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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Aiden, January 5, 2006
OK, I will admit that this cd did take a few listens for me to really appreciate it. I contemplated buying it after hearing Last Sunrise on their purevolume, but when I heard Knife Blood Nightmare I was hooked. I listened to it constantly. I did buy this cd with no great expectations based partially on the reviews I saw here. After first popping it into my cd player I still wasn't impressed, but I found myself wanting to listen to it over and over again, rotating it and Bayside. And let me tell you, I am very impressed. Sure it's not the most original, mindblowing music, but then again, what is nowadays? They have great potential and should not be played off as just another MCR clone. The musicianship showcased on Nightmare Anatomy is much more than mediocre and I've got to ask: Does anyone else love the screams on this album as much as I do? OK, I like/love every song on here but highest points include Knife Blood Nightmare, Goodbye We're Falling Fast, and See You In Hell... The lower points would have to be, um, well none really; the rest are all pretty good, too. So, you should definately buy this cd and even though it may take a few listens to get into, you will find it to be hell of a cd player occupier, assuming that that makes sense...
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Prepackaged for this generation of mallrats, February 17, 2006
To be honest I hated this band before I even heard their album. It seems like every rag I read, these posers had their mascara caked faces plastered on every other full page ad that those shameless con artists at Victory whored out.
Just for sh%ts and giggles I decided to preview some of the tracks and it was exactly what I expected. Souless, heartless, glossy shlock. Which equates to a ton of records being sold to eyeliner wearing 16 year old boys and their girlfriends who outweigh them by 20 pounds.
Pathetic.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
MUST READ TO UNDERSTAND, October 7, 2005
Before everyone writes this review off because I gave this trite piece of garbage 1 star, you must read the rest of this review because there are absolutely legitimate reasons why this band is absolutely awful and could possibly be the worst record to come the entire year (well...it's either this, Fight Paris, or Bedlight For Blueeyes...take your pick).
Aiden is basically that band that "bursts" onto the scene hanging on to the coattails of a plethora of other bands who are doing the exact same thing and doing it way better, which is ironic because quite frankly, the type of music that Aiden is peddling to an impressionable audience isn't even that good to begin with--both from a songwriting standpoint and a technical standpoint.
Aiden is also the type of band that has to create a laughable and totally ridiculous image to help them sell records--this may work on prepubescent teenage girls, but not on me and not on the rest of the people who are watching independent music crumble because of these "fashioncore scenesters." And when I say image, were talking girl pants, tight button up shirts, combover haircuts, and more eyeliner than your sister wears. It's absolutely awful.
Now, with the rising success of My Chemical Romance you had to figure it was only going to be a matter of time when some awful knockoff hit the national scene and Tony Brummel, being the genius record label president that he is (I'll give him that much--Victory makes an annual 15-20 million a year which basically means the only thing that sets this label apart from the majors is their not public on the stockmarket!) went and found himself his very own My Chemical Romance, complete with image, punk influenced post-hardcore sound, and all. The brilliance in all this is not only will the MCR groupies eat this album for breakfast but so will the Atreyu kids and the like because it has just enough of an edge and few generic breakdowns to get those "br00tal hardcore dancers" all excited.
But in the end, what your left with is a horrible album that will hit the .99 cent bargain bin at your local indie store because the trend will have died off and all the "scenesters" will have moved on to the next big thing (god knows what). Aiden is the type of band that is a flash in the pan. Here one day, gone the next--quick money in Victory's pocket. The question is where do you stand? Are you going to continue to follow the cattle in the herd and buy this garbage or you going to stand up and demand that independent music returns to the way it use to be? I'll let you decide, just remember, this will be the record you hide when your friends come over next year.
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