Easily an 85/100.

Talking about making too many Maiden threads.......

I dl'd the song Ken put up, it really wasnt that great.

Bought the new Poisonblack a few weeks ago. I do like this album, its faster and heavier than their 1st album. But i also like the sound from their 1st album.
Although Ville sings on this album, it doesnt have a Sentenced feel to it. The downside to this album is that there are around 2-3 rather average tracks that i will always skip whenever i'll spin the album again.
Having all that said, the new album is very good, but not awesome. I think that i still prefer Poisonblack's first album over this one...just

I think it has a huge Sentenced vibe to it which is what makes it sound so much different then the first one......

I think it has a huge Sentenced vibe to it which is what makes it sound so much different then the first one......

Cant hear any Sentenced vibe at all, totally different musicians (apart from Ville). Different lyrics, different structure.

If this was a Sentenced album....i would be very disappointed

I have every sentenced album, and i can easily tell that the new Poisonblack doesnt have many major sentenced qualities at all. Why turn Poisonblack into Sentenced II....Ville may have written the music, but its still different to what they did on Sentenced.

Like i said before, if this was a sentenced album, it would be the worst album the've done from Down onwards.

I say, bring back J.P, I preferred his voice in Poisonblack over Ville anyday

Lust Stained Despair is a very good album, that definately has a Sentenced vibe, which was avoided in their first release Escapexstacy. I do prefer Escapexstacy though, I prefer JP's vocals over Ville's and Escapexsatcy had two killer songs "With Her I Die" and "Illusion/Delusion". No song on Lust stained Despair quite reachs the level of those two songs.

escapexstacy: 85/100
lust stained despair: 80/100

It is total Sentenced and it is really just a natural progression from the funeral album. Maybe this is part of the reason they called it quits cos Ville wanted to go this direction? You know what this really sounds like besides the huge Sentenced vibe? It sounds like Tearstained from Charon before the went more pop/rock.

What's odd is that Ville was not the primary songwriter in Sentenced. In fact, he's written very few songs. So it's odd that Lust Stained Despair has such a Sentenced quality to it.

I suppose that even though not being the main writer, being with a bunch of guys and going through several writing processes with the years, one must learn and absorb a few things.

if you read many books by the same author tha you like, chances are your style of writing will most likely borrow elements of his writing style here and there. same goes for music.