The Pinaccle of Nevermore's Career (This Godless Endeavor - Nevermore)

Member Name: World-of-Bones

Product:	This Godless Endeavor - Nevermore
Date:	21/06/09 (14 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great lyrics, musically well structured, great vocals, emotive songs

Disadvantages: None really

This Godless Endeavour was the second Nevermore album I bought, and I was sure they couldn't top Dead Heart... but sure enough, this album makes Dead Heart look only good. It is absolute genius, the pinnacle of their carreer.

It begins with "Born", for the first 30 seconds or so this doesn't sound like Nevermore at all, so I of course was sceptical, thinking they'd changed their sound for the worse with the slightly harsher vocals. But then it all comes together, Dane returns to his usual singing style and all is right in the world. just wasn't like Nevermore. The rest of this song is just as fast as the start, with Dane switching between his usual vocals and the vocals that were at the start. After a few listen you get used to this and it becomes clear that it's a very good song, with a usual brilliant Loomis solo near the end and some brilliant lyrics and drumming.

Next up is Final Product, again it has a high tempo and brilliant vocals but I would say this is the worst track on the album, and it's still very good.

My Acid Words begins a bit slower but much heavier, before breaking into the fast tempo again. I'd say this is one of the best songs on the album with some excellent drumming and the usual brilliant guitar work of Loomis. At the end it goes back tothe slow heaviness that we heard right at the beginning.

Bittersweet Feast is another excellent song jammed with excellent lyrics, excellent guitar work, and excellent drumming, and generally excellentness. The lyrics are my favourite part of this songs, and the vocals are obviously included in this. Lines like "The Lizards in whither have risen to censor the thoughts in your head" just wouldn't be as brilliant as they are if it weren't for Dane's vocals. This songs basically makes me angry, but in a very, very good way.

Sentient 6 is probably my favourite track on the album, maybe ever. It's the only ballad on the album but everything in this song is perfect, the vocals, the lyrics, the general tempo of the song. Everything about it sounds very passionate, as if the band really meant it, every second of it. Some parts of this song actually brought tears to my eyes, call me a wimp if you like, but it's true. That's all I can say about this song. If you like ballads, you like this song, sit back and enjoy.

Medicated Nation is a typical song, I love the starting to it but overall I wouldn't say it's anything special.

The Holocaust of Thought, not much I can say really, i've always felt like the Instrumentals on Nevermore albums were like Fillers.

Sell My Heart For Stones is another excellent piece of art by the boys. With everything in it almost perfect, prefectly written, perfectly executed. The chorus of this song is one of the most passionate things i've heard, this is another one of those songs you just can't get out of your head, one that brings tears to your eyes. I warn you, do NOT listen to this in public, or you might just start singing it out loud.

The Psalm of Lydia brings you out of this wierd void of awesome sadness and into a nice heavy as hell track sending you flying into the song with a nice solo and no sort of intro to the track. The song doesn't really slow down at all until the end, and I have no complaint about this, it's brilliant.

A Future Uncertain is one of those songs that you forget is on an album, well I did, but when you listen to it you realise how good it is. It starts off quite slow with the vocals tha main focus of the song, before sending you into a brilliant experience after about 1.30 minutes which turns out to be another passionate song.

The final track, the self titled one is again, vey good. With the first and second verses very different but both very good. The second verse especially, with the vocals merging into each other, as I see it, the vocals you can hear dominantly are the things he is saying, while the background vocals are what he is thinking. It's very creative to me. The only complaint I have is that it seems to drag on, it's about 3 minutes longer than it should be, and ends up getting boring.

This album isa must buy for any progressive metal fan and definately any Nevermore fan. Absolutely brilliant album.
Review courtesy of me on amazon.co.uk

Summary: Brilliant album which tops Nevermore's career off, there's no chance they can do better than this.