Oncoming Storm (Special Edition) (Spec) [Special Edition]

Unearth | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 18, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Special Edition
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B000BC8SS8
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (116 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,635 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Great Dividers

2. Failure

3. This Lying World

4. Black Hearts Now Reign

5. Zombie Autopilot

6. Bloodlust of the Human Condition

7. Lie to Purify

8. Endless

9. Aries

10. False Idols

11. One Step Away [Original Recording][*]

12. The Charm [Original Recording][*]

13. Bonus Track 1

Editorial Reviews

Metal-Core --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite albums of the year, August 5, 2004

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The Deac (Bristow, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oncoming Storm (Audio CD)

I will start out by saying I was a fan of Unearth before this CD came out. TSOC was a personal fave, so I was reallly looking forward to this. When it was released, I immediately got my hands on it, and was MORE than happy with the results. This is not a generic hardcore album, or a lame cheesy metal album like several bands have put out. It is a fusion of the best of metal, and the best of hardcore, which creates a sound few other bands are able to acheive.

Ken and Buz are quite possibly the best 7-stringers playing out there today. Listen to Zombie Autopilot...these guys thrash the hell out of the 7-strings in ways that most guitar players would never imagine. The cool thing is each song has its own flavor. This Lying World has a really offbeat kind of intro that works amazingly well. Great Dividers definetely is the big sing-along type song that really gets you going right away. Perhaps my favorite track, Endless, brings the best of everything all together.

Without rambling for too long, this is a great band...period. Fans of newer hardcore bands will be amazed that a band that uses this kind of style is this talented, and even old-school metalheads will probably raise their horns and salute. These guys are for real.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this is metalcore, July 29, 2004

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RV "RV" (Seattle) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oncoming Storm (Audio CD)

I think this is one of the few bands that has yet to receive the recognition they deserve. Their first debut album, The Stings of Conscious was a superb first effort. Years have passed since that album met with a record label change from Eulogy to Metal Blade as well as a new drummer Mike Justain (the Red Chord). Whether you are familiar with that band or not, this guy is a pro and adds a whole new dynamic to the band. The guitar work is tight and very well done, improving even on the high standards set by TSOC. The riffs are original and melodies are excellently intertwined amongst the breakdowns. And the breakdowns are SICK - at least 2 or 3 per song and they are all unique and rhythmically tight. Just download "This Lying World" to hear what I am talking about. The vocals are also an improvement over TSOC. Trevor's lyrics have always been good but on this album they are less abstract here. Unlike a lot bands today, particularly ones in this genre, they actually sing about issues of relevance and importance, about the state of this world and where we are headed if we continue these destructive trends. No dragons or crying over ex girlfriends here. The lyrics are pissed off as all hell and it does nothing but compliment the scope of this bands' art. As far as the new record label goes, the production quality on this cd is ages ahead of what is heard on TSOC. I consider myself to be pretty picky when it comes to audio production but they got this right on. I'm making no understatement when I say the production on this cd is damn near PERFECT for this band's sound. My only complaint would be the clichéd "soft" track titled "Aries." I mean, it's good...it just seems rather out of place, same with the acoustic ending of "Black Hearts Now Reign." This band is about brutal metalcore and this record exemplifies it by pounding you into submission. This is definitely one of the best releases this year. If you have any respect for yourself and loud music, you owe it to yourself to pick up this album.

p.s.
An open letter to heidi kakes,

Justain's talent on this album shines through just as much if not stronger than in Fused Together. Also, there aren't 10 breakdowns per song. You just couldn't handle the couple that are there.

p.p.s. using the "open letter format" in reviews is lame. If people did that in the 80's, it wasn't cool then and it isn't cool now.

Thanks,
R.V.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4, January 31, 2006

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bedfast - See all my reviews

This review is from: Oncoming Storm (Audio CD)

This is one of the best releases in the genre. These guys do it as good or better than anyone else in the metal world right now. You have great songwriting, and thats what sets them apart from most of the crowd.

There is definitely a trend here. No one can deny that if you have a Killswitch album album you're likely to dig unearth. The list goes on and on, but whats wrong with that as long as there is some origninality in the song writing. As long as I don't think I'm hearing a specific metallica riff, or lyrics almost exactly like pantera I'm alright. And I coudn't pin down any particular song with these guys.

So if you're not jaded on metal core hardcore whatever other label people come up with, then check this album out because its a legitimate part of good heavy metal