New Brainstorm artwork and album in Oct.

tohostudios wrote:

I only noticed for the first time last week that the monkey blinks.

It's the smoke getting in his eyes.

I'll be seeing Brainstorm on 9/12!

Anyone get this? If you didn't like Downburst this seems to have more of a Liquid Monster sound. Great album.

I still need this one. I loved "Downburst" though.

I did too, didn't understand the negativity towards it.

I think Memorial Roots was a huge letdown. I still haven't really gotten into it. All Brainstorm releases since Anbuigity has always been top 3 of the year material for me. But this new one was just weak.

Want it. Need it. Still don't have it.

ultmetal wrote:

Want it. Need it. Still don't have it.

I feel your pain. =(

The American release is in mid-January according to Amazon.

Kmorg, what do you find weak about it? I really hear them going back to the Liquid Monster and even earlier sound.

The tracks I heard sounded anything but weak. I guess I can't say for sure til I hear the whole thing though.

I think the new one falls somewhere between Downburst and Liquid Monster for me. I think it's better tha Downburst but not as good as LM IMO. I've only spun it once though so that opinion might change.

I'm in the middle of a glam/sleaze binge from last week so something like Brainstorm doesn't really receive a fair listening.

kmorg wrote:

I think Memorial Roots was a huge letdown. I still haven't really gotten into it. All Brainstorm releases since Anbuigity has always been top 3 of the year material for me. But this new one was just weak.

I feel the same way. This one and Downburst were just horrible. And whats up with the production? Everythings just blah. I dont know what happen to these guys.

The tracks I have heard are good tracks but they dont seem to have the staying power of there previous releases. I will have to hear more but upon first listen this album might be one of there weakest to date.

I saw them live, opening for Primal Fear about a month ago. They blew me away! They were awesome live, and it made me purchase Downburst and Memorial Roots. "Falling Spiral Down" is an awesome song!

Like I said, I've loved all their releases so far... LOVED THEM! With "Downburts" I thought they had released their weakest effort yet, and even that one, I LOVED! But "MR" just leaves me untouched most of the time. It's like they are on autopilot. It is still a good album, it's just lacks the songs I want to listen to over ang over again, that sehds shivers (pun intended) down my spine.

I saw them live this winter too, and the songs sounded better live.

Uh oh. I might pass on this one for a while then. I'd hate to be disappointed in one of my favorite bands.

I'll have to get it eventually for the collection's sake though. But I might wait til mid 2010 or so.

KMORG listen to this album more times and for shore you will love the songs a lot more. They are first a little hard to get into but when you like them, you will like them forever.

Thanks to ebay I don't have to wait for the U.S. release. I got is for about $10, with S&H it comes to about $14 which is the usual price for a new release (but if I got it I'd have to order it which would make the U.S. release cost even more-I think I might be doing more ebay shopping in the future).

I got this from Nuclear Hell for $10 ppd. Sure I had to wait 2 weeks because it's coming from Russia but for that price I can be patient.

DallasBlack wrote:

Thanks to ebay I don't have to wait for the U.S. release. I got is for about $10, with S&H it comes to about $14 which is the usual price for a new release (but if I got it I'd have to order it which would make the U.S. release cost even more-I think I might be doing more ebay shopping in the future).

Yeah, ebay is good that way. I get European releases all the time that way. So I don't have to wait for the US release date.