Opinions on the album to whoever listened to it? I'm bored, that's why. It's good to know that this isn't as Metallica as I thought. I mean, the sound is there but put it all together and it sounds like they don't have a hard on for them like Trivium did for The Crusade. It's not as epic and heavy as The Poison either. But also as well, and I copied the quote from their Wiki. As far as aggression goes, it's not as much as you think, I mean a couple songs when you listen to, sound like the BMFV you know...but the catchy choruses and stuff, definitely on there. I'm enjoying it so far. The world needs more catchy metal instead of trying to sound like Cookie Monster...or a clone of a certain band. 9/10 Plus, street cred points for the cover of "No Easy Way Out" from Rocky IV (which was on the Japanese version).
I'm sorry, but I fucking hate it XD Some of the songs are so cheesy I could melt them onto nachos. I used to be a big Bullet fan, but this album disappoints me. The solos are good, but generally I just haven't enjoyed the album. Meh.
He still has the screaming vox. He uses that throughout "Waking The Demon". I heard it and breathed a sigh of relief.
Waking The Demon was the only track I liked to some degree, but they seem to have gone more mainstream with their music, more run of the mill like. *shrug*
Can't really comment, as I've only heard Eye of the Storm and Scream,Aim and Fire, but although I disliked them at first, they've grown on me... Catchy they certainly are. The screamed vox thing makes me happy, as it means he obviously can still do them, but is choosing not to...which means the old songs will still (hopefully) be screamed when played live.
On first listen it's no better than the Crusade. 5/10 I'd say, bearing in mind it might still grow on me.
I don't think it's better than the Crusade because although Matt Heafy's vocals were torture on that album, there was still a decent amount of positives. Scream, Aim, Fire is a great album though. It's not as good as The Poison but it's still good. To be honest I'm just waiting for the new Trivium album. The band said they're gonna bring back some screaming into a few songs which is what I want to hear.
I think trying too hard to imitate Hetfield would involve going "YEAH!" and "HAHA!" at the end of random lines, and if I remember correctly he didn't do that. To be honest I don't know how else someone could actually sing to thrash, instead of screaming or whatever. It's a bit like people criticising Greg Puciato from The Dillinger Escape Plan for apparently ripping off Mike Patton, just because they both try more than one style of vocal and they both sound similar when they sing.
QFT. The Crusade was ruined by bad songwriting and a complete lack of originality. Being a good musician isn't worth shit if you can't write good songs. They just wrote a shitty album, imo. I'll cut them some slack since they're still very green, and haven't come into their own, yet. There's certainly worse people to imitate than Hetfield. On topic: I haven't heard all of "Scream, Aim, Fire" yet, but I'm not impressed with what I've heard so far. I'll give a more proper critique when I do.
I listened to Scream Aim Fire twice last night before torturing myself by listening to all three Halo soundtracks for five and a half hours, and I listened to it once more after that. I think it's safe to say it's going to stay in my top five all year long, unless something blows it out of the water. I don't think it's better than The Poison at all, but it's still a great album. I'm glad Tuck kept the screaming vocals, even if he did tone them down a lot and not use them as much. The solos are wicked as heck, the vocals are strong and powerful, the guitar work is outstanding (you can tell they tried to push their limits, which is why I think a lot of people don't like it), but to me, the drumming is the key to the whole album. The only thing I didn't like was the lake of their bassist screaming. Overall I'd give it an 8/10. (I gave The Poison a 9/10, by the way.)