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Titanic: Maiden Voyage (Collector's Edition) Heavy Metal Black Sea (1996), Retroactive Records March 30th, 2010
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Review
The debut album Maiden Voyage by the Christian Heavy Metal act Titanic was originally released back in 1996. Now, released in 2010, comes a remixed, remastered, as well as partially re-recorded version of the band's debut album, almost making it like a whole other release from the original. This new edition of the album also features drums from Stryper's own Robert Sweet. But, does this make the album any better then it originally was? While Maiden Voyage has a few good tracks, the problem is that much of the album sounds so insanely similar. While "Nightmare" is a good track that will cause the listener's interest to rise, and "You've Got Nothing On Me" is a pretty good track that really hits home in a commanding manner, it's the chunk of tracks "Gods of War" through "Ocean of Blood" that really start to sound similar to the first two, as well as each other. Not only does the music sound pretty lackluster, but the performance of the songs are practically similar with only some slight alterations to make them sound different, such as an added chord, played slightly faster, and/or more "intense" vocals utilized. There's really nothing else all to spectacular about this release. "Hollywood Blvd." really does shake things up a bit by having a bit of glam feel to it (obviously given the nature of the song) as well as more speed and an intensity you'll only hear again if you go back to "You've Got Nothing On Me". "I Am Watching You" is another stand out track that changes up the structure of the album a bit thanks to how the chorus is sung, as well as thanks to the simple but well fitting guitar solo. Other then that, there's nothing else that is really here that comes off as thoroughly enjoyable. Of course there's the track "Freak Show", which really stands out by the band trying to set a sort of a carnival feel to the album, but it's just another slower paced track you've already heard. COLLECTOR'S EDITION: As stated, the Collector's Edition of Maiden Voyage is almost as if you're listening to a whole new product. The Almost all the "re-" aspects of the album work for it's favor, such as the remastered audio quality, and the remixed sound. The album also comes with some new artwork, but that's really not much for you to go out and pick this up. The newly recorded elements sound great and work with the recording as well, so if you're a fan of this band or the album, it's worth picking up if you need to replace the original, or just weren't happy with the overall sound of the original pressing. Overall, if you have never heard Maiden Voyage by Nevada based Titanic, then there's no real need to rush out and buy this as soon as possible. The release has a couple good tracks on here that are worth checking out, but aside the four, maybe five decent tracks total with the rest sounding almost exactly the same. It's clear that Titanic has the potential to be a good act on their debut release, and this reissue of the album definately helps prove that point, but either way this release doesn't feature anything too special, and will only have you come back for a few select cuts for a very short amount of time.
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