NEVERMORE

NEVERMORE
NEVERMORE (1995)
REMASTER
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The very first Nevermore album came as something of a surprise when it first appeared in 1995.At the time, straight metal was considered outdated and old. In that environment, this album came as a breath of fresh air and was a valuable addition to the musical spectrum.
Warren Dane had revealed his magnificent voice in 80´s metal hopefuls Sanctuary, yet it is with Nevermore that he has truly excelled. His voice fits perfectly in this band which has a special sort of sometimes intricate riffing, a suitable mix of tempos in their repertoire and quality song-writing to top it all off.
This album kicks off with the top number, “What tomorrow knows”, a heavyweight monster of a riff leading the way for some great vocals, a song that could just go on and on and you wouldn’t want it to stop. Unfortunately it does. No need for despair though, after a while track three, “The sanity assassin” comes along to bring you to life again with a great chorus that really gets you going.
“Garden of gray” also makes the grade, but can’t match the opening tracks in terms of sheer quality. From here on the album holds up well, without having the absolute highs reached on the first half but still oozing of confidence and well-constructed tunes. The closing track “Godmoney” brings the album to a fine end, and you can’t help being impressed once again with Dane’s magnificent voice.
This album is well representative of what Nevermore is about, solid metal with great vocals.

1. What Tomorrow Knows
2. C.B.F.
3. The Sanity Assassin
4. Garden of Gray
5. Sea of Possibilities
6. The Hurting Words
7. Timothy Leary
8. Godmoney
Bonus Tracks
9. The System's Failing
10. The Dreaming Mind (Demo)
11. World Unborn (Demo)
12. Chances Three (Demo)
13. Utopia (Demo)

IN MEMORY (1996)
REMASTER
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More progression from the ex-Sanctuary boys as this EP shows the Politics style on the horizon. The track Optimist or Pessimist especially shows the heavy turn the band is about to take. 5 songs and every one of them is single worthy. I place this about on par with their first release since it has better songs, but has less material of course.
Every track on this EP belongs here. This is not your typical EP in that there are no remixes, radio edits, live versions, or other crap band's generally use to fill up space. There is one cover, but we'll forgive them as it is an Extremely good cover. Anyone who can make Bauhaus sound that good has talent indeed.

1. Optimist or Pessimist
2. Matricide
3. In Memory
4. Silent Hedges / Double Dare
5. The Sorrowed Man
Bonus Tracks
6. The Tiananmen Man (Demo)
7. The Seven Tongues of God (Demo)
8. Passenger (Demo)
9. This Sacrament (Demo)
10. 42147 (instrumental) (Demo)