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| 1 | The Truth of a Liar | August Burns Red | 4:12 |
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| 2 | Up Against the Ropes | August Burns Red | 5:04 |
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| 3 | Back Burner | August Burns Red | 3:42 |
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| 4 | The Blinding Light | August Burns Red | 5:28 |
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| 5 | Composure | August Burns Red | 4:13 |
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| 6 | Vital Signs | August Burns Red | 3:17 |
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| 7 | The Eleventh Hour | August Burns Red | 4:05 |
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| 8 | The Balance | August Burns Red | 3:20 |
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| 9 | Black Sheep | August Burns Red | 3:53 |
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| 10 | An American Dream | August Burns Red | 4:41 |
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| 11 | Redemption | August Burns Red | 6:16 |
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Editorial Reviews
Messengers
Audio Compact Disc
Label: Solid State
Style: Heavy Metal
Messengers
UPC: 094638935223
Release Date: 06/19/2007
Original Release Date: 06/19/2007
Number of Discs: 1
- August Burns Red
Main Performer
Stewart Mason
The art direction of August Burns Red's third album strongly suggests a vintage early-'70s metal album by some little-remembered band -- probably British -- working in the Black Sabbath tradition. First track "The Truth of a Liar" opens with a vintage-metal scream and Tony Iommi-style riff, maintaining the connection to the past, but from that moment onwards, Messengers stays largely connected to the present day. The vocals aren't quite the usual Cookie Monster clich?, but they're definitely in the contemporary death metal style, and the unison riffage and hyper tempos are equally of the moment. Still, elements of vintage '70s metal do thread through these 11 songs, rather like a less snarky version of the Eagles of Death Metal or any of the Kyuss-inspired stoner metal bands without the bongwater buzz. In a metal scene where few of the subgenres intermingle like this, Messengers is a welcome change. ~ Stewart Mason, Rovi
