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| Kingdom Come: Rendered Waters |
Hard Rock
SPV Records
April 5th, 2011
- Can't Deny - 4:05
- The Wind - 3:46
- Blue Trees - 3:22
- Should I - 6:24
- I've Been Trying - 3:35
- Pushing Hard - 5:14
- Seventeen - 4:35
- Is it Fair - 4:09
- Living Out of Touch - 4:06
- Don't Remember - 3:06
- Break Down the Wall - 4:23
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Release length: 46:43
Review posted on April 9th, 2011
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| | Overall Score: 8/10 |
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| Discography |
Discography covers all information available up to day of review and is updated if future albums are reviewed. |
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Kingdom Come (1988) | In Your Face (1989) | Hands of Time (1991) | Bad Image (1993) | Twilight Cruiser (1995)
Master Seven (1997) | Too (2000) | Independent (2002) | Perpetual (2004) | Ain't Crying for the Moon (2006)
Magnified (2009) | Rendered Waters (2011)
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| CD Single(s): |
What Love Can Be (1989) | Living Out of Touch (21989) | Get it On (1989) | Who Do You Love (1989) | Do You Like It (1989)
Overrated (1989)
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| Live CD(s): |
Live & Unpligged (1996)
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| Review |
Kingdom Come has existed for quite some time, but for the most part, at least here in the States, the group has remained pretty unknown. This now prodominantly German line-up return with their twelfth full-length offering, Rendered Waters, and while it retains some of the bands original spark that threw the band into the spotlight with their debut self-titled album in 1989, the band continues to incorporate some interesting musical aspects to the music. The question, however, is whether these little additions that have been showing up through the band's more recent discography work in the favor of the album or not.
The band has been compared to Led Zeppelin quite a lot throughout the years, and with Rendered Waters, it's hard to deny this fact even further. The more Blues-oriented Rock style found on the album feels pretty strong in the long run, and the more atmospheric-driven segments of the albums, such as the more epic-sounding track "Should I" really puts a nice spine on the music that builds up past a traditional Blues influence. Of course, this isn't the only track to find such background atmosphere, as it appears throughout the release, and really just makes the album feel more like an eclectic emotional trip through what makes Rock and Blues so prominant in the first place.
But one of the things that stands out with this effort is what sounds more like an Adult Contemporary Rock influence, along the lines of acts like Ours, but yet still has more of an experimental vibe that one might expect from Tool in some tracks, such as with the song "The Wind". But for the most part, the album also seem to have a bit of a Southern vibe to it outside the Blues input. "The Wind" is the first example of this, and it remains strong throughout the entire release, showing up strongly in "I've Been Trying" and "Is it Fair" among others. However, that general vibe steps aside for "Don't Remember", which captures a strong Blues Rock sound with a strong, emotional ballad with a movie guitar solo. Couple that with the more nasal singing that sounds good with the music, having a little more energy to them in a more eighties Glam Rock or even Rush-style band outside that specific style. However, the vocals do tend to become a little much, sometimes going a little off key like with "Blue Trees" and "Should I", but some tracks boast a phenomenal performance, such as "Break Down the Wall" which comes off like an eighties Rock song with nice layered vocals in the chorus to add a little more of an emotional impract, as well as a strong performance then what typically appears on the tracks of this recording. Really, this track shows the most promise of all the songs on this release, and is the most memorable of them all as well, with only the opening "Can't Deny" being as memorable thanks to it's heavy guitars and haunting melodic chords.
While Rendered Waters does have some fantastic tracks to it, like "Can't Deny", "Should I" and "Break Down the Wall", the music does start to become a little repetitive after a while, and a little lackluster. "Seventeen" starts this feeling of filler material, but the songs never really seem to become bad, just drawn out and not as memorable. By the time you reach "Living Out of Touch", the album will start to just sound like a bit of burden due to the lack of really inspiring material. However, once the ballad "Don't Remember" kicks in, you'll be ready for round two, and "Break Down the Wall" will leave the listener ready to go back into the album for a few more songs. "Pushing Hard" makes for a good song prior to the start of the filler material, as it's a strong atmospheric track once again, similar to "Should I", but a little more upbeat. "Seventeen" itself isn't necessarily a bad song, but it just feels repetitive of what we've already heard, leaving the listener to expect the chorus of "Should I" instead of just coming off as sharing a common atmospheric vibe, as well as far less inspiring.
In the end, if you've been a fan of Kingdom Come's previous efforts, in the past or in the modern entries of their discography, it's really not a bad album and is well worth a spin. Rendered Waters makes for a laid back, reflective, and often relaxing emotional ride through Rock and Blues with a few entries to a more experimental of Adult Contemporary level of music. Sure, it has a few filler tracks, but they are still decent and shouldn't really deflect any interest in this release. While not one of their strongest releases, Kingdom Come does not disapoint with Rendered Waters.
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Digital review copy of this release provided by:
SPV Records
via Freeman Promotions.
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