Programmed

Artist: Lethal
Label: Metal Blade
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 039841421026
EAN: 0039841421026
ASIN: B000001CAR

Release Date: 1997-02-11

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Tracks:

Fire In Your Skin
Programmed
Plan Of Peace
Another Day
Arrival
What They've Done
Obscure The Sky
Immune
Pray For Me
Killing Machine

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Customer Reviews:

Lethal : "Programmed".......2005-02-09

***** - FIVE STARS
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First off, I've only heard this once. It's without question a 5 star effort. If you like old-school Heavy Metal, with Maiden / Queensryche / or Fates Warning influences, you'll absolutely love Lethal's "Programmed"...

These guys are not a clone band either. They play very convincingly, and although there are many early-era Queensryche influences here, they've managed to make it their own sound very well in my opinion. They're simply too impressive to be considered a clone band....

I've always been a huge Queensryche fan, and like every other headbanger from the 80's, I loved "Operation Mindcrime". I must say that Conception's "Programmed" is the next best thing in my book. The resemblance is remarkable, and the power that Conception displays here will take you right back to the golden days of true Heavy Metal....

This is a MUST PURCHACE!!!!

UP THE IRONS!!!

"Stealing the rain from your thunder".......2004-04-27

I picked up this CD from a used bargain bin and found the veritable diamond in the rough. From the first track to the last, I was floored. Amazing guitar, songwriting with plenty of depth, and a singer whose voice is off the Richter! Tom Mallicoat sounds as identical to Queensryche's Geoff Tate as one can imagine. In fact, his voice may be slightly more powerful if such a thing is possible. The music is also very Queensryche. Every track here is stellar! The 6:16 "Another Day" may be the standout track as it combines the beauty of the metal ballad with the explosive power of metal, but there is nothing weak here. I can't say enough about this album. Anyone who likes metal with substance whether it be Queensryche, Helloween, Iron Maiden, Metal Church and other such bands will never regret purchasing Lethal's Programmed.

Progressive Metal Played With Deadly Precision.......2002-08-09

Many people, upon first listen, would shriek "'Ryche clones" afterwards. I would agree to a point. Programmed does have tha Rage For Order/The Warning-era sound to it, but it does more: it improves upon it.

Lethal side-steps a manhole that many progressive metal bands fall into. They don't try to make a Gordian Knot out of sound. Yes there are displays of technical derring-do a plenty, but what is kept to the forefront on Programmed is the sense of song. There is no mere clinic to be found here. What you will find is a prog metal album for those who couldn't care less about prog metal. This is power chord mathematics for the layman.

Programmed is definitely more immediate than Lethal's later record Poison Seed, but lacks Poison Seed's warmth and quieter, more introspective moments. Both albums take you to the same rewarding destination by traveling different roads.

Programmed isn't the perfect prog metal release as its technology still leaves me with a slight chill, but yet it redeems itself via the Tate-proud vocals of Tom Malicoat, which cry out from within the circuitry like a human soul trapped inside an android. The title track to me is the record's biggest triumph, and is where Malicoat really makes his presence known. On "Programmed" he and the rest of Lethal deliver a melodic and moving assault on behalf of humankind by using the machine's own weapons against itself.

I'm not at sixes and sevens over Programmed, although I was far from disappointed either. While I didn't find a a rare gem, fool's gold this wasn't.

If you love early Queensryche..........2001-12-05

then this is a MUST for you.
At the same time Queensryche was doing Empire, Lethal decided to rekindle the feel of Queensryche ep/Warning era. Unfornately Lethal never progressed to their breakthrough album but their 2nd album Poison Seed years later starts with a grunge like ( AIC ) sound but good production and catchy lyrics will make you continue to listen through the album. If you like Tom Mallicoat's voice you'll want to pick Poison Seed up too.

The 4 star is only because of the lack of production sound, but since it seems they were looking for a 1985 sound in 1990.

Note: rated against using Rage for Order < 5 stars > as the standard of Queensryche sound alike/sytle bands.

...to play great metal.......2000-09-09

this band is a classic masterpiece. if you don't have this in your collection, get it. you will not be sorry. it rocks.

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