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| | Twelve Year Silence | | | Music Artist : | | Dark New Day | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Warner Bros / Wea | | Release Date : | | 2005-06-14 | | Store Price : | | $13.96 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.96 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Taking Me Alive
2. Brother
3. Free
4. Pieces
5. Bare Bones
6. That's Enough
7. Fill Me Again
8. Lean
9. Evergreen
10. Heal In Time
11. Follow The Sun Down
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Same Ol' Same Ol'
Submitted on: 2008-09-15 |
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| This is just another one of those bands that needs to stick to background music on TV shows, movies, and commercials. I have sat aside this CD ever since buying it. The song "Brother" will catch you. But if that is what gets you, the CD will die on you. It all is just the same stuff. It never changes. But there are some good songs on the CD. I don't know what really to say, Im stuck on this review. I cant say yes or no. |
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 Pretty good but nothing exciting or groundbreaking...
Submitted on: 2008-01-02 |
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| I'm a big Sevendust fan, which is why I bought this CD. I have to say that the sound and structure of thier songs are pretty good, vocals are good, but everything seems very similar to some of the bands these guy's left. Overall, I'd say I'm pleased to pick this up for $6 off amazon's marketplace...but frankly, that's all it's worth. It's worth a listen or two now and then but would I ever go to see these guy's live? No. They're just not very exciting. I commend Clint Lowery's bravery to leave an established band like Sevendust for new aspirations but I personally think it was a grave move. Dark New Day just doesn't stand out in any way. Pretty evident by the fact that they seem to have disappeared after releasing this CD over years ago. |
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Clint Lowery's new project is far cry from Sevendust roots
Submitted on: 2007-04-12 |
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| But it is still very good. A lot of the guitars on this cd have a trace of Sevendust style riffs, because Lowery was such a huge part of that band, but they are used in a more traditional hard rock sense, not with the metal-tinged, energetic styles of 7Dust. Dark New Day manages a pretty solid debut. The vocals are top notch, and the lead single, "brother" is a very good song. But there are a lot of other bands out there with similar styles, so I don't know if there is that much here to separate them from the pack. I think they have room to grow. I give it 3.5 stars. |
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Solid Effort
Submitted on: 2007-04-07 |
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| If you like Creed, Fuel, The Panic Channel, Filter, Army of Anyone, then most likely you will like this band. What caught my attention was Corey Lowery, the touring bassist of the former Creed. It's actually a good cd so it will be interesting to see if they do a follow-up or go by the wayside as it seems like today alot of bands are just producing one album, breaking up, and then partnering with members of other groups to begin again. Great listen though. |
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 Really 4.5 but these are cool guys so I'll bump them up instead of down!
Submitted on: 2007-03-14 |
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Does Dark New Day sound like Sevendust? Yeah, more than a little, but there's a different side to the beast here! It's not necessarily softer or harder it just has a more alternative feel (a little but really just a little less metal than Sevendust) than what it's being compared to. There's more of a hard rock feel here. The guitar work here is great and the melodies and harmonies are amazing. Everyone in the band sings and they use this to it's fullest extent. Clint Lowery proves he's a far greater song writer than John Connolly (from Sevendust) here. I'm sorry I love John's guitar work and love the new Sevendust cd Alpha but Clint's music is really artfully done and well thought out. So is Dark New Day better than Sevendust? I think they have the potential to be! A lot of tracks here stand out amazingly and then some just blur together if you don't listen to them a lot. There's a distinctive sound here but I'm going to mention the best songs.
1. Taking Me Alive--(10/10)-Opens with an awesome drum beat and then some simple guitar riffs. Vocal melody soars over the music and when the chorus comes in after a quick build up it explodes in your face. Great solo in this one.
2. Brother--(10/10)-The first single and for a reason. Great sound, the main riff, is very Sevendust-ish. Harmonies are amazing on here and the drumming actually captures your attention. No solo but interesting song structure which isn't your basic chorusversechorus deal.
3. Pieces--(10/10)-A slow hard one. Pretty basic but good groovey and heavy verse. Nice atmospheric riff for the pre-chorus and then the vocals completely take over on the chorus as the melody shines. Great moody song.
4. Evergreen--(10/10)-A love song that's chock full of a really great and very complicated guitar melody. Again a lot of harmony and the guitar work is just so beautiful. Softer but still rocks pretty hard.
5. Follow the Sun Down--(9.5/10)-Alternative feel that works on this track but falls flat on others (Free). Epic sounding great end to an album.
The main problem with the album is that the band sometimes just doesn't fit the alternative feel to well. Free just sounds almost too quirky and Never Enough while a good tune is just not really special. The reviewed tracks are stand out tracks that all sound different from each other. While the rest of the album sounds like slight variants of these "molds". |
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