web related:
Clonemetal.dk: 5/5
Choking on Bile: 5/5
Kronic.it: 4/5
Metalreview.com: 666/666
Metal Observer: 10/10
Metalfan.ro: 10/10
Nocturnalhorde.com: 10/10
Metaleater.com: 9/10
Power of Metal (SE): 9/10
Blabbermouth.net: 8/10
Metalstorm: 8.6/10
PyroMusic.net: 8.5/10
Metalitalia: 7.5/10
Living for Metal: 7.5/10
Metal Norge: 7/10
Bloodchamber: 7/10
Metal Factory: 7.5/10
The Darkest Hours: 95/100
Empire of Death: 77/100
Metalrage: 90/100
Lords of Metal..nl: 80/100
RoomThirteen.com: 12/13
Bright Eyes: 10/13
Metalnyheter.se: 4/6
Antenna.nu: 4/6

Not too bad...
Henrik, ANATA

[SculptedCold]

Not doing very well are we? Tsk tsk. Need to step it up with the 7/19 timings and five minute sweep arpeggios.

[Tzimisce]

7/19? lol

[parabola5353]

i got terrorizer today and its bs they gave you guys only 7.5. man id give it a 10 cos all this year my top album has been celtic frost but i got your guys' album and it blows it away. i cant stop listening to it man. right now you guys are prolly my favorite death metal band next to morbid angel. man hopefully you guys can play jaxx in northern virginia soon. man i love you guys!

:devil:

[anata]

The stupid thing about that Terrorizer rewiew is that the review is really good (like 9/10 in plain text) but the grade is only 7.5/10. It seems that the person writing the review did not set the grade...that sucks...

[parabola5353]

it sure does man, anyway what matters is we all know its better than a 7.5

[parabola5353]

man im listenin to the album now and it really doesnt make any sense with a god damn 7.5

[tck!]

You're from Fairfax? Where abouts?

[parabola5353]

fairfax station

[tck!]

Word I'm from woodbridge.

go to many local shows?

EDIT: Actually just im me lol

RE-EDIT: nevermind, AIM isn't working.

[parabola5353]

im not into local shows but i go to a bunch of jaxx shows. the only time i go to local shows is if my teachers band forgotten realm is playin

[BZM]

999 times out of 1000 magazine journalists don't know what the fuck they're talking about when it comes to metal, because it when it gets down to it, they're just a pop-culture fest. The only place to find decent reviews from people that know what they're talking about is on the internet.

[anata]

Obviously BZM...Also, internet zines have the oppurtunity to write long reviews and really analyse the music, while paper zines have a limited space for each review and therfore they don't bother to go deeper into the music...
Henrik

[anata]

would you (Fredrik) be interested in doing an interview sometime in the near future for TMO (http://www.metal-observer.com)? It'd be my pleasure!

Sure, just send the questions to anata_666@hotmail.com!
/Fredrik Schälin

[anata]

would you (Fredrik) be interested in doing an interview sometime in the near future for TMO (http://www.metal-observer.com)? It'd be my pleasure!

Hm I don't what happened... I've already replied to this once. Maybe I screwed up. But sure, just send the questions to anata_666@hotmail.com. Thanks,
Fredrik Schälin

[endlessly]

Hails!

http://www.transformonline.com/music/reviews/004976.php

[tck!]

the death metal scene seems to be lacking a new voice. While there are bands such as Hate Eternal rising steadily to keep the genre swelling with new voices, fresh acts are few and far between.

lol@ the reviewer totally contradicting themself.