Nameless Disease

Artist: Old Dead Tree
Label: Season of Mist
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 822603107029
EAN: 0822603107029
ASIN: B00008NEV0

Release Date: 2003-04-22

Nameless Disease

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Tracks:

We Cry as One
It Can't Be!
How Could You?
Won't Follow Him
It's the Same for Everyone
Somewhere Else
Joy and Happiness
Transition
Quietly Kissing Death
All...
Bathroom Monologue

Customer Reviews:

Original release... but hold on to your comparisons!.......2005-08-10

I was, and still am, positively surprised by this release. In spite of the fact that the album is tragic eulogy it has an air of freshness to it due to a highy emotive approach.

A lot of people tend to snarl at any hybrid that combines metal qualities with melody and simply paraphrase it nu metal. Due to its obvious melodic influences it may seem 'nu metal' to a lot of people. I nevertheless think it transcends through an intelligent hybrid of contemporary sound and classic rock/metal elements to express what feels like honest expressions of grief.

Being a eulogy it may come across as a bit 'one tracked' and for god's sake, don't put on this album expecting death/prog/math metal in the vein of e.g. Opeth, Death, Meshuggah. All right... these are tough comparisons I know... but I saw somebody mentioning Opeth and even somebody stating ODT to be far better.

I think I get what people are trying to express by these comparisons, but they are unept without pointing to the obvious differences. Opeth is Death/prog metal... ODT is NOT death (is spite of sporadic growls and occasional twin pedal power etc) nor is ODT prog metal due to the fact that their music is almost exclusive melodically experimental rather than complex and deeply technical.

In other words: Opeth is a completely different ballgame and by far more skilled musicans being death/prog band. What PROBABLY make some people draw a comparison anyway is ODT's tendency towards an intelligent mix of quiet dark melody and metal-like passages.

ODT is however rather remiscient of nu metal acts (thin e.g. hybrid of Cold and Ill Nino) only the singer is more expressive, the emotions run sincere and the melodies more interesting in the long run... making the overall expression really human and atmospheric.

Personally, I think the lead singer becomes a bit too emo in the long run which ennerves me a bit. Still the album 'Nameless Disease' is a great and a quite diverse effort that transcends the nu metal genre. I'll rate this album a solid 3.5 which is why it gets 4 stars:-)

NB:

Are you looking for the ultimate in metal and diversity? Check out these VERY unique bands:
Opeth (death/prog)
Meshuggah (death/prog/math)
Isis (death/sludge)
Tool (hard rock/metal/sludge).

Opeth FINALLY has a new release (Ghost Reveries) out here in august! Being a music and metalhead for a VERY long time a can assure you this release is an absolute MUST GET!

Top Notch Metal from France??.......2005-06-04

Yeah I know I was skeptical too when I read about them being from France. After getting a few samples from the band's website I sat in shock as to how good the songs were. The structure and emotion each song is amazing. The vocal range of the singer rivals Pasi Koskinen's from Amorphis. The riffs and drums are excellent. I have to put this one in my top 10 of all time albums. Not many metal heads from the States have heard of them but I am now spreading the word of this awesome Band De Francais.

Incredibly varied metal, accessible , catchy but with depth.......2005-05-01

Awesome album by an awesome band.In seeking out innovative unique or different quality metal i tried this album - and am so pleased with the discovery of a band that has forged a new sound and identity of their own (not something so easily said).Not in the slightest bit derivative, with catchy riffs ,solid heavy yet accessible sound and great drumming to match and an over-riding variety both dynamically and melodically- innovatively embracing a number of generes and at once memorable.Fantastic (checkout Novembre too - high recommended )

Everything here is brilliant!.......2005-03-03

It's weird that an ode to a dead bandmate would turn out so catchy and easy to listen to. But this is because it somehow manages to steer clear of the cheesiness that most progressive metal occasionally sinks to (even some of the good stuff - the price of being progressive, you might think, but not so! Check out these guys!). Remember the crisp and catchy riffs of Megadeth? Well subtract all the inane Mustaine stuff and add a genuine depth, and you'll start forming a picture of this album. Other reviewers have compared this with Opeth, but I will blaspheme here and say that it's better, because it's easier to take it seriously.

the best album you have never heard.......2004-12-05

Never in my years of listening to metal have I come across an album that blends progressive metal and accessibility as well as "The Nameless Disease."

I came to this album with very limited expectations. I mean amazon doesn't even have the freaking cover art, and they have the cover art for pretty much every piece of crap album ever made! My low expectations are partly why I was so blown away when I first heard this.

From the production quality, to the songwriting, to the guitar solos, this album has it all. This album is so riddled with catchy riffs and hooks that I have trouble picking out any fault at all (other than maybe it is a little *too* catchy... if that's even possible). The songs are semi-structured, yet still maintain a progressive quality. This ability to remain coherent within a song, while still avoiding a forumlatic approach is what gives "The Nameless Disease" both its immediate appeal, and its lasting impression.

Old Dead Tree's vocalist is nothing short of amazing. His range is so broad that at first I was convinced that there had to be at least 2 vocalists in this band - not so. The growling vocals on this album are so seamless that as someone accustomed to such, I barely notice them. You really feel the pain and anguish of the band as they lament the suicide of their friend.

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