Nevermore | 
| Artist: Nevermore
Label: Century Media
Category: Music
Buy New: $22.54
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 123749
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 727701779126
EAN: 0727701779126
ASIN: B000005HM7
Release Date: February 14, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | What Tomorrow Knows | | • | C.B.F. | | • | Sanity Assassin | | • | Garden of Gray | | • | Sea of Possibilities | | • | Hurting Words | | • | Timothy Leary | | • | Godmoney |
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Amazon.com
Nevermore's eight-song debut, although it contains material that bears more than a passing resemblance to that of Queensryche (mostly in the vocals/lyrics), is a strong record. It is semiprogressive and melodic, filled with a dark, moody heaviness that places it comfortably between Metal Church and Sanctuary. There's plenty of crunching guitar work to please the riff rockers and more than enough subtlety and technical virtuosity to satisfy cerebral musicians. The lyrics get a bit cheesy ("Timothy Leary") and the vocals are occasionally a tad overwrought, but within the context of this seething mass of intense power, they are certainly appropriate. --Adem Tepedelen
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| Customer Reviews: Read 6 more reviews...
 My favorite band November 27, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Man, what can I say? I have all the cd's by Nevermore, this is the last one I bought. And while I think The Politics of Ecstasy, Dreaming Neon Black, and Dead Heart.. are better albumns, this one is absolutely essential. Warrell Dane's vocals are haunting and harsh at the same time, and Loomis and Sheppard provide the perfect blend of thrash and melody I have come to expect. Why this band hasn't gone triple-platnium is beyond me. But if you like Queensryche, but always wished they had more balls, this is the band for you.
Amazing May 31, 2003
josh-13 (california)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
An amazing album. Although many people seem to think Dane is lacking on vocal talent, i really don't think he is. His voice may not be the smoothest and it may lack some control, but it fits in perfectly with the band's music. Nevermore always play a few nice solo's, usually at least 1 in each song and they create some great riffs. With songs like What Tomorrow Knows, Garden of Gray, Hurting Words, and Godmoney i don't really see how others can discard this as 1 of their worst cd's. I would have to recommend this cd to anybody that likes Nevermore, because in my opinion this is probably the best cd they have put out.
 Classic Debut December 6, 2007
Justin Gaines (Atlanta, GA)
Rising from the ashes of the influential thrash outfit Sanctuary, vocalist Warrell Dane, guitarist Jeff Loomis, and bassist Jim Sheppard went on to form Nevermore, a band that metal fans still find hard to classify after more than a decade. The Nevermore sound - and trust me, no one else sounds quite like Nevermore (though bands like Communic and Twelfth Gate sure seem to be trying hard) - combines elements of thrash, doom, gothic, and even power metal. The result is a sound that is melodic yet aggressive, cold yet emotional, and above all, dark. Thrash-like riffs are predominant, but it's Dane's songwriting and Halford-eqsue vocal performance that really set the overall tone.
Nevermore is one of those rare bands (Opeth is another) that manage to get better with each successive release, so my favorite Nevermore album tends to be whatever one was just released. By that rationale, the band's self-titled 1995 debut is probably my least favorite of their catalog. It's still a very impressive metal album, and one of the best debuts you'll ever hope to hear. I just like their later efforts more, though the song The Sanity Assassin may be the band's very best song. Like all Nevermore albums, the debut practically wallows in cynicism, bitterness and spite. Nevermore isn't here to make anyone feel better about life. They're here to rip back the curtain on politics and religion to show the feeble old wizard pulling the levers.
Just about anyone interested in modern metal genres needs to add some Nevermore to their collection, and while Dead Heart in a Dead World seems to be the best "gateway drug", the band's debut album provides just as good an overview of their sound.
Very good !! June 29, 2001
M. D. Fonseca (Thunder)
This CD mixes melody and aggressiveness in the right proportion. It's perfectr, the eight tracks shine like diamonds !!!
sanctuary fans-take heart August 12, 2000
king beagley (warsaw, in usa)
i never had a chance to buy any of sanctuary's music. i heard that nevermore had risen out of sanctuary's ashes, so i bought their s/t debut and it knocked me off my feet.
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