As we reported via Devil PR last week, Metal Hammer have given Faith No More‘s comeback album Sol Invictus a 9/10 review and the review has now been published.
Here are the best bits but its worth picking up the mag or subscribing for the free articles to read in full:
“Scorchers abound. Hurtling tempos cast the breathtaking Superhero into a storm of buzzsaw riffs and Mike’s throat-shredding howls, while Cone Of Shame opens at high noon in a spaghetti western, adorned with echoey guitars and a baleful spoken-word passage, converging in a siege of concussive rhythms that drop like sledgehammers. Separation Anxiety pits Mike’s unhinged falsetto against rapid-fire lyrics, as brooding rhythms gather and erupt into the neckbreaking beatdown of the chorus. ”
“Time and again they demonstrate a capacity for crafting chest-beating, anthemic hooks that bands like the Foo Fighters could only hope to write, and yet rather than release the full-on mainstream hit of which they are capable, FNM embed these interludes within slow-burning forays of experimentalism.”
“Sol Invictus stands easily on its own, rising shoulder to shoulder with the very best of the band’s catalogue – a thrilling, ambitious and multidimensional voyage that grows progressively more satisfying with each successive spin. Brilliant. FINAL VERDICT: 9/10”
Eric – if you ever convey your thoughts on a piece of music to another human being… that’s a review, essentially. It’s not supposed to be a substitute for actually hearing the stuff but it is meant to give a flavour of what the album sounds like, what it means to you personally and what it might potentially amount to in a wider sense. Of course they’re biased – every opinion has an element of bias. Well written reviews can be a joy to read, however, as with any quality writing.
Eric – sorry mate but that doesn’t make sense at all! what does that mean? Reviews are very important in the scheme of things and there are people who are casual music buyers that go by reviews to buy an album! Particurlaly in the US.
Album reviews make no sense to me, good, bad or otherwise. I can’t read them anymore. Music is for listening.
Wow! That is one awesome review! The songs are stuck in my head! I also love how they’ve name dropped SA, Cone and superhero as they are absolutely will be FNM classics in time.