AB III leaked
Just sayin'.
Can't wait to buy the actual CD, but there's no way I was gonna hold out.
I'll post up a full review eventually. There's too much to take in right now. I'm definitely going to need a few more listens.
Overall, I can say it's pretty different from anything they've done before. It's definitely an evolution of the Blackbird album. It's not as fast or riff-driven as Blackbird but it's still a solid, heavy, dark effort with a few light moments.
The intro on the opening track is one of the coolest things I've heard in recent memory. Deliciously dark.
One thing I immediately noticed was that One Day Remains and Blackbird both had songs that could be considered a pop single (Open Your Eyes, Rise Today). Not this time. The closest they come to that is Wonderful Life, which has some hints of In Loving Memory in it.
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