Ahh! Excited you are reviewing Witness. One of my favorite albums of all times! Can't wait to hear your reaction to Napalm :) My favorite Vola song to this day.
Yeah, this album is quite good. I am VERY excited to see the next part...so many excellent songs! Also your face when Head Mounted Sideways.....that riff goes so hard! I especially love the synth textures there - they, while not an exact match, remind me of Vangelis' music from Bladerunner.
The nu metal era of 2000's trends! bleach blue gel hair and baggy clothes, I'm blue da ba dee da ba di ba da ba ba bah hahaha. Nu metal has existed in the UK since 1995 with the formation of bands like Kill II This, One Minute Silence, Charger and Pulkas. The first album to be released under this genre in Great Britain was 1996's Another Cross II Bare by Kill II This. But nu metal did exist in the UK in the 90s. Other 1990s UK nu metal bands include Pitchshifter (formed in 1989; later releases only), Skindred (formed in 1998), Apartment 26 (formed in 1998), Defenestration (formed in 1999), Earthtone9 (formed in 1998), Miocene (formed in 1997; first album only), Lostprophets (formed in 1997; first two albums only), Raging Speedhorn (formed in 1998; first album only), SugarComa (formed in 1999), InMe (formed in 1996; first album only), Sunna (formed in 1998; first album only), Zero Cipher (formed in 1999), Vacant Stare (formed in 1998), Fony (formed in 1998), Crawlblind (formed in 1997). Other albums are 1998's Deviate (Kill II This), 1998's pitchshifter aka my favorite UK nu metal album (Pitchshifter, the first nu metal album they did), 1998's Avaliable in All Colours (One Minute Silence), 1998's Greed (Pulkas), 1998's Lo-def(inition) Discord (earthtone9), 1999's Off Kilter Enhancement (earthtone9), 1999's The Foul Year of Our Lord (Charger), 1999's Hallucinating (Apartment 26), 1999's Generation Sap (Cyclefly), 1999's That's The Way to Do It! (Crawlblind) etc. The first overseas nu metal band to have a concert across the pond was back in 1995 with Korn under their self titled album tour, the first time a British nu metal band had concert overseas was in 1998 with Pitchshifter (not counting their concerts from before then, considering they weren't exactly a nu metal band prior to 1998, even though they were already having concerts overseas before that point). 1998 was a pretty big year for album releases and band formations over there it seems, though most of these bands were broken up by 2004 or 2005. Producer Ross Robinson was labelled by some as “The Godfather of Nu Metal” due to his producing of several notable nu metal albums, the first of which - Korn’s eponymous first album KoЯn - has been noted as the very first nu metal album. And then the follow-up Life Is Peachy, which would become one of the defining albums of the genre, along with subsequent groundbreaking release Follow the Leader. Ross later denounced the nu metal movement for becoming complacent and the newer bands for not expanding on the style.
24 Light Years was the first song I ever heard from them. It randomly played on Spotify and I immediately said "Who the hell is this?" It is a top 3 VOLA song for me along with "Stray The Skies" and a song from their newest album
Ahh! Excited you are reviewing Witness. One of my favorite albums of all times! Can't wait to hear your reaction to Napalm :) My favorite Vola song to this day.
Yeah, this album is quite good. I am VERY excited to see the next part...so many excellent songs!
Also your face when Head Mounted Sideways.....that riff goes so hard! I especially love the synth textures there - they, while not an exact match, remind me of Vangelis' music from Bladerunner.
Ohh you're right, I'm getting the Blade Runner vibes too!
I was humming to myself the chorus of Straight Lines earlier today, glad to see you check them out as well!
The nu metal era of 2000's trends! bleach blue gel hair and baggy clothes, I'm blue da ba dee da ba di ba da ba ba bah hahaha. Nu metal has existed in the UK since 1995 with the formation of bands like Kill II This, One Minute Silence, Charger and Pulkas. The first album to be released under this genre in Great Britain was 1996's Another Cross II Bare by Kill II This. But nu metal did exist in the UK in the 90s. Other 1990s UK nu metal bands include Pitchshifter (formed in 1989; later releases only), Skindred (formed in 1998), Apartment 26 (formed in 1998), Defenestration (formed in 1999), Earthtone9 (formed in 1998), Miocene (formed in 1997; first album only), Lostprophets (formed in 1997; first two albums only), Raging Speedhorn (formed in 1998; first album only), SugarComa (formed in 1999), InMe (formed in 1996; first album only), Sunna (formed in 1998; first album only), Zero Cipher (formed in 1999), Vacant Stare (formed in 1998), Fony (formed in 1998), Crawlblind (formed in 1997). Other albums are 1998's Deviate (Kill II This), 1998's pitchshifter aka my favorite UK nu metal album (Pitchshifter, the first nu metal album they did), 1998's Avaliable in All Colours (One Minute Silence), 1998's Greed (Pulkas), 1998's Lo-def(inition) Discord (earthtone9), 1999's Off Kilter Enhancement (earthtone9), 1999's The Foul Year of Our Lord (Charger), 1999's Hallucinating (Apartment 26), 1999's Generation Sap (Cyclefly), 1999's That's The Way to Do It! (Crawlblind) etc. The first overseas nu metal band to have a concert across the pond was back in 1995 with Korn under their self titled album tour, the first time a British nu metal band had concert overseas was in 1998 with Pitchshifter (not counting their concerts from before then, considering they weren't exactly a nu metal band prior to 1998, even though they were already having concerts overseas before that point). 1998 was a pretty big year for album releases and band formations over there it seems, though most of these bands were broken up by 2004 or 2005. Producer Ross Robinson was labelled by some as “The Godfather of Nu Metal” due to his producing of several notable nu metal albums, the first of which - Korn’s eponymous first album KoЯn - has been noted as the very first nu metal album. And then the follow-up Life Is Peachy, which would become one of the defining albums of the genre, along with subsequent groundbreaking release Follow the Leader. Ross later denounced the nu metal movement for becoming complacent and the newer bands for not expanding on the style.
24 Light Years was the first song I ever heard from them. It randomly played on Spotify and I immediately said "Who the hell is this?" It is a top 3 VOLA song for me along with "Stray The Skies" and a song from their newest album
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Can't waitr for you to get to the last album.
I'll be listening to it next month!