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    CHRIS CAFFERY – “Faces” and “Godamn War”
    (Black Lotus)
    Running time : CD1: 76:41 CD2: 42:45

    Chris Caffery is a guy that has been with SAVATAGE since the tour for their highly acclaimed “Hall of the mountain king”. And he’s been the bands main guitarist since the tragic death of guitar wiz, Chris Oliva. In that respect he’s a sort of metal veteran. But veteran or not, he ain’t some kind of dinosaur. And as he told us in the interview that we did with him, he ain’t ready to call it quits just yet. Little known is his involvement in a fine little release of a really harsh, heavy, husky metal beast that is DOCTOR BUTCHER’s eponymous album, which really pays tribute to the proto-SAVA sound and even gets more raw at times. I didn’t know to expect something like that, or something different in this, Chris’s first solo album. Well it’s a kind of a weird, different beast altogether, from what Chris has given us in the past. Well there’s almost two hours worth of music on offer and if his record company would have allowed him, he wouldn’t have hesitated to make his debut a quadruple album. It’s raw in places, it’s well pissed off, it has elegance in other places, it has force. A little bit of everything. Well the title “Faces”, is really spot on. Mr. Caffery has captured different moments, different thoughts and different moods with this record and has also created a little concept, a time-line if you will of the recent war in Iraq, questioning the sanity, the morality and the motives behind it.
    Let’s inspect Faces first : We got tracks raging from the almost Euro-power (?) of the title track, to the more intricate “Fade into X” or the mania of “Pisses me off” one of the catchiest tunes to be found on the record. There’s also “Music man” and “Bag o’Bones”, the first really sweet, melodic, heartfelt and really sort of well placed in the track sequence, I almost expected such a song to be there, and there it was and the latter groovy and funky, another quality tune that really made my day. There are about 16 songs here and there’s plenty of stuff for everyone – there are only a couple of tunes that I sort of totally found rather poignant and dull, but hey that’s just a drop in an ocean. The overall sound is so SAVA, but at the same time it’s also personal. I mean it’s evident, straight away that this guy is the guitarist of SAVATAGE, but there’s also character of his own. A large part of that “effect” is all because Chris handles all the vocals, lead and backing himself. This really stamps the songs with his personality. His voice is good, pretty darn good if you ask me. He has a manly, deep, heavy metal, delivery, passionate enough where it has to be passionate, gutsy and angry where aggression take over, more contemporary but never exceeding his abilities. Hence it’s very good. He’s not Tate, he doesn’t try to be Tate and that’s good. Making comparisons with his SAVE counrterparts he kind of reminds me of a rather different sounding Jon Oliva of the early SAVA days without the extremities and definitely nothing like their latter singer and nice Bon Jovi Replica that goes by the name of Zachary Stevens.
    Onwards to “Godamn War” it’s a really weird concept, a timeline and a skeptical overview of the Second and most recent war in Iraq. It’s not some super-catchy, easy listening affair. It’s really intense, it’s really angry and it asks a lot of questions. It’s nice to see that there are thinking people in the States. After having read the totally fundamentalist and rather provocative judgmental statements, full of patriotic overtones and religious propaganda of some so-called “High Profile” artists from the States, both metal and popular, I was getting kind of worried that people were just allowing themselves to be force-fed information that they then call their own personal opinion – which they, then, express freely, ah freedom of speech – a really tortured term that has been used to masquerade porn into art, charlatans into authorities, illiterate twats into presidents of Nations, ooops… Well this record is a testament to free thought and I ‘m glad to see that an American has the balls, to ask those questions, instead of just replicating propaganda and hiding behind his finger.
    It asks things that “some” people would rather dismiss or keep hush-hush. Politicians may play their games and make speeches and feel free from guilt, when they read passages from the bible to justify the unnecessary slaughter of an awful lot of people, for preemptive purposes, but it’s the little guy that gets fucked in the ass. It’s the soldier that gets slaughtered, the civilian that gets blown up or looses some vital parts, be it a Iraqi or some foreign reporter, the parent that loosed his child, the gas that goes up by 125% and the elderly who might not be able to afford even their medicine, but hey, we can easily afford to spend gazillions of dollars on weapons, because it is “necessary” to take “immediate” action, against some WMDs that are “somewhere”, probably in the fruitful imagination of those that give ultimatums, and ultimately save the day and the world. Ah thank god for all the superheroes that will save us from the world’s destruction in years to come, both on the silver screen and in real life. Oh, the irony. Isn’t thinking allowed after all – just as speech is free too? The whole record is wild, over flowing with passion and uncontrolled, I mean “Godamn War” is most excellent, “Curtains” is so eerie and soul stirring I was made actually sick. It’s really heavy and aggressive but what really stands out is the song “Saddamize”, not that it’s any better than the rest, because they ‘re all, good slabs of heavy metal, but because it’s so fucking weird. There’s a intro- spoken- in a bar- where people are discussing about the war, laughter and then a eastern harmony takes over and it just evolves into a very interesting song.
    Overall – I have to congratulate Chris Caffery for finding his own voice, and showing us his many “Faces” and for having the balls to make a statement about what he thinks is right and what is wrong about the war and for not trying to cash in, by writing an obvious ballad, about one of the darkest days of the modern history (9/11) like so many of his contemporaries have.

