A Life Once Lost - A Great Artist
Reviewed by ryan
No matter how loud, fierce, or violent A Life Once Lost attempts to get on A Great Artist, their debut full-length for Deathwish Inc., it all seems to be the same boredom-inducing set of melodic death metal that the heavy music scene has been infested with for years. A Great Artist says nothing even remotely new musically, stylistically, lyrically, or otherwise and, instead, just descends into another cesspool of uncreative metal mediocrity. Sure, the angry men comprising A Life Once Lost may have talent musically, but when their vision is so musically myopic and boring, that doesn?t mean much. The songs making up A Great Artist are more of the predictable metal muck: dense songs, downtuned guitars, and growled vocals. So, if this is your thing you probably already have this album and, if not, you?re better off without it. [www.deathwishinc.com]