Feeding

American Head Charge | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 15, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drt
• ASIN: B000786JS2
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (53 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,241 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Loyalty

2. Pledge Allegiance

3. Dirty

4. Ridicule

5. Take What I've Taken

6. Leave Me Alone

7. Walk Away

8. Erratic

9. Fiend

10. Cowards

11. To Be Me

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST ALBUM SO FAR IN 2005!!!, February 17, 2005

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Snot "Stoopid" (Philippines) - See all my reviews

"THE FEEDING" is AHC's sophomore album... I gave this album a 5 because it is a very very solid album that's why it has 11 tracks... VERY HEAVY AND AT TIMES IT'S ALSO VERY MELODIC... so far this is the best album that I've heard in 2005... stand out tracks are: LOYALTY, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, DIRTY, COWARDS AND ALL OTHER TRACKS... THEY ARE ALL EXCELLENT!!!! This album is a must buy... to all who haven't heard about American Head Charge, you're missing A LOT! AMERICAN HEAD CHARGE RULES... \m/

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AHC are Feeding us all again., February 15, 2005

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BLIND EYE HALO (Saint Joseph, MO) - See all my reviews

After falling in love with "war of art" that came out in 01' i have been waiting for a new album from AHC. Finally the "feeding" is out. After a few listens it is brutal, intense, and has all the rawness of the first cd, but with a more mature sound to it. AHC is a force to be wreckened with in the metal world today, this is one of the first great! metal releases of 2005, and should be enjoyed by all of the headcharge fans and alot of new fans should jump on this diesel that is AHC. (stand out tracks are #1,3,8,11)

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good album, bad follow-up, June 17, 2005

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Rubin Carver "The Duke" (Gilbert, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Feeding (Audio CD)

Let's face it, this record is not as good as The War of Art. I was taken a bit aback when I listened to it - my first reaction was that of being painfully unmoved by the whole thing. I listened to it once or twice right when it came out and shelved it. I came back for listens sporadically, but each time I was only slightly more interested in it. It took until now, three or four months later, to really digest it and form an opinion about it.

It's not as bad as I had initially decided, for sure. There's some great songs on this album. "Loyalty" is a really good single that got my hopes up for this album. Most of the things I loved about War of Art are present in this song. Other songs that I've grown to love are "Dirty," "Fiend," "Walk Away," and "Take What I've Taken." My absolute favorite song on this album is "Ridicule": it stood out to me right away as something totally new for A.H.C. It's probably one of the most emotional songs they've written up until this point. There's a new, creepy, almost Mushroomhead-esque vibe to these songs, and I would have loved to hear more like them on the album.

Unfortunately, the other half of the album sees A.H.C. succumbing to many an aggro/nu metal cliche. The riffs are oftentimes mediocre. "Cowards" sounds like the whiney little sidekick of "Americ*nt Evolving Into Useless Psychic Garbage," and while it is novel for its punk energy, it gets old fast. "To Be Me" is decent, but also sounds a bit insincere, as if the band just wrote it to fulfill the lighters-in-the-air requirement. "Eratic" is simply a much less interesting version of "Loyalty." And even the song title "Leave Me Alone" is cringeworthy for it's nu metal cheesiness (the song is equally predictable.)

The industrial element found on The War of Art is sorely missed here, as I feel that was part of what gave American Head Charge their unique sound. Some songs shows them managing pretty well without the electronics, but others show the band coming dangerously close to conforming to the mediocre nu metal status quo. Luckily, even in these occasions, Martin's distinctive voice provides a sense of familiarity to hang on to.

Overall, not a bad album; by normal commercial metal standards it's excellent. But put up against other high-standard metal bands and especially American Head Charge's own fantastic debut album, The War of Art, I have no choice but to give it a 3.5 (rounded up to a 4.) I'll still listen to it and I'd recommend it as a purchase to people who like other aggro metal bands, but War of Art is clearly the superior album... be sure to get it as well if you have not heard it.