Issue date: 9/14/06 Section: A & E

All That Remains

The Fall of Ideals

Razor and Tie Music

Two out of five stars



Apparently all that remains is this s****y pseudo-metal travesty of an album.

Shame on you, All That Remains. Shame on you and your immortal soul.

While black-metal warriors like Lamb of God and Dimmu Borgir fight the good fight of evil, you have the gall to commit the abominable act of adding melody-melody!?-to what could have been a metal masterpiece?

Has Satan taught you nothing?

When this album opened with breakneck drumming and a mordant 10-second scream, I thought, "Holy crabcakes, is it possible the Dark Lord has sent me two awesomely evil death metal bands in one week?"

Alas, no. The Son of the Morning is not so generous.

The members of All That Remains are filthy imposters who appear to carry the torch of evil but may be working as double agents for the other side.

Though some of the necessary elements are present-caustic vocals, prodigious guitar solos, muted power chords-there are parts that sound downright…emo. The singer breaks into hideously melodic choruses that simply have no place in metal.

And one song inexplicably wanders into a Burt Bacharach elevator interlude.

What in Beelzebub's name is going on?

For shame, All That Remains. You smite Lucifer's good name and all in his domain.

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