Muse Album Review: Drones ( 2015) Genre: Alternative Rock/Metal, Prog Rock, Stadium Rock

Muse

Drones ( 2015)

Genre: Alternative Rock/Metal, Prog Rock, Stadium Rock

So here we go with my review of Muse's latest album which  personally has been somewhat of a letdown at first,  because I read   a couple of interviews  that the band gave explaining that they were going to make a back to basics album, more centered on a power trio, so I was expecting something like Origin of Symmetry, but this production  isn't that different from 2nd Law, just a little less electronic and with weaker material at moments, but this album grows on you especially after seeing them play live almost half of this Album, some of the songs made a lot more sense in a live set, making me appreciate this album more. And I must say if these guys ever around your town you got to see them these guys put 110% in each of their shows, I've seen my share of bands and these guys just blew me away in their sound, execution and their visual show is stunning, and it super cool for a band to bring their complete show with lights and other cool stuff, to a small city and arena like where I live, which is pretty off the map of most band tours, if a band comes to Cordoba Argentina It normally to warm up for a show in Buenos Aires or in Santiago of Chile.

    

Vocals/Lyrics: Matt's singing as usual is top notch, but he does try anything new vocally. On  the other hand takes another try at making concept album  and Drones is pretty engaging in this aspect. There is more of a Bono and Edge influences at moments in the way the main vocals and backing vocals are mix it sound like U2 at moments. 10

Instrumentation:

Guitar: The guitar shines on this album, there is a fair share of good arrangements, licks and solos.  

Bass: Chris seems to play more on this album he has some great arrangements.

Drums: Dominic does a good job but is pretty grounded. 7.5

Structure and or Melody: In this aspect the band knows what they are doing almost every song is thought up for playing in stadium with everyone singing along they are the heirs of stadium rock, so the melodies are simple but always well done, with moments of epic Ennio Morricone at moments are back. 10

Sound, Production and Feeling:  Robert john "Mutt" Lange ( AC/DC, Maroon 5, Nickelback, Def Leopard...) is the producer of this album and in general it's well done but it sounds to safe, when I heard these song in a live set they came alive they sounded much heavier, Mutt sapped all heaviness from the production. 8

Song: Most of the songs are great but a couple are redundant in their catalogue they seem to similar to stuff that they already have like "Mercy".  10

Originality: Here we have a album that at moments sound a little uninspired and has some weak material, but in general is pretty good, we can see a band that is in some type of transition, so lets see where the next album  is truly a back to basics album. 8

Overall: 53.5

Peter Gabriel/Big Blue Ball Album Review Big Blue Ball (2008)

Peter Gabriel/Big Blue Ball

Big Blue Ball (2008)

Genre: World Music

Today I bring you guys a Peter Gabriel  album that sort of got lost in time, Pete started work on this project back in the 90’s and it  has a ton of guest artist like Vernon Reid, Sinead O’Conner, Deep Forest, Billy Cobham, Manu Katche… and so when I finally got my hands on it I thought to myself this should be a world music extravaganza but to my surprise it’s pretty mediocre for Peter Gabriel to put out a sub par production like this, I guess that's way it isn't officially a Peter Gabriel album and he gave it the name Big Blue Ball, it’s pretty uninteresting, the songs are just not there, no wonder these songs sort of sat around in Peter’s music vault for more than a decade till he decided to finish them. The music in general is very similar to Gabriels 90’s stuff, but this material just  isn't not as good, at moments it sound a little bit dated. One thing that gets me pist is that Vernon Reid one of my favorite guitar player around is on more than one track but sonically he's invisible, Peter really doesn’t take advantage of his guitar skills. So I’ll only recommend this album for only diehard fans. 

Overall: 43.5

Resorte Album Review Republica de Ciegos (1997) Genre: Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Latin Rock, Mexican Metal

Resorte

Republica de Ciegos  (1997)

Genre: Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Latin Rock, Mexican Metal

So today I bring you guys the Mexican Rap Metal band Resorte and the review of their first album Republica de Ciegos (Republic of the Blind) these guys are heavily influenced by Rage against the Machine, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Argentina’s ANIMAL… (just to name a few bands) and you can really notice this in their first production. But I must say these guys really know how to rock and their particular style of Rap Metal at moments sounds more authentic in their protest lyrics than Rage. Their songs have killer grooves that get your head bobbing up and down with some pretty heavy riffs, instrumentally they hold up very well with their own  style which is very organic, but I must say  just a little too much whammy pedal on the guitar get tiresome.

Production and sound is pretty basic, but overall the album is solid and the band will keep on improving in latter albums, establishing a more distanced style from their musical hereos.

Overall: 49.3

Resote 

XL (1999)

Genre: Nu Metal, Rap Metal, Alternative Metal
Interesting vocal work, good mix of interesting rapping, singing and crazy pist off dude and Fermin from the Mexican rap group Control Machete kills it in his appearance on the last track. There is more money for production the band sounds better in general. Resorte playing in general sound super and this album has a good batch of songs a nice progression in their catalog.

Overall: 57.5