Damageplan - New Found Power
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Artist: DamageplanEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2004-02-10
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Wake Up
- Breathing New Life
- New Found Power
- Pride
- Fuck You
- Reborn
- Explode
- Save Me
- Cold Blooded
- Crawl
- Blink of an Eye
- Blunt Force Trauma
- Moment of Truth
- Soul Bleed
Free Music Notes for New Found Power
Free Music Review: This is a must-have.
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of those CDs that you just have to have.
If you're new to Heavy Metal and you want to see what it's all about, first you should know that all the truly greatest artists (in whatever art) make as their product what they feel. I would rank among those Jimi Hendrix, Cliff Burton, Layne Staley, Rob Halford, all of Led Zepplin, Bon Scott, and let's not forget Roberta Flack. They are the ones with talent beyond talent. Merely great artists do some of that but are more focused on the technical aspect and so fall a little short. Some examples could be Randy Rhoads, Tony Iommi, Van Halen brothers, Angus Young, all of The Beatles, Glyn Clark, Steve Vai, Geddy Lee, the rest of Metallica, etc. And there are still innumerable artists who are very good but beneath all of those. Listening to this CD will show you that Darrell and Vinnie rank in the first order. In my opinion, though offbeat stylistically, they're pretty much the epitome of heavy metal. They're my favorite and this is my favorite CD from them. I would recommend it.
If you're new to Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul (they're brothers), listening to this CD will let you in on most of the musical style of Pantera, which had been their band for more than a decade. Obviously a large thrust vector of Pantera came from Phil Anselmo (vocals) due to his ultra-macho personality, but the rest of it -the music- continues here with a different frontman. The Abbott brothers (Darrell and Vinnie) didn't really create a new "style", they didn't create heavy metal, but what they play is inexplainably different. It's infectious. It's great to listen to.
If you were a Pantera aficionado, you see how Darrell and Vinnie moved on to the next level with their music. Looking back on all their other albums with Phil Anselmo and what they've done with themselves all through their most energetic career, no disrespect to Phil, but it seems they were held back with too much hate. I think that if the younger Abbott bros. from the 1980's could have gotten on the internet to the future and had a copy of this CD sent to them, they would have been proud of how things turned out. It sounds like these "older" guys are just having fun being themselves and ripping it up. Same on the video too ("Breathing New Life" video included on the CD). Take it from an "older" guy like myself, there isn't anything as fulfilling as doing what you really like, are really good at, really kicking aas at it, and having a blast. Knowing they were doing that and seeing the entirely new path of their music with endless promise made it even more enjoyable to listen to.
Patrick Lachman for vocals was the right choice. His singing is very expressive, his style suits them perfectly, and it's interesting what he's got to say. After hearing the CD I can't imagine anyone else doing it and it's amazing that he was a guitar player (most recently, Halford) and not a vocalist before he landed here. Regarding the other reviews, I don't think he sounds "trendy" at all. He gives the music a big, sweaty slamdunk and he must have been a great frontman for Damageplan. Comparison to Phil Anselmo is pointless; They're both awesome singers. They're both hardcore. They're just different. Phil suited the music better before, and Patrick suits the music better now.
Of all Pantera's albums, arguably the best to date had been "Vulgar Display Of Power". That CD, with every song, continually built up an irresistable crescendo and every FFF time I played it, I mean every time, I found myself turning it up. The louder it is the better it sounds, without limit. Awesome drums, brilliant guitar, thundering bass, terrifying yet inspirational vocals, all of it geared towards driving your speakers to explosive levels of wattage. Although by later standards of metal music it became kind of cheesy, it nevertheless still can't be beat for rocking out, even today. I think that while "New Found Power" is not even a contender in wattage potential that "Vulgar Display Of Power", uuhh, displays, it still keeps similar power music. Some of the tracks are more introspective, it seems it's more geared for playing on a bar stage (which may be appropriate because that's where they're going to play it), and the last track is a feel-good song with a comfy letoff of the guitar. BUT it's just more likeable.
"Wake Up" is an intro song to lead in to the mood of the album, although somewhat muted and plodding. Kind of generic.
"Breathing New Life" is the flagbearer of the album, and on the video. Good meat-and-potatoes basic jamming with some sweaty feet pushing the bass drum pedals.
