Vigilance

Threat Signal | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 8, 2009)
• Original Release Date: 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Nuclear Blast
• ASIN: B002F1JMGU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,424 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kick ass cd, a step up from the debut, June 10, 2010

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Joe Chung "Joe C" (Indiana, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vigilance (Audio CD)

A powerful yet melodic cd that'll kick you straight in the balls! Every track is unique and different. To the everyday average Joe listeners, they may find each track a bit repetitive. But in the ears of a musician, they hear otherwise. Mind blowing melody riffs and solos. If you enjoyed their first album, brace yourself for ball crushing tone and tight precise machine gun licks that'll rip you to shreds. Best metal album I've listened to in a long time, 6/5 stars.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Follow-up to Under Reprisal, November 1, 2009

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Jeremy Brackeen "themetalbeast" (Cameron, WI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vigilance (Audio CD)

Back in 2006, I bought Threat Signal's full length debut "Under Reprisal" (from Nuclear Blast), and after listening to it, I quickly fell in love with it, and it quickly became one of my favorite metal albums of 2006. Threat Signal are an awesome young metal band that have sounds that are reminiscent of bands such as Strapping Young Lad, Mnemic, Raunchy, Meshuggah, and Fear Factory, giving these guys a very unique sound. Now it's 2009, and these young Canadian metal powerhousers have returned with a new lineup and a brand new album entitled "Vigilance". I bought this album at Best Buy on my birthday back in September, and I really dig it alot. While the first album was produced by Fear Factory member Christian Olde Wolbers, the production on this album is handled by original vocalist Jon Howard, while the mixing and mastering is handled by Greg Reely, making the overall vibe of this album more relaxed. Joining Howard on "Vigilance" are new guitarists Travis Montgomery and Adam Weber, new bassist Pat Kavanagh, and new drummer Norman Killeen, and they all help keep the Threat Signal sound very much intact even with some groove mixed in for good measure. The musicianship and the songwriting are top notch as they were on the first album. Howard's vocals are awesome with a mixture of aggressive, piercing screams and great clean melodic singing, while Montgomery and Weber both steal the show here with their beefy and pummeling riffs and ripping melodic solos, and Kavanagh and Killeen both keep their rhythm section tight and blistering throughout. Every song on "Vigilance" is just fantastic especially the opening groovy track "Afterlife" which boasts a catchy and groovy vibe throughout, and the following cut "Through My Eyes" is highighted by a superb melodic sung chorus and some stunning guitar melodies. Other highlights on here include "The Beginning of the End" and "United We Stand" which both feature some awesome melodic and ripping solos especially on the former mentioned song, and the latter mentioned song features a loud and blistering intro and a nice acoustic outro. My favorite song on here would no doubt have to be "Lost" which is highlighted by an acoustic intro as well as blistering, chugging guitars and double bass kicking, and another stunning solo to boot. Other songs I enjoy here include "Hate Machine" (which is another one of my favorites that boasts vicious, thrashing riffs, pounding drums, and heart wrenching screams), "Severed", "Escape From Reality", "Another Source of Light" (which is a great ballad), and "To Remember" is a fantastic album closer that starts off brutal and heavy and ends on a melodic note. All in all, "Vigilance" is an excellent follow-up to "Under Reprisal", and it really shows that despite all the lineup changes that Threat Signal have been through, they will still able to keep it all together here. Anyways, if you enjoyed Threat Signal's first album "Under Reprisal", then by all means you'll really enjoy "Vigilance". Highly Recommended for fans of Meshuggah, Fear Factory, Mnemic, Raunchy, and Strapping Young Lad.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Stuff, July 6, 2010

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D0ct0r G0nz0 (Cincinnati, OH) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Vigilance (Audio CD)

I heard Stephen Carpenter (Deftones guitarist) mention these guys in an interview on SiriusXM's Liquid Metal channel and then came across this CD. Consistently intense and showcasing impressive guitar techniques, I was pleasantly surprised by Vigilance.