Veil of Ignorance [Import]

Raised Fist | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 22, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Burning Heart Europe/Zoom
• ASIN: B002FO32N6
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #391,212 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Friends and Traitors

2. They Cant Keep Us Down

3. Wounds

4. Afraid

5. Slipping Into Coma

6. City of Cold

7. Volcano is Me

8. Disbelief

9. My Last Day

10. I Have To Pretend

11. Words and Phrases

12. Keeping It To Yourself

13. Never Negotiate

14. Out

Editorial Reviews

2009 release from the Swedish Hardcore punks, their fifth album overall. Picking up where 2006's powerful Sound Of The Republic left off, and tearing at your ears like a rabid pitbull on steroids, Raised Fist are in suitably defiant form after over a decade and a half thrilling audiences around the globe. The band proclaimed they were aiming for total perfection on this album, which had brutal consequences for bass player Andreas 'Josse' Johansson. The bass player ended up in hospital after playing and recording bass lines up to 18 hours a day, which left him with a serious elbow injury and hospitalized for days. As the band quietly stated, ""When you want things perfect, these things happen," Burning Heart.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Great album, but not their best, February 21, 2011

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Shaun E. Phillips "Five5x" (london, ontario) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Veil of Ignorance (Audio CD)

First off I have to comment about the production on this album. The last 2 albums seemed to be way too bass heavy to the point that it over takes everything else once awhile. As for the the music itself, it's not their best album, but these guys never disappoint either. I'm finding that with the softer music it's just not as interesting as their heavier music. These guys make heavy music sound like a walk in a park, it's just so good that it's easy to get into their music. As for this album, like I said before it's just not as interesting as it use to be and maybe that's because it's not as heavy or the quality of songs are not on par with their older music. For me it doesn't get better than Dedication, but Veil of Ignorance won't disappoint either.

5.0 out of 5 stars These guys are the real deal, December 6, 2009

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Alan P. Hughes "-" (AUSTRALIA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Veil of Ignorance (Audio CD)

Let me start by saying I was the one who pointed out that all the online bios (and it inevitably got amended) were wrong and that the bands name comes from a rage against the machine song called know your enemy, not killing in the name.

But I shouldn't blow my own trumpet, raised fist dont. Although I'm a massive fan of their back catalog, and it will be impossible for them to get that sound back, this is their best effort. I must admit the first few listens did not impress me as I was looking for the raised fist sound of old, pre sound of the republic (which ended for me after track 6).

There are only a couple of brutally crushing tracks here, the rest are well written showcases which display raised fist are more than a 2 bit hardcore band (not that theres anything wrong with that). Alle's vocals while still unrelenting, are more sung in many parts as opposed to the usual tom araya type ranting.

Dont think for a second this is going to be easy listening, the new drummer will force split seconds of songs to crush your tiny brain. The lyrics are as subjective as ever and these guys are still angry.

Although their back catalog hosts the most underrated hardcore albums of all time, this album is likely to become one of the most underrated albums of all time.