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Artist: VIGILANTE
Album: The Heroes Code
Year: 2005
Vigilante is a band that I follow with special interest
since I reviewed their impressive Promo-2005. Walking
that path I heard a NIN cover, a Die Krupps cover and
some impressive remixes they made for Golem 101 and
Alien Product. But nowadays, their debut album (The
Heroes Code) is out and I really am excited about this
fact!
The Heroes Code kicks off with a dark sounding intro,
but after little more than two minutes it flows over
into the first real song, called "Survive". This is a
very future pop sounding song, it invites you to hit the
dancefloor immidiately. Catchy melodies are mixed with
blastbeats and powerful guitars, all packed in a dark
sounding song. Next up is "The Other Side", a song I
recognised of the promo. In that review I had nothing
but good words for it, and this hasn't changed. A catchy
chorus, powerful intermezzo's and trance sounding
sampling. More metal than the preverious song, that is
for sure. The next track, "One Good Reason", was also on
that mentioned promo. Maybe the song with the most
beautiful lyrics of the entire record, but when it comes
to the music it is one of my less favorites. Don't get
me wrong, it is a good song, but the vocals could be
used a little better here and there, and the song is
just not powerful enough for me. "Lack of Faith" opens
with a suspicious making intro before the blastbeats
take control with the sampling. This is a pretty
different song: less tempo, more despair and sorrow.
Maybe the most 'goth' song of the record, but it
definitely is an impressive one! Love the keys
intermezzo! You hardly notice that "Still Alive" has
started in the meantime, because it floods into
eachother perfectly. This song has a more robotic sound,
and the blastbeats are on its best in this song. Sorrow
mixed with some EBM sampling on a brilliant way.
"Answers" was my favorite track of the 'Promo-2005', and
when this track passes by I immidiately remember why.
Cold sampling, vocals which express the lyrics in a
beautiful sound and of course the guitars make this into
maybe the best industrial song of 2005. "Humanity"
sounds futuristic in the beginning, but gets more and
more robotic after a while. The chorus is maybe the most
catchy one of the record. Brilliant song! "Before"
clearly is the 'ballad' of this record, and it
definitely is an impressive one! Beautiful lyrics with
cold samples and some orchestral keys here and there
make this song one to remember when I am in the mood for
ballads. "Freedom" is in my opinion the most powerful
track of the record. Killer dancefloor hits guaranteed!
Try to listen to this song without to move your feet, I
challenge you! The album ends with a good cyber remix of
the song "The Other Side", done by Argentinian neofolk
band Lamia. A perfect mix is made here of the styles of
both the bands. Well, what is left to be said? Every
lyric has a message, every song stands decent. This is
one of the few bands who managed to create an own style
on their debut album already. Vigilante has released its
first attempt on world domination, but first you need to
discover this band. Oh, and there is also a nice bonus
video of "One Good Reason" left to be discovered!
Vote: 97 / 100
Review by: Gerardo |
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01. Intro (The Heroes
Code)
02. Survive
03. The Other Side
04. One Good Reason
05. Lack Of Faith
06. Still Alive
07. Answers
08. Humanity
09. Before
10. Freedom
11. The Other Side
(Lamia Mix) |
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