    Faces: 5/6
    GDW 4,5/6

    Ps. Not that it has any importance (for me music is above all) but this will come out as a double jewel-case, double digipack, double leather digipack and a wooden/metal box.
    There is a statue of a BUDDA in my driveway
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    No raindrops on me
    The wind blows 'round me

    ta spaw ta spaeis ta spaei, spasimpa

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    Quote Originally Posted by rockavlon
    Faces: 5/6
    GDW 4,5/6
    Quote Originally Posted by rockavlon
    emena sto cafferey m aresoun 7 apo ta 16 kommatia.
    gia osous den to gnwrizoun to cd tha kikloforisei apo thn ellhnikh Black Lotus

    Quote Originally Posted by rockavlon syxna pykna
    "akoute o,ti sas pasaroun ta periodika kai oi etereies"
    http://www.electricrequiem.com/viewtopi ... ght=gramma
    So you're climbing upwards through structures of metal and glass

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    xm..... KaLA EMPATHEIA sto 11/10

    loipon.... mou aresoun 7/16 kommatia, 3 ek twn opoiwn poly e !!!, allo ena einai i eisagwgh. kai apo ekei kai pera ta alla 8 den einai kaka. katholou tha elega. aplws epeidh yparxei poikilomorfia, den me trelanane emena. eimai apolyta eilhkrinhs. an deis kai th diarkeia de, m aresoun 47 peripou apo ta 76 lepta e ? alloi diskoi einai 40 lepta kai ta misa tous kommatia mpazoun kai pernoun kati 8aria kai 9 aria....
    esy filtate den exeis agorasei diskous pou na sou aresoun merika kommatia ? to psema mou kai i ypokrisia mou tha htan na pw 6/6 aristourghma, gamaei agoraste to, gamane ola. exw dei kritikes, pou anaferoun alla kommatia, kai an to thes to single pou einai to mold. EMEN px. DEN mou aresei ? OK ?
    enow des alles kritikes sto disko - paromoies gamobthmologies pairnei.
    enough. an diabaseis de kai thn kritikh thn ypoloiph, tha deis oti emperiexetai kai ena deutero CD, me 8 kommatia, ek twn opoiwn m aresoun ta 5-6 kai den psinomai me to amazing grace pou nai amerikaniko "ethniko" asma. pou omws ektelestika den einai kako... OK??

    to de olo paketo - 2 cd / einai sthn timh tou enos.

    kai dinw mia bathmologia 4,5 & 5

    4.75 dhladh.

    sta 6

    DEN einai kakos diskos se kamia periptwsh - kai KARAKOMPLEKSARES, pou tha poune thn kakia tous, xwris na to exoun kan akousei... ntaks. OYTE KAN akous to eidos... exwntas akousei kai tou theiou kalyva to solo, to opoio paizei na paei kalytera logw onomatos, sorry, alla tou kalyba einia mia omorfh ki orea arpaxth me deuteratzes twn sava, pou den tha kykloforousan kai metria sthn kalyterh fwnhtika.
    peran autou. epeidh kserw ton stas kai ton giwrgo, den mporw na exw apopsh ? SOBARA ?! exeis dikaiwma na diafwneis kai na mhn to agoraseis kai na mou apanthseis me EPIXEIRHMATA, oxi me ksena quotes ? eipa egw apo poia bgenei ??? ston boutzo mou. an ebgene apo allh tha to thaba ? sobara twra, katw apo 4.5 den tou bazw pou na xtypas ton kolo sou sto patwma. exw kamia emporikh sxesh me thn etairia ?

