Light From Above [Import]

Black Tide | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 4, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal Japan
• ASIN: B0017U0ATI
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,032,382 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

BLACK TIDE:

Gabriel God given name: Gabriel Garcia Place of birth: Miami, Florida Ethnicity: White/Hispanic Occupation: Student, singer and guitar player in Black Tide Status: Single

Quick Bio: "My cousin Mario was the one who taught me how to play most of my guitar, and from there i just practiced my ass off. I'm influenced by bands such as Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Yngwie Malmsteen, Morbid Angel, Kreator, Emperor, Judas Priest, Van Halen, Children Of Bodom, Trivium, Death, Testament, Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Black Label Society, Lamb Of God, Opeth, Pantera, Guns n roses, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, At The Gates, Dream Theater, Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, Joe Satriani, Skid row, Dimmu Borgir, The doors, The who, Zakk Wylde, Ratt, Quiet riot, and a lot more . . .

Lexx God given name: Alex Nunez Place of birth: Miami, Florida Ethnicity: White/Hispanic Occupation: Student and guitar player in Black Tide Status: Single

Quick Bio: "i love music and have been in this band for about 3 or 4 years. My influences guitar wise are ,hendrix, angus young, stevie ray vaugh,dime bag darrell, paul guilbert, marty freidman, steve vai, and a bunch of others. BAND wise, i lisen to a lot of THRASH, HARDCORE PUNK, CRUST PUNK, REGGAE and a bunch of others. i listen to bands like municipal waste, disrupt, phobia, slayer, final conflict, common enemy, toxic narcotic, minor threat, dead kennedys, bad brains, suicidal tendencies the list goes on and on . . . THRASH ATTACK! Zakk birth name: Zachary Sandler Place of birth: Florence, Alabama Ethnicity: White. Occupation: Bass player in Black Tide. Status: Single

Quick Bio: "I have played Bass for a couple of years now and I love what i do. I have no preference of music and have played with many bands. MY influences as a bass player are Dimebag Darrell, RABBI SIMON, Tom Morello, Daron Malakian, James Hetfield, and Jason Newsted."

Steven birth name: Steven Spence Place of birth: Queens, New York Ethnicity: Hispanic Occupation: Student/Drummer in Black Tide Status: Single

Quick Bio: I started playing drums some time in 2001, and i just can't get enough. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the future of hard rock/metal!!, March 18, 2008

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Joseph E. Allen - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Light From Above (Audio CD)

These guys sound too good to be true, but no one ever said that there couldn't be exceptions! Yep, they are ALL under 20 years of age too. The singer/guitarist is 15, the lead guitarist and drummer are 18, and the drummer is 19. The age thing doesn't really matter to me though. The MUSIC is what matters, and these guys sure nailed it! Every song is entertaining and has a good catch to it. Most mainstream bands today cannot go a single verse/chorus with out getting boring. These guys have found the pick of destiny, because that teenage guitar duo shred like Dave and Adrian of Iron Maiden, and Glen and K.K. of Judas Priest. God that kid can sing! If i didn't know of the band's age range, I would have thought these were an 80's underground thrash/glam group with REALLY good production. My favorite songs are Shockwave, Warriors Of Time, Live Fast Die Young, Hit The Lights (Metallica cover is amazing), Black Abyss, and Black Widow. Now don't waste any more time missing out on this band!!! Buy the album!!! It's totally worth the money. Simply amazing...

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Album 'FN ' ROCKS, March 18, 2008

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C. Vaccaro (auburn,wa USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Light From Above (Audio CD)

New school talent + old school skill = Hard Rock!This is how it's done theres alot of wannabe rockers in this world but Black Tide is for reals.From Shockwave to Light from Above guaranteed to Rock your World!!!This is money well spent buy this or enter the Black Abyss

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty damn impressive!!!, March 22, 2008

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Larry Davis "powerpoplarry" (NYC/Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Light From Above (Audio CD)

All I gotta say is this is one killer debut album...I was a teenage metalhead I admit...and this really takes me back. Black Tide really has the goods...a combination of old school metal like classic Metallica and Iron Maiden, with REALLY good catchy songwriting, add in good solos that fit and not at all wanky (solo for the sake of soloing), honest singing with a really good voice (amazing that 15 year old Gabe is the lead singer AND lead guitar player) and these kids are just a crack combo.

What's scary is that these kids are so young...why is this scary??? Not their ages...it's just that this debut album, "Light From Above" is just really good, and that because they are so young, they will come up with even BETTER albums as they get older and better as a band and as musicians...seeing how they will evolve...what's also cool is that being they are teenagers, they have this exuberance that only comes with either being young or feeling young...none of this jadedness of old...a little naivete in this world is OK...

SCARY...

But what's really cool is that this album will be looked upon as a classic debut, an underground favourite years from now, like Metallica's "Kill Em All"...people revere their "Black Album", but look to "Kill Em All" as a classic debut...same with this scorcher.

Just damn good tunes by a great young band with a cool, no BS attitude...you want to support them, take em under your wing, show em the ropes, lend em your floor to crash on, etc...

I support this band, and I am a 40 year old, former teenage metalhead, and these kids bring me back, BRAVO!!!