06-30-2009, 10:15 AM
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Location: NC
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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.
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Great review, great album. I can't decide whether it's better then II or not though. I'm working on a review of this album myself for my other thread, but I'm sure it won't be as good. Good job man. :cheers:
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