Matt Barlow (ex-Iced Earth, Ashes Of Ares, Sentinels)

Halfway through my first listen right now. The first three tracks are killer. "Punishment" suffers from mediocre melodies and lyrics, IMO, though the music is cool. "This Is My Hell" is a great tune.
 
Gonna be honest, Matt should go back to IE.

That was cheesier than The Astonishing.
 
This is easily the best song yet, mostly due to the presence of driving percussion, but it's still weird as hell.

Why is this album coming out in the dead middle of summer?
 
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Ashes of Ares returns with the long-awaited follow-up to their self-titled debut album. "Well of Souls" will be released on November 9th via ROAR - rock of angels records. The album presents an increased intensity and more wide-ranging sound which builds upon the foundation laid down by the first album and further solidifies Matthew Barlow (Official) and Freddie Vidales’ partnership in writing. Former Ashes Of Ares member and close friend, Van Williams, contributes the hammering drum beats, while Jonah Weingarten sets the mood, from the beginning, with a stirring instrumental intro to the album. The amazing artwork cover and layout is created by Kamil Pietruczynik. Available as Digipack CD, 2LP Black Vinyl, 2LP Turquoise/Black Splatter Vinyl, Streaming & Digital Download.

Track List:

1. Consuming The Mana
2. The Alien
3. Unworthy
4. Soul Searcher
5. Sun Dragon
6. Transcending
7. Let All Despair
8. In The Darkness
9. Spirit Of Man
10. Time Traveler
11. The God Of War
12. You Know My Name (Bonus Track)

Pre-Order "Well Of Souls" here:

http://bit.ly/AoA-Well-mm
http://bit.ly/AoA-Well-roar
 
Thank Dio! I thought Barlow would be consumed by his weird keyboard vocal album...

The first AoA album was solid and Freddie is a cool dude, I hope this one improves on the scope of the songwriting.
 
I like this song better than the last one and THAT SCREAM is awesome, but damn do I wish Matt would lay off the multi-tracked vocals sometimes.
 
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