"New Found Power" is where the album takes off, starting out with what you thought might be more basic jams but builds up a little bit to a catchy refrain and vocals, the drums, and guitar (in that order) urge you to turn it up. With kind of an anticlimatic ending making you wonder what's next.
"Pride" takes it down a notch at first but then the Lachman's "come-along-with-me" vocals keep the volume turned up. "YAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH It's just a matter of pride but that's all right, God bless!" Guitar solo needs to be cranked and vocals resume. Otherwise uneventful but you're anticipating the next song.
"F*** You" gets down and dirty. Fast, raunchy, funny lyrics, guitar gets saucy and makes some interesting noises, lots of texture and time changes, keep leading back to the basic message, "F*** You!". Crank it up even more.
"Reborn" is back to the basics again (kind of plodding, actually) and Lachman's vocals keep it going. Guitars ala "Far Beyond Driven" album.
"Explode" somehow comes from the same direction as what you've heard so far on the album, which kept its roots in a basic variety of metal, but pushes the limit in the direction of stylistically new music. Kind of like "basic mosh metal from the 22nd century" or something, with some weird noises that they make work as background music. They do pull it off, though the average 21st century listener will probably take it for granted because they're used to weird noises by now.
"Save Me" returns to meat-and-potatoes loud music. Vocals keep it turned up. "Saaaaaaave meeee from myself, if you ever really caaaaaaared!" Sounds good but kind of repetitive. Keeps the volume sustained. "save may! from may!"
"Cold Blooded" is more of the same. Some guitar ala "Far Beyond Driven" and drums reminiscent of "Great Southern Trendkill". Good strong rhythm riffs keep the volume sustained.
"Crawl" goes much more back to "Far Beyond Driven" days but with Lachman on vocals instead. Normal speed, then slows down and gets introspective, then speeds up again. It works OK.
"Blink Of An Eye" goes back toward the new style, and more melodic and catchy. Vocals and some cool guitar riffs keep it going. Refrain slightly reminiscent of something Kiss would do if they were forced to play music this heavy.
"Blunt Force Trauma" is much more, I think guitarwise, influenced by Ace Frehley. Starts out with sort of clean guitar chords with chorus/flange effect like Ace would do, then Lachman puts his vocal meats on the table, they do a few choruses and the bridge/solo totally goes off in another direction and sounds like a tribute to Ace Frehley! I like it. Sounds great. Then they play the rest of the song. The whole track (except the solo) has that slow and heavy thing going like Chris Barnes' Six Feet Under tracks.
"Moment Of Truth" continues on with the "slow and heavy" thing, vocals sound good with the chorus effect. Hoary rhythm riffs from the guitar make an awfully begrizzled mood. If you listen, the guitar solo has elements of "Cowboys From Hell", "Vulgar Display Of Power", and "Far Beyond Driven" all in one solo. Stammering rhythm is reminiscent in structure of earlier rock/funk music from perhaps the late 70's or early 80's, which the older bar crowd would appreciate and should still sound good to everybody. How they can throw all this together and make it work shows that they do indeed know what they are doing as musicians, though again it would probably be underappreciated.
"Soul Bleed" starts off with quasi-acoustic guitar strumming, introspective vocals, and goes on with a mix of those for the rest of the song. Time to turn down the volume, just listen and relax. "Aw-shucks" clean guitar solo, return to the chorus, and a relaxed guitar fadeout.
Although still not the most groundbreaking as such titans as, say, "Are You Experienced" (Jimi Hendrix) or Led Zepplin 1 (Led Zepplin), this CD belongs on the shelf next all the other landmark metal classics such as "Shout At The Devil" (Motley Crue), "...And Justice For All" (Metallica), "Vulgar Display Of Power" (Pantera), "Highway To Hell" and "Back In Black" (AC/DC), "Appetite For Destruction" (GnR), "Creatures Of The Night" (Kiss), "Screaming For Vengeance" (Judas Priest), "Permanent Waves" (Rush), most old Van Halen records, "Paranoid" (Black Sabbath), "Dairy Of A Madman" (Ozzy), "Peice Of Mind" (Iron Maiden), and so on.
And so it is here that Darrell's career ended. The tragic details do not need to be repeated, they are in abundance if you look for them.
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