Dead Heart in a Dead World
Occupation
- Guitar: Jeff Loomis
- Bass: Jim Sheppard
- Drums: Van Williams
Dead Heart in a Dead World is the fourth studio album by American Progressive / Thrash metal band Nevermore. The album was released on 17 October 2000 by Century Media.
Formation and style
Dead Heart in a Dead World was first recorded by Andy Sneap. For the first time Jeff Loomis played the guitars completely self a. Another innovation was the use siebensaitiger guitars. The album was recorded at the Village studio in Tornillo, near El Paso, Texas, in temperatures above 40 degrees. The studio is a hacienda - like building in the desert. With The Sound of Silence a Simon -and- Garfunkel classic musical was completely re-arranged in a progressive thrash version, only the text remained. The Heart Collector and Believe in Nothing are power ballads, also contains Insignificant quieter passages. The band wanted " something catchy " be aware of. Warrel Dane was oriented with the song in part to old Sanctuary songs.
" Even the album title suggests that we are 'ne melancholy band from the rainy Seattle; but such people expect now Lyrics yes from us. "
In retrospect, Loomis said the following about the album:
" Dead Heart ... is my personal favorite. Mainly because I had so much fun in the studio with producer Andy Sneap our then. There was an almost magical connection, and Dead Heart ... is also sound-wise the high point of our work. Moreover, on the record in my opinion not a weak song. "
Reception
Boris Kaiser from Rock Hard spoke of "the masterpiece of one of the most talented bands in the present." Particularly well received, found in him the guitar sound, the rhythm section and the song writing. As Anspieltipps he called Evolution 169 and The Heart Collector and evaluated with nine and a half out of ten. Vincent Jeffries called Dead Heart in a Dead World the possibly most mature work of the band. He presented The River Dragon Has Come and We Disintegrate as examples of " Loomis ' dissonant, down -tuned grooves" out. The rating was four out of five stars, in addition the award " AMG Album Pick" was awarded.
Title list
All pieces were written by Loomis / Dane, the title song Jim Sheppard was involved.