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Alfred · 06-26-2009, 07:47 PM

(NEW RELEASE)

Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster III

Year: 2009
Genre: Metal
Length: 38:51

After completely exhausting Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster's first two albums at the end of 2008, I wanted more. I needed more. Maylene's first two albums could only satisfy my craving for Dallas Taylor and the Gang's southern-fried, story-driven heavy metal for so long. Now that the sounds of Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster's third album have entered my ears multiple times I can confidently say that Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster III was worth the wait. Maylene III sees the band making their most solid, accomplished, and downright enjoyable album to date.

With Maylene III, the band breaks out of the shell that they were once confined in. With Dallas Taylor and Roman Havaland being the only original members, you could say that this is a reinvention. As well as Maylene's traditional southern metal, we hear a nice melodic, radio-friendly track called Listen Close, the long-awaited use of banjo and non-gruff vocals from Dallas Taylor on Step Up (I'm On It), and a new lead vocalist on Oh Lonely Grave. Little changes like this help make III special, and not just a repeat of II.

But it's not as if the more traditional Southern Metal songs are just standard Maylene. I mean, they are, but instead of just being scattered, breakdown laden scream-fests, there's hooks galore. The riffs have their own style here, and all songs are memorable. Add that to the fact that all the tracks are perfectly laid out, and you have an album that manages to be good as a whole and on a track-by-track basis.

I love a band that manages to get better with every new release. Compare their rough, unfocused debut to this... the improvement is irrefutable. Maylene finally got it all right. It maintains most of their traditional aspects, but they finally sound like they were destined to sound. Dropping most of the chugga-chugga metalcore elements and embracing melody and instrumental hooks, Maylene sounds extremely comfortable. There really is nothing you can hold against the band now. They're shrugging off their "Lynard Scenerd" roots and becoming the band they were destined to be.

I hope that everyone listens to Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster III this year. It's bound to be forgotten because it's not "indie" or even particularly artistic. But sometimes you have to ask yourself why you even listen to music in the first place. I'm at the point where I just don't care. Maylene is rock 'n' roll at its finest. Pause your shitty obscure noise album. Listen to Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster III.

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06-26-2009, 07:47 PM	#11 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	(NEW RELEASE) Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster III Year: 2009 Genre: Metal Length: 38:51 After completely exhausting Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster's first two albums at the end of 2008, I wanted more. I needed more. Maylene's first two albums could only satisfy my craving for Dallas Taylor and the Gang's southern-fried, story-driven heavy metal for so long. Now that the sounds of Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster's third album have entered my ears multiple times I can confidently say that Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster III was worth the wait. Maylene III sees the band making their most solid, accomplished, and downright enjoyable album to date. With Maylene III, the band breaks out of the shell that they were once confined in. With Dallas Taylor and Roman Havaland being the only original members, you could say that this is a reinvention. As well as Maylene's traditional southern metal, we hear a nice melodic, radio-friendly track called Listen Close, the long-awaited use of banjo and non-gruff vocals from Dallas Taylor on Step Up (I'm On It), and a new lead vocalist on Oh Lonely Grave. Little changes like this help make III special, and not just a repeat of II. But it's not as if the more traditional Southern Metal songs are just standard Maylene. I mean, they are, but instead of just being scattered, breakdown laden scream-fests, there's hooks galore. The riffs have their own style here, and all songs are memorable. Add that to the fact that all the tracks are perfectly laid out, and you have an album that manages to be good as a whole and on a track-by-track basis. I love a band that manages to get better with every new release. Compare their rough, unfocused debut to this... the improvement is irrefutable. Maylene finally got it all right. It maintains most of their traditional aspects, but they finally sound like they were destined to sound. Dropping most of the chugga-chugga metalcore elements and embracing melody and instrumental hooks, Maylene sounds extremely comfortable. There really is nothing you can hold against the band now. They're shrugging off their "Lynard Scenerd" roots and becoming the band they were destined to be. I hope that everyone listens to Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster III this year. It's bound to be forgotten because it's not "indie" or even particularly artistic. But sometimes you have to ask yourself why you even listen to music in the first place. I'm at the point where I just don't care. Maylene is rock 'n' roll at its finest. Pause your shitty obscure noise album. Listen to Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster III. 88% Awesome Last edited by Alfred; 10-21-2009 at 11:38 AM.