Sunday 21 September 2008

Review - Various - Kerrang The Album

Various - Kerrang The Album

View The Review

2 out of 10

Wicked, I thought when the Kerrang compilation popped through the door in the latest batch of review material, that's bound to make decent listening on the way to work this morning. In earnest, I whacked the CD into the player and headed through the track listing. Kerrang has certainly changed since it was the pinnacle of all things metal.a very long time ago. There are one or two gems on here - Slipknot's 'Psychosocial', Slaves To Gravity's 'Mr Regulator' and of course, the Cancer Bats tune, but come on, these tunes aren't the best of metal and rock from 2008 are they?

For instance, prominent on the album are some seriously old and over played tunes. Green Day's 'American Idiot' from 2004? 'Keep your hands off my girl' by Good Charlotte from 2006? 'The Kill' by 30 Seconds To Mars from 2006?

Come on Kerrang, don't patronise your loyal customer base. This is a compilation for idiots and children. Don't bother.

Tracklist:
CD 1:
1. Kid Rock - All Summer Long
2. Nickelback - Rock Star
3. Weezer - Pork And Beans
4. Biffy Clyro - Saturday Superhouse
5. Good Charlotte - Keep Your Hands Off My Girl
6. Pendulum - Propane Nightmares
7. Slipknot - PsychoSocial
8. Enter Shikari - Sorry, You’re Not A Winner
9. Linkin Park - Given Up
10. Serj Tankian - Empty Walls
11. Airbourne - Runnin’ Wild
12. Black Tide - Warriors Of Time
13. Killswitch Engage - Holy Diver
14. Dillinger Escape Plan - Black Bubblegum
15. Scars On Broadway - They Say
16. Bullet For My Valentine - Waking The Demon
17. Slaves To Gravity - Mr Regulator
18. Gaslight Anthem - The ’59 Sound
19. Nightmarchers - I Wanna Deadbeat You
20. Coheed And Cambria - Feathers
21. 30 Seconds To Mars - The Kill

CD 2:
1. Green Day - American Idiot
2. My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade
3. Fall Out Boy - This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race
4. Elliot Minor - Parallel Worlds
5. Simple Plan - When I’m Gone
6. Panic At The Disco - Nine In The Afternoon
7. Alkaline Trio - Love Love Kiss Kiss
8. Blackout - Spread Legs, Not Lies
9. Funeral For A Friend - Waterfront Danceclub
10. Madina Lake - House Of Cards
11. You Me At Six - If I Were In Your Shoes
12. Billy Talent - Red Flag
13. Fighting With Wire - Everyone Needs A Nemesis
14. HIM - Wings Of A Butterfly
15. Avenged Sevenfold - Afterlife
16. Machine Head - Aesthetics Of Hate
17. Atreyu - Falling Down
18. Kids In Glass Houses - Give Me What I Want
19. Kill Hannah - Lips Like Morphine
20. Cancer Bats - Hail Destroyer
21. Gallows - Orchestra Of Wolves

No comments: