Dead Heavy Day (Bonus Dvd)

Poisonblack | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 16, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B001DSNFUA
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,018 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars new to em', May 27, 2009

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D. Dunn (NZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Heavy Day (Bonus Dvd) (Audio CD)

Unlike some of the reveiws here, i havent heard the album "ESCAPEXTACY" as i am fairly new to this band. So my rating of this album is based on what i think of this album, not in comparison to other albums they have released.

I only really got onto these guys from my urge to hear more things from the sentenced frontman. And this album apealed to me greatly. Not because of who the singer was, but i enjoyed the "chuggin" riffs and the overall sound.

The music is like a more upbeat sentenced and also the lyrics. Overall i enjoyed this album but from the sounds of it i definatly need to have a listen to this "ESCAPEXTACY" album ASAP!!
Based on how much i enjoyed this album i give it a 4star. (i dont know if this version of it has the bonus dvd with the acoustic set, Rush video and making of on it, but that was also a very nice extra to get with the album)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Their best effort yet., September 30, 2008

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Timothy Lazaroff (Fairfax, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Heavy Day (Bonus Dvd) (Audio CD)

So, Poisonblack started as a side project of Villa's, but when Sentenced decided to call it quits, Villa chose to do Poisonblack full time. Their first album, Escapextacy was excellent, and J.P. did a wonderful job on the vocals. Lust Stained Despair had some pretty good hits but overall felt lacking. Now they just released A Dead Heavy Day and I couldn't be more excited. 90% of this album is excellent and the other 10% is pretty good. There isn't one song here that I wouldn't listen to and be happy to do such. The best of this album are all the songs in the middle, tracks 3 to 9 and especially "A Dead Heavy Day", "Me, Myself, and I", and "X" are the best this has to offer. It blows away Lust Stained Despair and has better structure than Escapextacy. It's just the right mix between melodic and heavy, a must have for any fan of the genre.

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Songs Crappy Recording, January 14, 2011

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Nick G. Athas "Searcy Bacon" (Dallas, Tx United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Heavy Day (Bonus Dvd) (Audio CD)

This is the most unusual reveiew I have ever written. I just recently discovered Poisonblack. Vocals sound like old Megadeath a bit, but overall I like them---enough to get all their albums !!! And I think A Dead Heavy Day has the best material of any of the Poisonblack albums: very well written material. So I give 5 stars for the songs themselves. However, I dont think I have ever heard such a poor mixing & mastering job, at least not on something recorded in the last 10-15 years. So I give it 0 stars for the production. Thats a shame too, because this could have been a great album. I think they were trying for a strong crunchy sound with the guitars, but wound up with a shrill thin sound, that is actually quite annoying. Loud but WAY too abrasive. I am going to try to remaster the songs with a couple of my software music production systems, & hopefully, I can bring out the depth & power I think they were after. I think the material is well worth the effort. Unfortunately, without the masters, I may not be able to do as much as I would like,to lower & deepen the sound of the guitars, without also pulling down vocals & other parts of the music.---If anyone associated with the guys in Poisonblack happen to read this review-----DO NOT USE THE SAME PRODUCER---All of your other albums were mixed & mastered quite well. Its a shame this album wasnt done similarly.......You blew the chance for a really good album ....