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(More customer reviews)Like a lot of my favorite goth-metal bands, these guys have had their ups and downs, along with a few abrupt musical style changes (see "Musique" or "Assembly" ). Then, with the loss of their signature singer Liv Kristine, the band had to weather a new vocalist, as well. Thankfully, the album that came out of that upheaval, 2006's "Storm", was sort of a return to form - the Euro-electro sound of the two previous releases was gone in favor of a more typical gothic metal direction, and overall, became one of my favorite recent albums within that often-repetitive genre . Unlike, say, Paradise Lost, who have felt an increasing desire to abandon the atmospheric gothness of their past, and now try to pummel 15-year old metalheads with a sound that mimics every band who have come after them (just check out their new album "Faith Divides Us"), the new ToT is truly a gothic band again, not afraid of keyboards and atmosphere, and while not a return to the highpoint sounds of the great "Aegis" album, this is definitely the best they've been since then. In fact, "FITW" could best be described as a combo of "Aegis" and "Storm". Thankfully, they also decided to forgo the latest Lacuna Coil approach to "female goth rock", and chose not to produce complete blandness in a desperate search for stardom. For me, that makes this album the best of the genre (although much of this record could hardly even be described as "metal" at all). If you don't mind NOT having your ears hammered for fifty minutes, and thirst for some dark beauty back in your goth, here it is!
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Tour edition of the group's 2009 release. BONUSES include "Empty" (which was the bonus cut on the limited digipak edition) and a 10 track EP "Adennda" which features rare/unreleaded tracks: The Breaking (only found on the vinyl pressing of FITW), Beauty in Deconstruction (original version from the "Storm" sessions), Frozen (Ambrosius remake), Empty (extra album track), Deadland (Tommy Olsson remake), Revolution (Flip Wicked remix), Highlights (bonus track on "Storm"), Illusions (Zensor remix), Empty (E&A wedding mix), Forever is the World (Chamber version). 21 tracks total.
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