Collateral Defect

Graveworm | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
• ASIN: B000PAAI20
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #197,280 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars another solid release from Graveworm!, January 23, 2008

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Omar Abusamra - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collateral Defect (Audio CD)

Graveworm have churned out album after album of the highest caliber. "Collateral Defect" is no different. It treads the familiar lines of (N)utopia, but the production in the guitars and keys is much tighter.
The "I need a hero" cover from Bonnie Tyler is funny at first, but you soon realize that their cover songs are really really good, as long as you have an appreciation for growling that is.
Sure Graveworm have changed their song and dance over the years, that's what makes bands great. If they repeated the same sound over and over again, nobody would buy it!
They manage a healthy balance between guitars, keys, melodies, and downright brutal vocals. The one thing that made me love Graveworm way back when was the duel death vocals, the "lower" and the "higher". This variance adds depth to the songs which is then furthered by the melodic and atmoshperic keys.

I prefer to rate on a 10 point scale and "Collateral Defect" is easily a 9/10!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overlooked and Underrated, August 18, 2008

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Jcase187 (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collateral Defect (Audio CD)

Quite frankly, these guys don't get the attention they deserve. I wouldn't call their albums front-to-back solid, but every album contains gems. These guys create songs that are atmospheric. They use lots of keyboards, synths, violins, that sort of thing. Lots of booming drums, and plenty of layers. What's the down-side? Well, the death and black metal vocals (screeching, shrieking, growling, grunting, etc) are relentless. To get a good idea of these guys, check out songs like "Demonic Dreams", "Beauty of Malice" or their AMAZING cover of Iron Maiden's "Fear of the Dark".

With their latest album Graveworm decides for a slight stylistic change. Or several, rather. Just about every song dabbles in something different. The album is full of blast beats, booming drums, keyboards and the like. On some songs they take out some of the melody and go for more of a straight "death metal" approach, like in "Touch of Hate". There are also spatterings of metalcore and nu-metal in "Out of Clouds" and "Scars of Sorrow", respectively.

Fans of Children of Bodom, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Kalmah, Catamenia, Ensiferum or the like should give these guys a try.

5.0 out of 5 stars These guys never let down, July 10, 2010

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Christian Lowensprung (TRONDHEIM Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Collateral Defect (Audio CD)

I've been a fan of Graveworm since I discovered them. Great technical death metal, with very well structures songs. They are hard as hell, without going down the road of being down right ridiculous. In this CD, they deliver once again. Although not their hardest entry, the CD is very varied and show how talented Graveworm really are as they do different things on each song. The cover of "I need a Hero" is fun and enjoyable. There are also other headbang songs which have true Graveworm quality. But the song that really stands out, is the end song "memories". Not a hard rock song, but an acoustic guitar masterpiece which alone is enough reason to buy this CD. Highly recommended purchace.