BeardyWilderness Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Last night, my girlfriend Hayley, myself and a few select others (including GigaScythe) were chosen to listen to Out Of Ashes by Dead By Sunrise. Pictures: The review sheets Hayley with her sheet Me with my sheet Everyone that was invited would agree that they took good care of us - supplying us with Coca Cola, Diet Coke, Stella Artois beer, Orange Juice, water and Pizza Hut! Hayley and I were first to arrive, and later more and more joined, and there were probably about 10 of us reviewing in all (with guests relaxing in the back). We all entered the room and were given a double-sided A4 sheet of paper with the track listing, but with 5 or 6 lines beneathe each track to write notes on. I used this to review it completely, and will be posting Hayleys and my own reviews here during the week. Information we gathered from last night: - Show in London around the release of the album. Possibly same sort of time as MTV Awards in a small venue. - Acoustic version of some songs to come - possible listening party for this too. - The Morning After is currently the only b-side. - Plans for Let Down being a single have been held back, however the video will soon be online. The host of the party is working on it for us. - There will be a UK exclusive merch selection. - Too Late is the song that everyone was confused about. It was in a DBS video on MySpace. EDIT: Added photos by top of page. My review on the songs: 1. Fire An amazing start to the album. The loud keyboards deliver a very relaxing vibe, and the distorted guitars suprisingly compliment this. The more times you listen to this songm the more you discover. The harmonies in this song are amazing! 8/10 2. Crawl Back In Very hard-hitting punk-styled song. Perfect first single. Very impressed! The guys pull it of so well live. Once again, very strong harmonies, and I love how there is very little repetition in all these songs. 8.5/10 3. Too Late Palm muted guitar intro is always a winner. The best song yet, Chesters singing style is perfect, fitting so well. The final chorus sums this song up so well with some amazing keyboard by Fu! 9.5/10 4. Inside Of Me Woah-oh chorus! A personal favourite touch! The "underwater" feedback vocals are a nice touch. This song feels incredible to listen to. If you drive, expect some points on your license and fines for listening to this song at the same time haha. 9/10 5. Let Down I finally get to hear the studio version of this song, after the 2005 acoustic version. I love the synth lead. The chorus delivers so well, naturally. Very rocky but keeping the mellow touch. Amir plays an amazing, seemingly complex solo. Once again, amazing harmonies and backing vocals. 9.5/10 6. Give Me Your Name Acoustic mixed with overdrive in the intro. Sounds like an obvious love song, but so different from your typical love song. The bass fills the hole, it feels satisfying. It's like your expecting it, and it fills that gap with a little something extra adding in. Acoustic ending is brilliant. 7/10 7. My Suffering Changed from the screaming demo played live a while back, but reminds amazing - actually better. The screaming part of the chorus is more than satisfying. Echo on the chorus is a great touch. Nice and heavy, high adrenaline! 8/10 8. Condemned Old school rock style song. Waves of distorted guitars during chorus, which are very energetic. The amazing scream returns! Unexpectedly, the screaming progresses, reaching higher and higher halfway through the song, and it fits so well. This is very different for Chester. 9.5/10 9. Into You The bass catches me most of the intro, suprisingly, as compared to the picked guitar. The way Chester flows with his vocals are unique, melodic and powerful. The bridge is, so far, the best bridge on the album! 9/10 10. End Of The World The name instantly catches my intention. The industrial feel is catvhy, and the lyrics are powerful and in relation to real life, including media and polotics. During the bridge, a quiet session fades to a harder, heavier loud part, which is a perfect warm-up for the awesome solo! 9/10 11. Walking On Circles Okay, this is the BEST song on the album! The acoustic verses, the punchy chorus with unbelievable backing vocals, making this song perfect! Progressive solo leading up to the final chorus, making this song "walk circles" around the rest of this album! 10/10! 12. In The Darkness Sounds like there's some "beatboxing" in this song, or humming, as part of the drum beat. This makes the drums feel somewhat "tribal" VERY briefly. A nice end to the album, relaxing but with fitting energy. A Julien-K styled ending with drowning echos makes this album have a happy ending. 8/10 Overall... Out Of Ashes - 8.75/10. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vyonizr Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Awesome, man! Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerkid Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Glad that you had a fun time :] Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 RAGE because i was in London until 1 month ago T_T Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subs Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 You forgot to mention the acoustic details to me ! That's awesome anyway You're my favorite LPliver for the year and the next ! Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraDoN Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 acoustic songs sounds good Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37417 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spraypaintninkpens Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) Can you provide any NEW information on the cd itself? Edited September 16, 2009 by spraypaintninkpens Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subs Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I dont think he'd mind me sharing this, but these are his top 5 tracks (Wilderness ) 1. WIC 2. Let Down 3. Inside of Me 4. Into You 5. Condemned Not really sure the order of the last 2 but you get the picture. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 All indications are showing that Inside Of Me is going to be some sort of epic piece of music lol. I hope WIC and Let Down are good. Benson layering the everliving fuck out of Chester's vocal pieces are making me really worry. I hope we get some awesome live rips of the band. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeardyWilderness Posted September 16, 2009 Author Share Posted September 16, 2009 Added photos, review and one extra detail. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37425 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Add the review in another post, not in main one Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
