SPECTER
"Images
of the Innocent" (MetalAgen)
Reviewed by Alicia Downs
Specter's album, "Images of the Innocent," starts off with a lush albeit
dark piano arrangement in the opening track, "Oracle." There are no vocals, just haunting piano combined with sinister guitar and
drums. It has the beginning offerings of an epic metal masterpiece.
But then comes track two.
And then three. And four ...
By the time track two began and I heard the vocals I knew why there were no
vocals on the opening track. They were so pathetic that they could not sustain the attention of a comatose vegetable. The
fact of the matter is that Specter is not bad, they are just the type of metal that you have heard before
and have heard done better. They kind of reminded me of the Dead Kennedys but the vocals were
exceptionally weak while the musical portion was far from exceptional.
Labeled as "progressive metal" there was nothing progressive about it. With
their cheesy vocals Specter sounded like a mutated cross between Megadeth and Yes. There are some real progressive
metal bands out there that can turn your head with amazing assemblages, but Specter is just not one
of them.
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Rating Guide:
A classic. This record will kick your ass.
Killer. Not a classic but it will rock your world.
So-so. You've heard better.
Pretty bad. Might make a nice coaster.
Self explanatory. Just the sight of the
cover makes you wanna hurl.
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