Review: ARSIS – “We Are The Nightmare”

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Apr 152008

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Arsis – “We Are the Nightmare” [Nuclear Blast] … quite simply the best Melodic Death Metal that America currently has to offer … the riffing: technical, but listenable; the vox: blackened, but understandable; the hooks: omnipresent, but craved … Virginia’s Arsis has certainly found their niche and their strongest album to date now has a label to match that might, casting an imposing shadow across the Metal landscape … a Best of 2008 pick! FCC OK … Try *1*, *2*, 3, 4, *5*, 7, *10* … 2008Apr15

01. We Are The Nightmare
02. Shattering The Spell
03. Sightless Wisdom
04. Servants To The Night
05. Failing Winds Of Hopeless Greed
06. Overthrown
07. Progressive Entrapment
08. A Feast For The Liar’s Tongue
09. My Oath To Madness
10. Failure’s Conquest

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