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Post by mattrsj on Jul 4, 2007 19:54:43 GMT
Dude, there are a couple of Dutch reviews of our album. Could you translate them for me?
I typed in RSJ GAIN TO NOTHING REVIEW into Google so that should set you a path!
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Post by Martin on Jul 5, 2007 9:50:56 GMT
Cool. I googled it with those words and the first one I saw was the Punx review. So I translated that. I'll go out and find some reviews of magazines or websites that are well known or have a name (like OOR or so). This was the first one I found, so I went for it, but I think it's a crap review and a crappy reviewing style. Punx review. "My guess is that most visitors of punx.nl will skip this review. Because with Punk the band RSJ have nothing to do. That makes Gain To Nothing, the second album for the band, for people that like a little metal at times not less interesting. Metal is the prime part of the album. RSJ make a mix of metal and hardcore and grindcore influences. One time it reminds me of Pig Destroyer or Meshuggah, but in a next song you'll clearly hear the influences of Refused, after which comes a breakdown a la Hatebreed. Heavy stuff then, and you'll definatly need several listensessions to get to know the songs. The power of RSJ resides especially in the good vocalist and the changes between and in songs. The band are clearly unafraid to experiment, which causes drumsamples and the likes to appear. The big minus to me is the many, uneeded, too long taking (semi) acoustic intro's, interludes and outro's. Everytime when you start to get a feel for it, the tempo drops and you'll need to start over getting into it. A part of piece and quiet is nice, but not in every song guys. The main thread of the album is aggresive techincal metal with an own sound, but it doesn't invite me to listen to it a lot. Imagine an electro or jazzy version of the above written text. On the limited edition digipack of Gain To Nothing are 6 bonustracks, of which 4 remixes of RSJ songs. A bit of a pity all the songs are old songs. A remix is only part fun if you reconize the origenal. That is not the case here. Maybe fun for the diehard fans, but not for me. The remaining bonustracks are fairly recorded live songs, that only show RSJ stand their ground on stage as well. Concluding: if you're more into punk but got curious after this review, then it's deftinaly worth checking out. If not, then not." Score 68 / 100.
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Post by mattrsj on Jul 5, 2007 11:34:57 GMT
Nice one. Cheers bro!
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