    dhladh otan tha kykloforhsei se merikous mhnes to CD - enos apo tous pio latreutous mou tragoudistes, to opoio exw akousei proparagwgh e ? TI STA GAMHDIA na kanw na pw, 3 einai sth black lotus par t arxidia mou, na mhn pei th malakia tou o kather roulhs ?! SYNELTHE !!!!
    There is a statue of a BUDDA in my driveway
    Rigid and stiff
    That's where the birds shit
    And he deserves it
    Me, like a blade of grass
    I bend profoundly
    No raindrops on me
    The wind blows 'round me

    ta spaw ta spaeis ta spaei, spasimpa

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    So you're climbing upwards through structures of metal and glass

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    ??? paragwgh pou nai kalh thn eipa ? kai to layout, eytyxws den einai ala leash law e ?! ntaks...

    den kserw ti les ...
    There is a statue of a BUDDA in my driveway
    Rigid and stiff
    That's where the birds shit
    And he deserves it
    Me, like a blade of grass
    I bend profoundly
    No raindrops on me
    The wind blows 'round me

    ta spaw ta spaeis ta spaei, spasimpa

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    de mpeirazei
    So you're climbing upwards through structures of metal and glass

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    sto silent nation i sto saxon giati den th les ?
    There is a statue of a BUDDA in my driveway
    Rigid and stiff
    That's where the birds shit
    And he deserves it
    Me, like a blade of grass
    I bend profoundly
    No raindrops on me
    The wind blows 'round me

    ta spaw ta spaeis ta spaei, spasimpa

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    To CD einai metriotato kai eidika 4-5 tragoudia einai APARADEKTA.To na eisai kitharistas stous Savatage de shmainei oti mporeis na piaseis kai ton papa apo ta paparia.Elafrws kalytero twn Leash Law.
    Bang that pussy that doesn't bang!

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    ntaks - den einai toso xalia oso px oi fields....
    There is a statue of a BUDDA in my driveway
    Rigid and stiff
    That's where the birds shit
    And he deserves it
    Me, like a blade of grass
    I bend profoundly
    No raindrops on me
    The wind blows 'round me

    ta spaw ta spaeis ta spaei, spasimpa

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    To "faces" einai arketa kalo me megali poikilia sta kommatia kai genika exei douleutei poli apo ton chris.to oti iparxoun sto album kapoia kommatia pou tha mporousan na leipoun gia na ekanan to album pio simpages einai alitheia alla auto de meiwnei to teliko apotelesma.stin teliki prosperaste auta ta kommatia.se genikes grammes eimai arketa ikanopoimenos apo mia prospatheia pou anelave eksoloklirou monos tou sinthetika.fade into the x,remember,the fall,never,abandoned einai merika apo ta kommatia pou ksexwrisa...

    oso gia to deutero cd to god damn war akougetai pio demeno kai gia mena einai san ena album twn doctor butcher me ton chris sta fwnitika(pou simainei oti an o Jon tragoudouse ta idia kommatia tha ta apogeiwne xwris na me xalaei etsi opws einai)

    auta...an to vathmologousa austira tha tou edina ena gemato 7,5/10

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    ta idia skata de leme ? apla egw den exw dikaiwma kata ton sympo epeidh kserw auton pou exei thn BLR kai eimai biased - kai kala ?!
    There is a statue of a BUDDA in my driveway
    Rigid and stiff
    That's where the birds shit
    And he deserves it
    Me, like a blade of grass
    I bend profoundly
    No raindrops on me
    The wind blows 'round me

    ta spaw ta spaeis ta spaei, spasimpa

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    rokavle na to po apla xoris quotes gia na to katalaveis

    einai PROKLITIKO na vazeis 5/6 (buy or die dld) se kritiki PERIODIKOU se ena album pou les oti saresoun 7 apo ta 16 kommatia tou,eno se kathe eukairia vrizeis to xamer oti proothei kai vazei synexeia adikaiologita ypsilous vathmous (gia ton alfa i vita logo).

