Inkster Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 For all you who seen Mendeed play with Weapon in Glasgow and said they were crap,and for those of you who saw them support DragonForce at Moshulu and slay, here is Kerrang's review of the new album:With an iron clad reputation for utterly ferocious live shows and the kind of instrumental wizardry you only hear from bands destined for greatness, it comes as no surprise that the first full length from Glaswegian metal beserkers Mendeed is heavy. As. Fuck.But 'This War..' is far more than a mere slab of metallic might. Buried within these 12 shiver-inducing odes to the majesty of Iron Maiden and the hard edged brutality of The Haunted there's a vitality and inventiveness that screams Mendeed's status as one of the UK's finest metal acts from the rooftops.If it isn't the two pronged attack of guitarists Steph Gildea and Steven Nixon's finger-shredding classicism on tracks like 'Remains Of The Day' or 'Stand As One Fight For Glory', it's drummer Kevin Matthews' mechanised percussive assault and singer Dave Proctor's throat-ripping fervour on 'Beneath A Burning Sky' that castrates the glut of metalcore acts jamming the store shelves and replaces it with something old-fashioned - great fucking songs.But it's really 'The Mourning Aftermath'- a potent brew of metal might that gives way to a gorgeous, violin backed soundscape guaranteed to send shivers down your spine - that proclaims this Scottish quintet's unique identity and vision.Mendeed, simply, own - and with 'This War...' they've won their first battle for metal supremacy. KKKK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladeola Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Errr...I dont remember anyone thinking Mendeed were crap when they played with us at cathouse in Glasgow...i remember our crowd loving them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkster Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I read the reviews on here and most people thought they weren't up to much.Maybe I embellished by saying crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladeola Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 i think maybe it was due to the fact that they kind of put in a very kind of autopilot performance if you know what i mean. They were doing the promoter a favour by playing. They were still awesome that night. It's not something that we would ever do...we play every show like its our last to be totally honest wether to twenty people or 6000 but hey, Mendeed are a great band.Good luck to them. I hope MMw's and Mendeed's paths cross again soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkster Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Oh ok.I get what you're sayin.I hope they cross again too.Coupled with Eta Carinae it would make an awesome line-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scootray Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I saw Mendeed at The Arches in Glasgow last May when they were supporting Avenged Sevenfold. They were really good I thought, no complaints from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 They are coming to Aberdeen soon with Element 106 supporting:up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkster Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 When's the date Hog?Wanna see them and E106 tickets on sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 When's the date Hog?Wanna see them and E106 tickets on sale?Will let u know asap man:up: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 have eta carinae changed their name again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest five years Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 have eta carinae changed their name again?nope..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkster Posted January 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 Yes they have.They're now called think:fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordred Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 I saw Mendeed at the Camden Underworld in August and i thought they were nothing special. The band who supported them Malefice were a hundred times better.I missed them when they supported Dragonforce but i wouldn't mind seeing them again as you cant really judge a band on one performance.Keep me in the loop HOG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon Of The Fall Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 i couldnt care less what kerrang say, they are boring and uninspiring metal and whilst im sure thats ok for many people it doesnt make them anything other than another average band (like bleeding through for example) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inkster Posted January 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 So who's review do you trust?Terrorizer?Or nobodies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon Of The Fall Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 Terrorizer are normally pretty spot on. but im sure you'll all agree that you cant judge an album based purely on reviews (unless of course every review gives somthing 10/10 or somthing fairly bad) i've seen Metal Hammer give Dissection 3/10 only for a review of the same album in the back of the same issue (the "underground" section) giving a fantastic review. you can usualy bet that terrorizer will give things totally diffrent scores compared to metal hammer and kerrang, and terrorizer are usually right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 i couldnt care less what kerrang say' date=' they are boring and uninspiring metal and whilst im sure thats ok for many people it doesnt make them anything other than another average band (like bleeding through for example)[/quote']Almost agree 100%, I'd replace the word 'average' with 'gash', though........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorge Posted January 8, 2006 Report Share Posted January 8, 2006 So who's review do you trust?Terrorizer?Or nobodies?The latter, all music magazines are full of horseshit........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bladeola Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 terrorizer know what they are on about...see their review of MMW at our myspace. www.myspace.com/mymindsweapon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 nope.....they are called think:fire now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mordred Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 Terrorizer are normally spot on the money as they dont follow trends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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