Enemies of Reality

Nevermore | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 29, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B0000A4G6D
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (87 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,395 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

This special edition includes their 2004 studio release with three bonus CD Rom videos. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Re-Mixed Enemies of Reality, July 15, 2005

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J. Wooldridge (Colorado Springs, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Enemies of Reality (Audio CD)

Starting out with only $20,000 to record and produce the original Enemies of Reality, with unexperienced producer, Kelly Gray, Nevermore created a work that was undeniably good, but was also undeniably horribly produced.

Now with Andy Sneaps' take on remixing it, it is like said before, a difference of day and night. This remixed album kicks unbelievable amounts of ass. From the opening Anthem track, Enemies of reality, to the bitter and cold beauty poured from Noumenon, this is definitally a fantastic album.

For anyone that heard the original album, but not this remix, I strongly advise listening to the remix. The difference is incredible.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing album, lousy sound quality, August 5, 2003

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This review is from: Enemies of Reality (Audio CD)

Argggh!
There's nothing more frustrating than trying to enjoy high quality music through a fog of bad production. On this release the mighty Nevermore steer to the heavier side with mixed results. The songs are heavy and brutal, almost a death metal vibe going on but not quite. It reminds me of what Testament did with The Gathering. Ultra-brutal metal made better by having real vocals where the cookie monster usually does his burping. The opening track is fantastic. I do miss some of the more melodic side of things I admit, The Heart Collector being one of my favourites, but it's still a great CD and a neat change of pace from the last 2 albums. The real problem is the production, which is in a word, awful. Not "St. Anger" awful, but not a whole lot better. It's so hard to believe an international major release could get out the door sounding this amateurly recorded and mixed. It's not only muddy as previous reviewers have stated, but there is absoultely NO bottom end on the kick drums....none. I have a 15 sub-woofer in my car, but you'd never know it was there. When I first popped this disc in and cranked it up, I literally thought my sub had stopped working. All of the kicks, and I do mean ALL come tapping out of my door speakers. It also has that same weird, flat boxy sound that Halford's otherwise excellent "Crucible" suffered with, thin and flat almost like a highly compressed vinyl record. Isn't anyone awake at these record labels anymore? Anyway, a great piece of butt kicking from Nevermore, that you will unfortunately only partly hear. Still worthy of 4 stars for the great music.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, definitively better than the original., August 31, 2005

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I. MUNOZ (Montreal, PQ, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Enemies of Reality (Audio CD)

I own the original version, and in this new one the vocals are certainly brought upfront, everything is better defined, drums and bass sound far tighter, and the mix is way cleaner. However, the rhythm guitar's tone does suffer a bit. The ballsy mood, the deep dark tone that Kelly Gray succeeded in reflecting on the original version is somewhat lost here -- though just slightly, to be fair. But definitively, this remastered and remixed release is much more brilliant. The band shines as it should have in the first try; and the final product is unarguably better rounded. Given that the music in this album is pure metal genius, I have to give to this "corrected" version its well deserved five stars. Adding the fact that they included three videos in the enhanced section, one of them with the band performing "Enemies of reality" live, you bet you won't be disappointed -- this fairly compensates for the short duration of this album. In few words, consider giving to the original album a second try by purchasing this one, and you won't regret it. As this review's title points out: yes, definitively better than the original.