    kai to olo gegonos ginetai akoma pio proklitiko dedomenis tis sxesis sou me tin black lotus.
    auta.

    tespa toulaxiston sauto to thema eisai poly pio aksioprepis apo tous ypoloipous pou ftynan to xamer me perissotero menos kai tora einai aksiosevasta meli tou.
    So you're climbing upwards through structures of metal and glass

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    orea afou to thes etsi. m aresoun 7+1+4 kommatia
    apla ta teleutaia 4 den kobw flebes enw me thn eisagwgjh kai ta 7 kobw..... SOU KANEI etsi ????? DHLADH pws theleis na sto pw... ? thewrw oti 7+1 gamoun, alla 4 einai kala alla den me trelenoun kai alla 4 den mou kanoun aisthisi pou ne sto disko ?

    12/16 ?


    buy or die einia to 6/6 mhn grafeis oti theleis.

    4.75 bgenei o mesos oros. apo ta dyo album.....

    kai diabses kai kritikh allou atomou pou ligo poly symfwnei.

    twra an thes na bgaleis ta dika sou epeidh eisai enas kapoios pio xwlwmenos pou akouei asxeta pragmata alla tha riksei ligo dhlhthrio ... megeia sou me xara sou.

    oute kapoios apo th black lotus me piese gia bathmologia, oute doulebw gia auth thn etairia, oute exw kapoio xrhmatiko ofelos apo to oti grafw sto invader? TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK ennoeis h sxesh sou m auth thn etairia ?!!?!?!??!?!?! e oti kserw ton idiokthth ths ? mhpws an bgalei kapoio typou astarte ? i phantom lord den tha tou dina ta 3 ? opws tha aksize ????
    nomizeis oti den kserw kai atoma apo alles etairies ??? ellhnikes kai ksenes ???!

    ANTE KANE MAS TH XARH DHLADH kai fysika AKOU TO GAMHMENO disko kai mhn bgazeis symperasmata, authaireta.
    There is a statue of a BUDDA in my driveway
    Rigid and stiff
    That's where the birds shit
    And he deserves it
    Me, like a blade of grass
    I bend profoundly
    No raindrops on me
    The wind blows 'round me

    ta spaw ta spaeis ta spaei, spasimpa

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    twra an thes na bgaleis ta dika sou epeidh eisai enas kapoios pio xwlwmenos pou akouei asxeta pragmata alla tha riksei ligo dhlhthrio ... megeia sou me xara sou.

    nai auto tha ftaiei mallon.to oti akouo asxeta (?) pramata.

    gia na sto ksekathariso ligo akoma.
    de me endiaferei an auta pou les tora isxyoun i oxi.apla opoiosdipote tha mporouse na vgalei to symperasma pou evgala ego.opote kane kai ligo kratei.auta.

    kai fysika AKOU TO GAMHMENO disko kai mhn bgazeis symperasmata, authaireta.
    auto itan asxeto.dld an ton akouso kai mou fanei teleios na rtho na sou po "giati re karagkiozi den tou vales 6/6?"



    buy or die einia to 6/6 mhn grafeis oti theleis.
    dialego tyxaia ena entheto me kritikes apo to PERIODIKO sto opoio ERGAZOSOUN.
    6 nekrokefales : se opoion de aresei to agorazoume emeis
    5 nekrokefales : ouden sxolio! buy or die!
    4 nekrokefales : ikanopoiitiko.aksizei tin prosoxi sas.

    de gkzero an stin ilektroniki morfi tou periodikou exoun allaksei auta.
    So you're climbing upwards through structures of metal and glass

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    e des thn hlektronikh morfh.... e twra ama krybesai kai pisw apo to daxtylo sou kai aforizeis me den m endiafei kai den kserw....

    e kai gw den kserw to

    SPGT??! auto me th gria telwspantwn pws bgainei...ahahahah bghke telika.. .xrhsimo i guess..
    There is a statue of a BUDDA in my driveway
    Rigid and stiff
    That's where the birds shit
    And he deserves it
    Me, like a blade of grass
    I bend profoundly
    No raindrops on me
    The wind blows 'round me

    ta spaw ta spaeis ta spaei, spasimpa

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