Customer Reviews

Stand Up And Scream

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3 star:		(1)
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I have much respect for bands/artists that work outside the realm of normalcy. In a time where, for me at least, finding an album that you can truly love from start to finish has become harder and harder, Asking Alexandria are a breath of fresh air. This is genre mashing at its finest. At it's core, SUAS is a brutal post-hardcore offering that gives you everything you could ask for in a metal album: Guttural growls, piercing screams, and melodic harmonies set to grinding riffs, deep bass rhythms, and fast paced drums...oh yea, and some trance techno that would right at home in an xtc-laden rave! And lemme tell you, the genre duo works beautifully.

The album from start to finish has a perfect flow, and song order definitely sets that up. The opening track is easily the most important; giving the listener a perfect idea of the different sounds to come. So perfect in fact that listening to the sample should make decision making process a breeze.

This is a great CD. Metal and melody laced with some trance. I urge everyone to give this a shot, I don't think you will be disappointed.

This is the absolute best release of 2009, absolutely everything was done right on this CD. Heavy breakdowns mixed with guttural screams/growls and clean vocals all with a little hint of Techno.
Asking Alexandria is truely an original sound that will get your head moving to it's rhythm. This CD is constantly played on my Ipod when I'm driving. I can't say enough about the band and am looking forward to their sophmore album.

Sorry for the caps, it's just that this CD is filled with awesomeness. I recently purchased the new Used CD, Saosin CD, and Muse CD. Since I enjoyed all of their previous albums, I have been disappointed by each one, especially the new Used CD - Artwork, since they are my favorite band.

Anyways, I thought I would try something new. After reviewing this month's AP magazine featuring Paramore, I stumbled upon this new CD Asking Alexandria, I heard a few samples on Amazon, then I decided to pick up the CD at Hot Topic.

Man...I haven't been happy with a CD purchase in months! This whole album is amazing, it's so unique, I haven't heard anyone like them.

What makes them unique is their vocals, and they add a lot of different sounds to their tracks, it's not some repetitive sound like many emo/screamo/metal bands.

For instance, their songs may have the deep demonic sounding gurgling vocals, then will jump to the scream at the top of your lungs vocals, then the song will jump into the harmonious emo soft vocals, then jump back into the screams.

They even have tracks that include a lot of techno/electronica! Techno mixed with screamo, that is an amazing combo, I love it! I wish more bands did this...on second thought...no I don't, because then other bands would just be copying Asking Alexandria, that is why they are unique.

Track 1 has an example of the techno/guitar riffs. Then track 6 is a electronic type of song; tracks 11, 12 and 13 also includes some electronica. There are probably more, I am still listening to the CD as I am typing this review!

Tracks 6,7,8,9 and 11 are my favorites. The bass hits are incredible on my 2 10" subs. Buy this CD now!

I was sampling bands I'd never heard of that is set to play Rock on the Range (Columbus, Ohio) when I checked this album out. This band quickly became one of my favorite bands. Their style is so diverse and the vocals they did an awesome job on. I highly recommend this album.

I love this band. This was their debut and it rocked. Incorporating techno sound with their metal crosses boundaries few are willing to dabble with. I think it is amazing. It is for the most part metal which is great. But again it has some industrial sounds that are awesome. The best part is they don't sound English!

its my favorite cd and band EVER :) theres great screams,amazing double bass,great singing vocals,great guitar players...everything about this cd and asking alexandria is GREAT :)

ASKING ALEXANDRIA ARE AN AMAZING METALCORE/ POST HARDCORE BAND WHO MIX HEAVY GUITAR RIFFS AND BREAKDOWNS WITH VERY MELODIC VOCALS AND HARDCORE SCREAMS WITH ALSO A MIX OF POP TECHNO BEATS,THEY ARE A VERY UNIQUE BAND AND ALSO VERY ENTERTAINING.

These guys can play! The lead can scream AND sing, and, always a plus, these guys have a sense of humor. I will Definitely be buying more from them

I'm not a huge fan of Hardcore, (though it's growing on me), but this album is incredible. The way they incorporate Hardcore, and techno is amazing. One of the most creative albums I've ever heard. I love all the tracks but #2, #3, #5, and especially #12 will blow you away

If you like electronica hardcore, there's no reason to give this album a shot. They use obscenities, but it's not overdone.