First
impressions are everything. While they might not provide the
best view, they are definitely the strongest. With this said,
the debut effort "Through the Eyes" by Flaw shoved a very
"nu-metal" feel in my face. While I don't like to use that
term, it definitely is the best way to describe this album.
The
first track "Only the Strong" reminded me so much of Disturbed
I almost stopped listening to it alltogether. After regaining
my composure and getting over the fact that Flaw's frontman
has such a similar voice to that of Monkey man, I found the
rest of the album to have some very good qualities. Musically,
they provide a huge variety. From a full onslaught of metal
in songs like "Payback" to a more of a Tool-esque progressive
sound on songs like "My letter" and "Out of Wack". I find
the best track on this album to be "Best I am" and "One more
Time" because they are a throw back from the "I am Metal as
fuck" attitude that is brought from the majority of the songs.
Even though Frontman Chris Volz's screaming voice has an awesome
quality to it, I still prefer the less in your face tracks
of the album because they don't sound so much like what's
out there in mainstream metal right now.
This
album is perfect if you just want 13 tracks of jamming for
your car, but it ultimately runs thin in the long run.
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