On Frail Wings of Vanity & Wax

Alesana | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tragic Hero Records
• ASIN: B000FGG6VG
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,352 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Icarus

2. Ambrosia

3. Pathetic, Ordinary

4. Alchemy Sounded Good at the Time

5. Daggers Speak Louder Than Words

6. The Last Three Letters

7. Apology

8. Tilting the Hourglass

9. This Conversation Is Over

10. Congradulations, I Hate You

11. The Third Temptation of Paris

12. A Siren's Soliloquy

13. Nero's Decay

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It took a while to get this..., October 17, 2006

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C. Dunbar "Formerly DJ Shatter" (Flushing, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Frail Wings of Vanity & Wax (Audio CD)

...and if nobody had pointed out to me the inspirations from Greek mythology, I still wouldn't get it.

To start with, Alesana is nothing new. They sound like Aiden, just with more energy, and incomprehensible screaming. Even reading the lyrics while i was listening to the album didnt help, all i heard was some dissonant screams by apparently 3 different vocalists going on at the same time, accompanied by some of the most broken and fragmented guitar work Ive ever heard. The first few times I even tried to listen to it, I was forced to turn it off about halfway through the third track.

Then a friend of mine started talking about it. He pointed out how the first few tracks pay homage to the stories of Icarus and Pygmalion, albeit very brokenly, and I decided to take some notice. Not that Im saying this fact blew me away, but when you hear the music you're expecting whiny songs about heartbreak, when in fact I was getting (though very late) songs about heartbreak when your stone golem decided to hate you. Or songs about why life sucks when youre wax wings have just melted and youre plummeting to earth. Most of this might be me overanalyzing (which I do), but it did interest me.

But I digress. The music is basic. I can't see why they have three guitarists when one or two could have sufficed, I cant see why they have three people screaming when you can't make out a word they are saying, and or why they all look like Davey Havok. If you are a fan of Aiden, My Chemical Romance or bands of that nature, then by all means check this one out. You'll probably love it.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Eh..., August 28, 2006

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K. Spangler (PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On Frail Wings of Vanity & Wax (Audio CD)

This was recommended to me by Amazon because of Trophy Scars. This was just all right for me. I can't say that it was terrible because they aren't exactly a ripoff of everything else but at the same time there wasn't anything to make them special. It's a good idea to listen to some of the songs before you buy this.

4.0 out of 5 stars Surprising..., June 25, 2007

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Tyler (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On Frail Wings of Vanity & Wax (Audio CD)

I must say, I am very, very surprised. I hate Alesana's old albums, but...On Frail Wings is pretty much awesome. Tilting the Hourglass is by far the best song on the album. It's pulled off very, very nicely. Ambrosia is also quite amazing.

Really, though, who'd have thought such an emo band could make such a wonderful record? I really like it. 4.5/5.