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| | With Roots Above And Branches Below | | | Music Artist : | | The Devil Wears Prada | | Music Style : | | Christian Alternative | | Record Label : | | Ferret | | Release Date : | | 2009-05-05 | | Store Price : | | $14.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $13.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Sassafras
2. I Hate Buffering
3. Assistant To The Regional Manager
4. Dez Moines
5. Big Wiggly Style
6. Danger: Wildman
7. Ben Has A Kid
8. Wapakalypse
9. Gimme Half
10. Louder Than Thunder
11. Lord Xenu
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 great CD
Submitted on: 2009-11-11 |
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| Never leaves my CD player in my car. After buying this I bought all there other Cds and drove 4 hours just to see them live. |
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Probably the best Metal album of the year...so far.
Submitted on: 2009-08-30 |
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Unlike their previous two releases, The Devil Wears Prada uses a more mature writing style on this album. It is more structured, and all-in-all much better.
If you like hard, epic music, then this is the cd for you. |
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 The Devil Wears Prada- With Roots Above And Branches Below
Submitted on: 2009-08-22 |
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Last year on the Warped Tour, the Dayton, OH, Underoath/Still Remains influenced metal band, The Devil Wears Prada, caught many eyes and ears. This year they'll do it again, only this time with songs from their newest album, With Roots Above And Branches Below. They are sure to catch even more eyes and ears (as they did mine with their song "Hey John, What's Your Name Again?" from their last album) with this heavy new material.
The album explodes into existence through the song, "Sassafras", staying true to TDWP form. The keyboard in this song give it a more melodic feel than an average metal song, and Jeremy DePoyster's crystal-clear vocals near the end add to that feel. "I Hate Buffering", the album's next track, has a great lead guitar that keeps it heavy throughout the song's three minutes, and as with any song with Jeremy's vocals, it has that extra touch that gives it near perfection. Songs like "Dez Moines", "Danger: Wildman", and "Ben Has A Kid" display Jeremy's vocals more, while keeping the song hard. "Danger: Wildman" has a really sick guitar part in the song, but before the end the song it slows down shortly and there is a completely amazing violin piece, shortly followed by DePoyster declaring "All of love can be traced to a Maker". It's very refreshing to know a band can be unbelievably heavy and be rising in popularity and still acknowledge God in their music. The next song, "Ben Has A Kid", has the same kind of lyrics when they say "Beyond this world is worth dying for." "Louder Than Thunder" proved me wrong when I thought TDWP could never be soft. I was very wrong. "Louder Than Thunder" is not only the album's softest song, but there is zero screaming, and there is nothing hard about the song. The piano is very eerily beautiful and matches the lyrics very well. It's definitely a big difference for TDWP, let alone this album.
So, The Devil Wears Prada has done it again. It would be nice if they could maybe balance out the screaming and the singing a little bit more. Mike Hranica's powerful screaming and the addition of "Louder Than Thunder" proves that TDWP has matured a lot since their sophomore album. This will be a very successful year for them as they set out on the Warped Tour once again.
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More screaming
Submitted on: 2009-08-22 |
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| With Roots Above and Branches Below TDWP come out with more screams and growling than their previous album Plagues. I was surprised to see that each song has screaming yet with its awesome breakdowns and great lyrics each song is different. The guitarist/vocalist Jeremy Depoyster now screams yet there are parts in songs where he sings softly like in Plagues while the lead singer now growls which I kinda hate. Sounds kinda scary to be me as its not human at all. Its like Mike wanted to experiment on different vocals or maybe the band is huge fans of LS. It kinda reminds me of Living Sacrifice when DJ has the singer/bass player before he left the band. Nothing wrong with it but on Plagues I can clearly understand what Mike is saying. My favorite tracks would be Big Wiggly Style, Danger: Wildman, and Wapaklypse on the albums have yet to hear the entire CD. |
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 Their best record, but is that saying much?
Submitted on: 2009-07-31 |
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I'm not a Devil Wears Prada hater by any means, but I've never understood their massive appeal. I've listened to their two previous albums, and seen them live twice (once with Silverstein, and once on Warped Tour), yet I've never thought they were all that great. It could be that their genre is overfull with both too many imposters and originaters, but I can't exactly distinguish them from other bands of their ilk. Plagues was a step up from Dear Love, but it still lacked song structure and an original identity. With Roots Above, the band has once again stepped it up, but the album is still mediocre, even in the ever growing and increasingly generic christian metalcore genre. The screaming vocals are still somewhat monotone, and rarely change pitch, while the musicianship hasn't significantly grown in any aspect. However, there is a much wider and better use of synth on this album, and some songs, including the standout track "Dez Moines" actually have structure to them. If TDWP keep hitting the grind, and honing their musicianship and songwriting skills they may one day make a great album.
Mediocre. |
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