Reckoning

Pillar | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 3, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Flicker Records
• ASIN: B000I2JTES
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,171 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

In the six short years since the band formed in a dingy dorm room in Wichita, Kansas, Pillar has become a Rock force to be reckoned with. And while the band has earned its fair share of accolades and admiration, Pillar is ready to set the record straight with their latest The Reckoning. For Fans Of: P.O.D., Dead Poetic, Maylene and The Sons of Disaster, Chevelle, Switchfoot.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Musically but I felt it lacking., October 10, 2006

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Kevin J. Steinmetz (La Verne, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reckoning (W/Dvd) (Spec) (Audio CD)

I eagerly anticipated this album. It was the first one I ever pre-ordered. I ripped it open and put it on and then felt disappointed. Don't get me wrong, it is musically superior to many other groups out there. I am a great fan of Pillar. But.... It sounded like an album that was made too much from the head and not enough from the heart. It didn't have that bearing of the soul intensity that their previous two releases "Fireproof" and "Where Do We Go From Here?" I guess that after that album they didn't know where to go from there. The songs "The Reckoning, Crossfire" and "Resolution" are great. "Angel in disguise" not so great.

If you haven't bought any Pillar CD's this should be your first before buying "Fireproof" and "Where do we go from here?" so your Pillar experience goes from just great to I gotta play this CD every day.

I am still going to eagerly await there next CD and still pre-buy it because every great group can have a so-so release every now and then.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Welcome Sound, March 4, 2007

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Leslie T. Romero Jr. "Native Student" (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reckoning (W/Dvd) (Spec) (Audio CD)

I cannot claim that I have been a fan of Pillar since their forming days. However, I can say that, without a doubt in my mind, The Reckoning is spectacular. Its not often that I find a CD that remains in my stereo for well over a month. I am going to say that as someone who enjoyed Where Do We Go From Here, I believe The Reckoning surpassed it. Many will question Pillar for producing a a so-called mainstream album. Mainstream? Obviously, whoever made such accusations did not take into account that the band has grown from Where Do We Go From Here's nu-metal influences. I will say with all honesty, I am not Christian. I do not believe in God, but I can say that this album has made a difference to me. Every song has given me a sense of hope and generally a feeling that life will always go on. Thankfully, Pillar can create great music, without sounding preachy, or giving way to what the "fad" currently is. Enjoy the album for its music and its message!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pillar evolves again, December 25, 2006

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Rolland Colbert "multus consilium" (Saint Paul, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Reckoning (W/Dvd) (Spec) (Audio CD)

After listening to Fireproof, Where Do We Go From Here, and now the Reckoning, Pillar's tremendous evolution in the melodic metal genre becomes apparent. Going from generic rap-rock in Fireproof to the soaring choruses and intricate riffs of a band ascending beyond what was expected in WDWGFH, Pillar has now morphed into a mature and confident rock band that is unafraid to abrogate the suffocating taboos of hard rock. They are constantly on the move, one step ahead of where everyone is at the time, and have truly become trendsetters in hard rock.
It's hard to imagine any other band pulling off the hard-rocking, earth pounding, southern riffs of `The Reckoning' and then following it up with `Angel in disguise' with any credibility. But Pillar is so mature as a band, so unafraid to take risks, and confident in their vision, that there able to go from high voltage rock in `Crossfire' to a melodic song your mom could fall in love with in `Wherever the Wind Blows'. And that's the niche of this album, it shows a band constantly moving forward without deferring to convention or expectations. That they can put together an album with such diversity as `The Reckoning' and not be laughed off the face of the earth, is a testament to that. Pick this album up, its definitely one of the year's ten best.