felipeintheend Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Awesome listening party! Inside Of me and Let Down, i can't wait to hear them! Or, i cant hear to listen the whole album (?) haha thx for the review Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyro Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) Awesome review! Nice to get a brief idea of what to look forward to. I'm still as psyched as ever for the album. Still listening to the three songs we have! Acoustic songs? Intriguing... Edited September 16, 2009 by Cyro Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
eandy Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 my god album will be epic on 150%, can not wait until hear the CD just awesome Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPSrbin Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Great review! Now I can't wait to hear the rest of the album Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andros Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Awesome!!! thnks for the review...can't wait for the album Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sian18 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) Information we gathered from last night: - Show in London around the release of the album. Possibly same sort of time as MTV Awards in a small venue i hope they dont play like one gig in the uk in london cose no way im paying all that money to get to london they better do a full uk tour Edited September 16, 2009 by sian18 Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hahninator Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 No way they'll do a full UK tour, lol Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPKode2 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) No way they'll do a full UK tour, lol He's right, might do a few small shows or something along the lines of that Good review Hope we hear more news about this acoustic listening session soon (If its true that is), that would be awsome (I like the live acoustic version of Let Down from '05). Edited September 16, 2009 by LPKode2 Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 No way they'll do a full UK tour, lol Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spraypaintninkpens Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) Thanks for the review but I disagree on your reviews for the songs that have leaked. Such as you saying crawl back in is not repetitive, and my suffering sounds better than it did in 08. Edit: Also I think you used the word amazing about 10 times to describe the songs.I don't see you giving the songs any negative feedback, yet they all didn't get perfect scores. Could you elaborate on what you didn't like? Edited September 16, 2009 by spraypaintninkpens Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37448 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geki Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 I've got to say...I'm most excited for Inside Of Me because of what Ryan has said about it, as well as all these reviews. I think this album is going to be really good. The wait it so long!!! Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugs77 Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Hey' been on this site for awhile never posted, but just got back from staying in London for dbs album review. the songs lyrics ideas are great but its so over produced it ruined it for me. the producer has done a awful job on it, like fu's keyboard is way to loud in the mix it takes away from other bits in the songs my least fav song was Give me your name its so cheesy and my fav was walking in circles if this album was produced better id give it a 8 out of 10 but cose its not i give it a 5 but i tell you one thing it will sound awesome live with a better mix. ill post a a song by song review later i need to get some rest Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
spraypaintninkpens Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 Hey' been on this site for awhile never posted, but just got back from staying in London for dbs album review. the songs lyrics ideas are great but its so over produced it ruined it for me. the producer has done a awful job on it, like fu's keyboard is way to loud in the mix it takes away from other bits in the songs my least fav song was Give me your name its so cheesy and my fav was walking in circles if this album was produced better id give it a 8 out of 10 but cose its not i give it a 5 but i tell you one thing it will sound awesome live with a better mix. ill post a a song by song review later i need to get some rest Yeah the production in the song's we've heard so far also kind of ruin it. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andros Posted September 16, 2009 Share Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) with this review I can't wait to listen the full album or need listeng one new song more today or tomorrow...unfortunately we must wait 28 days Edited September 16, 2009 by andros Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/2448-some-new-dbs-details/#findComment-37452 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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