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| Believerband |
 “Transhuman is, beyond a shadow of a doubt, the strongest release this band has ever put out. They are energized in a way long-time fans quite honestly wouldn’t expect they could be- every track is nearly flawless in its execution, with practically zero filler or throwaway material. Start to finish, Transhuman delivers on all fronts.”Keith Durocher...full text |
| Thenewreview |
| There are times at The NewReview’s corporate office I’m a little out of my depth. The water cooler chit chat is less conversational and more showing off about who knows what about some esoteric band. Now it’s pretty well known I’m the oldest staffer here. But honestly, I don’t see how a bunch of twelve-year-olds can know every band in every garage, but then again, before I discovered girls, I knew a lot of useless trivia, too. As a consequence, I will occasionally get assigned a new release from a band unknown to me, but are apparently like Lady Gaga to the other staffers. So I get hooked and feel compelled to buy their back catalog and explore them much to the detriment of my deadlines. The things I do to keep up with youngins. My latest distraction is Believer. And what a distraction they’ve been. I was assigned their latest Transhuman over a week ago and haven’t been able to stop listening to it and the band’s previous four releases (with the occasional Motown break here and there, of course). Believer is one of those bands flying under the radar of a lot of folks. However they produce some of the best metal in the market. They are something like a progressive, technical thrash band with heady lyrics and enough experimentation to be interesting without being WTF metal. Believer has been around since the mid-80′s. Okay, so they’ve been around since before most of my fellow writers’ parents; that’s already a step in the right direction. With a current line-up of Kurt Bachman (guitar, bass, and vocals), Jeff King (keyboards and guitar), Kevin Leaman (guitar), and Joey Daub (drums) they produce a big, complex sound that’s hard to compare to anyone else. Since this is The NewReview, however, I will do my best....full text |
| Sputnikmusic |
| Believer has always been a band in constant motion. Every album in their discography has featured a notable progression and an ability to push in unexpected directions. Despite this penchant for experimentation, though, the band has always left the vocals alone. Admittedly, they have played around with different secondary vocals (notably opera), but the core ‘metal’ delivery has remained virtually unchanged since 1989. Considering the band’s constant evolution it always seemed odd that they would ignore the vocals, but it is no longer an issue. On Transhuman Believer has finally decided to play around with varying vocal styles and, despite a few growing pains, they have basically nailed it. Of course, they weren’t content with just expanding on the vocals; they’ve also taken what is probably their largest musical leap to date. In the past, Believer generally built their songs on a thrash foundation that allowed them to experiment with rhythms, melodies and any additional elements, but that’s not quite the case anymore. On Transhuman the band has stripped away a lot of the thrash influence in favor of a rigid and rhythmic approach that is more melodic and technical. The most noticeable impact of this change is that the music has lost a lot of its primal thrash energy and has taken on a very cold, mechanical feel. A lot of this robotic feel is due to the band’s expanded use of disjointed rhythms and a layered approach to the way they create a lot of their melodies – a method that generally fuses semi-dissonant chords with bleak sci-fi electronics. It should be noted, however, that just because the band dropped the thrash influence doesn’t mean that they still aren’t delivering heavy songs. It’s just that songs such as “Entanglement” with its rhythmic main riff also have powerful choruses that often exude a feeling of desolation or loneliness. Although, they do close the album with “Mindsteps” – a mellow and uplifting track that seems to imply that there is still hope despite the bleak feel of the rest of the album....full text |
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