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Vision of Disorder is one of my favorite bands but this is my favorite cd by them. It's not as heavy with the screaming as Imprint or older VoD but its the best. Tim shows his all around singing abilitys on this album. My favorite songs are "Living To Die", "Southbound", and "Pretty Hate." "Pretty Hate" is one of the most interesting songs with a dark side to the lyrics and a grunge style to the sound like Alice In Chains. Of course "Southbound" is my favorite song by VoD ever its got the best beat. If your a big Vision Of Disorder fan you cannot miss out on this CD!
One of my all time favorite albums. It doesn't sound like previous VOD albums but to me, I think it's just dark and deep and sounds good, almost 18 years later.
Now this is where Bloodsimple's sound was born. I decided to get this album from Vision of Disorder because it seemed to be the only one where the lead singer isn't just screaming all the time, and it appeared to have a similar sound to Bloodsimple. Upon listening to From Bliss To Devastation, I found these assumptions to be true. However, this album has one big downfall, and that is that it's EXTREMELY REPETITIVE! I could listen to any song from this and go "I guess that was pretty good." And then I'd go on to the next song and go "Huh, what's the difference here?" On to the one after that and go "Huh, what's the difference here?" On to the song after that and go...well, you get the picture. Despite that the whole album, in general, sounds pretty good, I decided to take only four songs from it. It doesn't matter how great a song is, if I keep listening to different variations of the same song over and over, I'm going to get bored of it.
When it first came out, i couldn't wait to get it. It sold out everywhere where i lived. I'm just sorry i waited as long as i did to get it becuase i had other cd's on my list i was dying to get. Anywho, this cd i think is one of VOD's best. I thought "For The Bleeders" was the best when i got it, but VOD again proves me wrong. Every cd they released just kept getting better and better as they went on. Too bad they broke up, cuase i would of loved to have heard more from them. They formed Bloodsimple in case you didn't know. Williams and i forget the other guy's name from VOD is in that group. Check that cd out as well, Bloodsimple "A Cruel World".
I street teamed for VOD and my sample cd's to hand out had "Living To Die" and "On The Table" on them. I def. loved the song "Living to Die" when i first heard it. It was the 1st song i heard off the cd when it came out on sampler. As usual, my swag disappeared in seconds. This cd is by far one of my fave's of VOD's, w/ "For The Bleeders" coming in 2nd.
I love every song on this cd except for "On The Table" and "Itchin' To Bleed". "On The Table" i just can't get w/ the beat that's on it... it's kinda a boring song to me. "Itchin' To Bleed" is growing on me day by day, and i'm starting to like it, but i love the rest of the cd over these 2 songs. Since i love the whole cd, i'd have to say my most fave songs are: "Living To Die", "Sunshine", "Southbound", "From Bliss To Devastation", and "Regurgitate" as being my stand out tracks. Every song is pretty much hard, but the things i like about "Sunshine" and "From Bliss to Devastation" is they go slow and funky in certain points. "From Bliss..." almost gets bluesy on the guitars. The cd is just really great, i can't really say anything more about it w/o reiterating things i've already said.
Wow is all I can say. What happened to VOD? I owned their 1st album and loved it for the raw energy and positive lyrics hidden behind the pummeling guitars. I picked up their latest and must say I am quite saddened to find that VOD has turned into a wannabe chimaira/switched/Damage Plan. Is it still hard? Yes. Is it straight ahead hardcore? No. The first 5-6 songs plod along with no real originallity and nothing to differentiate one between the other. The 2nd hald of the album picks up a little, but not much.
What happened to these guy? They were a hardcore band and now they have tried to turn into some kind of metal band and they sound the same as about 8 other bands out in the market today. If this is their attempt to appeal to a larger fan base then i expect they won't have a record deal in 2-3 years
If you liked bits and pieces out of the nu-metal genre, this is a definite sleeper gem. Vision of Disorder is known for being a crazy hardcore fan, so this might throw fans for a loop. This on deviates heavily into a southern rock influenced hardcore/metal blend. I, personally, find it to be great. It is a bit depressing in the lyrical content, but the music as a whole is great. The guitar riffs are catchy, the vocals are urgent and full of fire, and the songs just have a feel to them that I dig. It is a darker, drug and alcohol buzzed cd of addiction and life problems. The music just hooks into you. I recommend this for someone who thought the nu-metal genre as a whole was too cheesy. This CD did the genre some good. I also recommend this for fans familiar with Bloodsimple. This was definitely the template for that evolution of musical thought.
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