Track Listing

1. Shadows of Vanity
2. My Exit In Red
3. Lay Down your Arms
4. The Spiral
5. In The Absence of Fire
6. Between The Dead And The Deceived
7. For The Taking
8. Merciless
9. A Silent Prayer For The Haunted

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #229751 in Music
• Released on: 2007-05-15
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Hell Within Rocks
"My Exit in Red" makes this entire album worth owning. Rarely does one encounter such a catchly, well-written song. The rest of the album is solid, if beleaguered, as if too many breathes are being taken, at some points.

WHAT THE F#*K HAPPENED!!!
I don't know what happened to these guys ,but they got lost making this CD. Influenced by someone or something that took this one in a whole different direction. There are shades of old,but only a bit here and there.If you liked Asylum Of The Human Predator,don't buy this one. The only reason I gave it 2 stars is some of the drums and guitar are still good. BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME...

Pretty Good
I've been a devoted Hell Within fan since "Asylum of the Human Predator." I've seen them twice in concert, hung out with them after the shows, and even took a few Jager shots with Matt McChesney (after watching him jump off the stage and [...]. It's easy to imagine the anticipation with which I was overcome upon learning of the new album's release date. After purchasing it, I eagerly popped it into my car's CD player and waited to be blown away.

And I waited.

And waited.

And waited.

Nine tracks later, my reaction to the album was "Eh."

This entire CD comes off like it was put together by a committee. It's as though they put together a focus group who couldn't decide if they wanted the band to sound like Slayer or Avenged Sevenfold so they just opted for some twisted amalgamation of both. There are two or three standout tracks, but on the whole the rest of the album feels like they just can't get on the same page rhythmically, vocally, or melodically. I have to hand it to Matt for trying more clean vocals on this go-around, but it seems like his range is pretty limited and it detracts from what is an overall brutal musical approach.

All I can say is that I am disappointed. I've been listening to the album repeatedly to find something I like, and I just can't. They had a good thing going and now they've gone off in a direction that I'm not sure I can follow. Don't get me wrong -- I think bands should evolve and I don't think they should necessarily stick with the same tired old formula.

I do think, however, that they should avoid the focus groups the next time and just do what comes naturally.