A lot of the metal albums we write about here are of the sort where
we probably ought to offer caveats by the bushelful, warnings like
“what most people mean by ‘heavy metal’ is Peabo Bryson
next to this stuff” or “if you haven’t already heard
of this album, it’ll probably take a considerable amount of time
and effort before you find that you can’t live without it.”
We probably ought to offer such notices, though we don’t, because
one of our strongest convictions is that there are few experiences
richer than that of confronting music that provokes, confuses, enrages,
or disturbs the listener. (Our other strongest conviction is that
there’s nothing wrong with just wanting to listen to music that
soothes, pacifies, comforts, or unburdens the listener of unnecessary
tension or stress, and that people who find fault with such music
are insufferable bores.) In the case of the new Dark Tranquillity,
however, we are able to say without hesitation that this album will
rock you until your ass falls off. |
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