Dear Internet,
Hello,
again. I feel like I just talked to
you. Maybe it is just my
imagination. Perhaps I should just go
straight into telling you about Triumph's album "Thunder Seven."
Thankfully,
"Thunder Seven" is the seventh album put out by the heavy metal
band. Otherwise, the first question
would be "What happened to the other six thunders?" Well, I do not have an answer for than
anyway. I think this might be the only
album I have of Triumph. At first I
though the band's name was the name of the album and the album's name was that
of the band. At the risk of sounding
like an old man, the title of the work is more important than the name behind
it. Music albums and books as well have
a tendency to randomly choose if the title or artist is more important from one
entry to the next. It gets even more
confusing if you approach a book at the store and the title of the book is a
character's name. Music albums are
definitely worse when it comes to this because the bands can name themselves
and their albums after any little thing to strike their fancy. But I digress and should be talking about
"Thunder Seven."
The
music is clear metal rock. I did not say
clearly metal rock because there is a difference. Unlike Pitbull Daycare which almost prided
itself on making as much noise as possible, Triumph knows how to mix the various
sound levels. The guitar does not drown
out the drums, nor do the drums beat so hard to kill the synthesizers. The vocals are clear and understandable,
which is important especially when lyrics are no longer cared about. You do not believe me? Then how did a South Korean pop song become
an international sensation despite the works being in Korean? "Thunder Seven" has a high level of
technical skill which is apparent n the instrumental tracks like
"Midsummer's Daydream," but that should be expected from a band that
had been financed for six previous albums.
The
good part of "Thunder Seven is that it is good old rock and roll. There are no gimmicks or tricks to the
music. There are no audio samples
playing from a computer, no Auto-tune robotic voices hiding poor singers, and
definitely no "WUB WUB WUB." However,
describing what it is by what it is not is a poor way of saying nothing. The core of "Thunder Seven" is the
lyrical songs. The songs deal heavily
with the passing of time and having to keep up with it. Three of the ten songs have "time"
in their name. The album for the most
part approaches the problem of keeping up appearances and having to deal with
the world forcing broken molds upon people.
Having to change oneself to fit the passing and illogical moods of the time
is something that is just as foolish as the trends that are followed. "Stranger in a Strange Land" makes
a nice dig at a specific artist that ate and fed into that idiotic plate.
The
songs are all enjoyable to an extent.
The only strike that I can have against it is that I want more specific
things after having listened to the album.
I wished "Midsummer's Daydream" to have lasted longer because
it is such a beautiful acoustic guitar solo.
Other than that song and "Stranger in the Strange Land" the
second side was not as strong as the first.
This album is good, very good, but for some reason, there is a missing
element that the album lacks. I wish I
could place my finger on it, but I cannot.
Maybe if some of the band's other strong songs from other albums were
here, I might say otherwise, but I cannot since I do not know what those other
songs even are.
Yours in digital,
BeepBoop
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