★★★★★
Sammi Chichester | May 20, 2014 | Comments 2 | Tags: Avatar From the crushing riffage of their new album's eponymous opening track, Avatar take listeners on a rollicking ride through a nightmarish fun house befitting the group's carnivalesque image. The band's demented clown/ringleader/frontman, Johannes Eckerström, leads the way, unleashing a vocal range that spans the roar of Lamb of God's Randy Blythe to Marilyn Manson-like growls over outstanding tracks like "What I Don't Know" and "Tsar...
- www.revolvermag.com
2014-05-21
★★★★★
Summary: Avatar have evolved into something special 9 of 10 thought this review was well written Avatar have seemingly transformed into what can only be described as a technical, melodic death 'n' roll unit. Regardless of how one wishes to classify them now, their new album is one interesting metal piece well worth anyone's time. Starting out as a rather traditional melodic death metal band back in 2001, Avatar have worked and tweaked their sound up to quite a unique level...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2012-04-12
★★★★★
Summary: Avatar have evolved into something special 10 of 11 thought this review was well written Avatar have seemingly transformed into what can only be described as a technical, melodic death 'n' roll unit. Regardless of how one wishes to classify them now, their new album is one interesting metal piece well worth anyone's time. Starting out as a rather traditional melodic death metal band back in 2001, Avatar have worked and tweaked their sound up to quite a unique level...
- www.sputnikmusic.com
2012-02-09
★★★★★
Track Listing: Marsala; Bharum Scarum; Flyin' Low; The Cosmic Hand; Meskerim; Shiva Shuffle; Alkebulan Personnel: Matt Dickey - guitar; Marshall Gilkes - trombone; Seth Goldberg - drums; Vince Veloso - saxes, winds, trumpet; Matt Williams - bass Style: Funk/Groove My motto: If you're not pushing ahead, you're falling behind. You see it everywhere you look these days: retro clothing styles, overdone movie and TV concepts, retread political candidates... there's just no originality anymore...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
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