For the Revolution [Import]

Kalmah | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 12, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Spinefarm Records
• ASIN: B0017IKQGW
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #163,117 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Album number five from the Finnish horde. Catchy melodies and stellar production abound!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Melodic Swamp Album, May 21, 2008

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I. Lopez (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For the Revolution (Audio CD)

Another Classic Melodic album at its best! This album features more of a variety in vocals. Kalmah uses their old high pitched vocals and their new but intense low vocals as heard on their previous release "The Black Waltz". The guitars and bass are just phenomenal in terms of how they incorporate melodies and heavyness. Solos are just great as well. The drums of course as always are brutal and so so creative. The keyboard is what suprised me the most(in a great way). I thought Kalmah was going for a more symphonic death way(as in the black waltz) but they actually mixed alot of their old elements, with new. They go back to using synths, but still use strings. A new element of the keys is a bell sound.(this is just one new element!) So this album is pretty much perfect. Old and New fans will definitely love this album!! Buy two!!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps getting better with every spin!, August 24, 2008

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Andy - See all my reviews

This review is from: For the Revolution (Audio CD)

Not wanting to get too long winded I'll keep this short and sweet. First off, I keep hearing people say that Kalmah sounds like this band or that band. The fact of the matter is that I enjoy Kalmah much more than any of them. Amazing drumming, solos that don't sound like the ones in every other song, and impecable musicianship all around. While I really enjoyed "For the Revolution" on the first listen I still liked "Black Waltz" and "Swampsong" a little better. After owning the album for two weeks I've listened to it through about a dozen times and it gets better every time. So if you enjoy speed/thrash/death/melodic metal bands with killer chops and technicality without sacrificing musicality who stay true to themselves without getting boring then you will definitely enjoy For the Revolution and Kalmah's other offerings. Highly recomended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Melodic Death metal album!, December 8, 2008

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Michael A. Carra "mike carra" (bronx, new york) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For the Revolution (Audio CD)

Kalmah as been on a roll the past few years putting out great albums one after another all with something new and fresh about it. This new album "for the revolution" continues the roll of greatness. Its pretty much a mix of their last 2 albums. the vocals continue to have more of a focus on the deep growls like their previous album "the black waltz" but this time they add more of the higher scream screeches from their earlyer work in the mix too, but its still pretty much dominated by the growls (which i think is a good thing). the music this time is more riff orientated than their last 2 albums. less epic, but it still has its melodic epic parts just not as many as usual. the guitar playing is still great. many great solos on this album! same can be said about the keyboards! great keyboard playing. the drummer is like a damn machine very tight rhythem section in general! overall is is a amazing melodic death metal album with very talented musicians in it. i give it 4 starts simply cause its not up to the level of "the black waltz" that album was a masterpeice. this album still is great though give it a listen!