Track Listing

1. The All Night Lights
2. We Gave It Hell
3. The Back Harlow Road
4. Clear The Coast
5. Waiting On A War
6. Only A Year Or So...
7. Absent Are The Saints
8. Vast And Vague
9. When Distance Is The Closest Reminder
10. Northern November
11. The Tide And Its Takers

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9872 in Music
• Released on: 2008-05-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

CD Description
36 Crazyfists is evidence that there's a beauty in isolation, a newfound purpose from even the worst of tragedies, and that heavy metal and hard rock music doesn't have to be all doom and gloom to have power. Now an integral part of the ever-expanding Ferret Music family, 36 Crazyfists recorded their new album, The Tide And Its Takers, with guitarist Steve Holt at the helm and the legendary Andy Sneap at the mixing boards, which promises to turn even more heads than before. Throngs of fans across the UK, Europe and North America have embraced the band, who will spend the summer of 2008 on the European circuit playing festivals such as Download and Graspop before returning to the US to take part in the inaugural Rockstar Mayhem Tour with Slipknot and Disturbed.

Customer Reviews

same as always and thats a good thing
I couldnt agree more with my one and only fellow reviewer here,this album does take a while to appreciate,on the first spin i thought this was terrible,nothing seemed to stick in the mind and it all sounded the same,the second spin opened a few doors for me and each listen after has helped me believe that this is a very good,dependable album from the alaskan boys.
This is the fourth album from the band now and the changes from when they started until now and very diminutive,they have their style and they stick to it,some may find this a surprise as roadrunner dumped them after their last albums poor sales,the label 'ferret' has taken them on board and this album is much the same as before and thats ok with me.
Vocalist brock has sharpened his scream somewhat but calls that this would be their heaviest album yet havent bore fruit in my opinion,the guitars are still the same and while there may be more screaming there is still as much clean vocals as you can shake a stick at.
The album itself contains the familiar jagged riffs with the odd breakdown thrown in and the same crashing drums and of course well structured tracks that have melodic and memorable choruses.
The odd moment is wasted here but generally and to cut a long story short this is a fine album,business as usual,no new tricks,nothing brave or different,one thing that remains foremost is that 36 crazyfists are still a very important metal band and this is a little beauty in 2008.

Makes up for a first impression
I absolutely love 36CF, and had to buy this album. At first I wasn't majorly impressed, I liked it nonetheless, but didn't find it anything special like I did with Rest Inside the Flames.

But the songs still draw you in, and after ending up listening to it several times, you realise it is a quality album.

The songs vary in the level of interest they maintain, but I always felt that was 36CF problem.

Not every song is the same either, some songs such as The All Night Lights and Absent Are the Saints are strict modern metalcore, breakdown a-plenty and melodic-yet-heavy riffing. Some take a dissonant rock 'n' roll approach like Every Time I Die's earlier stuff ("The Black Harlow Road" for example), and some are more recognisable as 36CF, with their signature melodic sound ("The Vast and Vague" showing this best for me).

It is quality, but only after adapting to it. They're changing stylistically, to keep the band interesting to fans and themselves alike, but I'm dubious as to where they'll go from this.

Either way, a sound album /.

Pretty good after a few listens
I've managed to listen to this even though it isn't out for another month. At first I didn't like it that much, but it has grown on me.

Track 1 - The All Night Lights 'i've seen life through death under the weight of it all we all collapse' is a good melodic metal song that will get you driving that little bit faster. 9/10

Track 2 - We gave it Hell is another fast paced song with a catchy chorus, but not as good as the opener. 7/10

Track 3 - The Back Harlow Road 'never above, never below, always each side' starts off with some nice Brock vocals then the chorus is screamed out. A great song 9/10

Track 4 - Clear the coast is a scremo song that sounds like it could have Howard Jones (KSE) in it?? This song is just ok 6/10

Track 5 - Waiting on a war starts off really slow. 'This is panic setting in' around the minute mark this song comes alive and is pretty good 7/10

Track 6 - Only a year or so is a song about a woman not recognizing her boyfriend who is gone to war and changed as an individual. This is a clever song and will get you thinking 7/10

Track 7 - Absent are the Saints gets back to the frantic metal screaming and great guitar and drums with excellent chorus. 8/10

Track 8 - Vast and Vague is a song that will hit you one minute then be relaxing the next and back to hitting you again. 7/10

Track 9 - When distance is the clostest reminder starts off with a nice guitar section then sing/scream mostly throughout the song. Turn it up loud and rock out 8/10

Track 10 - Northern weather has excellent drums and nice beat to it. The most rock song on the record, this could easily be a single 9/10

Track 11 - The Tide and its Takers the album title is an acoustic song with Brock showing off his vocals and is a nice album closer 9/10

Overall, I would say you have to listen to this album a few times to get into it as I didn't like it at first. I would say this is better than 'rest inside the flames' and would give this 7/10 overall.