Dark Days
- 艺人
- Coal Chamber
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Roadrunner
- 发行时间
- 2002年05月07日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by John Serba
Coal Chamber will never be known for their striking originality or thoughtful songcraft. That being said, their self-titled debut album convincingly raged at all the right machines upon its release in 1997, sounding sufficiently spooky and sporting a mildly pleasing, if simplistic, rhythmic battery of subcutaneous, groove-oriented riffs and one-dimensional growled vocals. Their second record, Chamber Music, was generally written off as a half-baked electro-goth experiment, and if it found the band spinning their tires songwriting-wise, Dark Days is regrettably stuck in a mudhole, desperately needing a tow rope, new tires, a shove forward -- anything. It offers, well, a mildly pleasing, if simplistic, rhythmic battery of subcutaneous, groove-oriented riffs and one-dimensional growled vocals. Again. The cookie-cutter Korn-copped riffs and cookie monster vocals don't cut it this time, Dark Days grinding away at the same nu-metal stone, drubbing it into a numb nub, &subtlety& not being part of the band's vocabulary. Here, songwriting is condensed into a bland recipe consisting of two- or three-note riffs churned out on top of a solid groove-pocket while vocalist Dez Fafara picks out two or three blasé, tossed-off lyrical phrases and repeats them ad nauseum. While this formula might occasionally work within the context of typical verse-chorus-verse song structures -- opening cut &Fiend& is the lone intelligent standout, and &Glow& and &One Step& aren't too bad -- the tunes lean heavily on the idea of repetition-as-hook instead of presenting anything truly inspired or memorable. Ideally, Dark Days should find Coal Chamber maturing, kicking the musicianship and songwriting up a notch. But ultimately, it's creatively bankrupt, painfully obvious in execution and so caught up in guttural spleen-venting that it lands with a thud, smothering any potential spark.
最新简评（共9条）
- @wwwld(我还没想好要写什么...)：神～
- @꧁磊꧂( )：^_^
- @叶公瑾(我还没想好要写什么...)：Fiend
- @张立²(纵使时光飞逝而过，在人的...)：当年十块钱买的打口碟
- @謙坣( )：Something Told Me应该火一些。。
- @k：喜欢乐队的dub step *&^%￥#@！
- @ivan：很好的歌。。。被封面吸引而来。。。
- @黄色潜水艇(微笑，挥手，再见。)：专辑开篇“Fiend”就是基于这种歌曲样式的一首不错的歌曲，而“Glow”和“One Step”也都相当出色——然而音调却太倚重于不断的重复，情感表达上显得苍白无力。通过这张“Dark Days”我们还是能发现Coal Chamber在不断成熟，他们的技巧和创作能力渐渐开始赢得听众们的注意，然而乐队音乐创意上的失败、表达自己音乐观点的不足都最终让这张专辑内容听上去只不过充满着发泄愤怒的吼叫——同时抹杀了专辑中任何一点潜在的、能够启发乐队的灵感火花。
- @黄色潜水艇(微笑，挥手，再见。)：首张同名专辑尽管有着自己众多的优点——比如简洁明了的歌曲、旋律化的基调、繁复的吉他凹槽以及一尘不变的低吼声，但这张充满厌世情绪的专辑听上去还是显得相当诡异动人。而乐队的第二张专辑“Chamber Music”却被认为是一个不成熟的作品，专辑是一张电气歌特的实验专辑。如果说乐队用这张专辑来提升自己的创作实力的话，那么Coal Chamber无疑还是在走死胡同，因为他们现在迫切需要一根纤绳拉他们出来——他们需要找到新的立足点来推动自己的音乐不断前进。