Review Welcome Reality will inevitably soundtrack thousands of summer and fall blowouts....Nero understand how to make things burn. -- Los Angeles Times. Glorious, splinter-thin moments when a sound is both free to do whatever it wants and still functioning as a new power source... -- The New Yorker. Nero's Joe Ray and Dan Stephens ache to bestow post-dubstep with its can-you-believe-this-sh*t? flash of stadium-size euphoria, enhancing (or defiling, depending on your perspective) the genre's bass-heavy payload with trancey synths and wailing vocals. -- SPIN Magazine
K**C
Epic
It has been awhile since I have found a music album that I can listen to without skipping track. I love all the songs. I was first introduced to Nero while I was watching a trailer for Borderlands 2. I wanted to know what the song was, looked it up, and put the band on my Slacker radio. "Doomsday" is my favorite track. This is good dubstep not just plain old 'wub wub'. I enjoy the female vocals that sound almost like they are from the 80s at times. Buy this album because it is good stuff.
J**R
New, unique sound, well done!
I saw their song, "Me and You" on some commercial on TV. To be honest, I dont remember the commercial at all, but the song certainly stuck. Taking a risk, I decided to buy the CD and see what else Nero had to offer, and was pleasantly surprised. Nero has a good, new age - electronica sound with heavy and deep bass tones. I enjoy the flow of their music as well as the lyrical talent of their singer. I highly recommend this.
M**Z
A New Classic
Nero has been around for a while, but this is their first full-length album. They start things off right with "Doomsday." That song always pumps me up. It's the first track on my workout mix. Nothing beats riding the river trails with this blasting through your headphones. "My Eyes" is another personal favorite. The human touch Alana Watson brings to Nero is instantly apparent and sets them apart from the rest of the male-dominated dubstep scene.It's not like anything else I've ever heard and it's good from beginning to end. If you like dubstep, or electronic music period, you owe it to yourself to buy this album.
J**S
New to dubstep, this is ace.
Growing up in the late 80s and early 90s, I was a fan of electronic music. I sort of fell out of in the early 2000s, but just recently I've stumbled across dubstep.While surfing on Amazon last night, I found this album. Based on the preview clips, I immediately ordered the CD. I've listened to some of the tracks on YouTube in full, and man -- powerful stuff. Good rhythm, some nice hard beats. It's a sound that up until about three months ago, I was mostly unfamiliar with. In a way it takes me back to my childhood, but it's just different enough to be genuinely intriguing.What I like about the tracks I've heard thus far is Nero's ability to balance smooth melody with throbbing rhythm. My major criticism of dubstep has been the way some artists rely almost entirely on the rhythm, to the point it begins to feel like discordant noise. Nero does not appear to fall into that trap.I can't wait to get the disc and hear all of the tracks. For anyone new to dubstep (or electronica in general), I suggest this as a good starting point.
J**S
From none to some
I'll keep this fairly short. I really haven't listened to much electronic music at all, mainly because I used to dislike it. However I heard "Strobe" by Deadmau5 and decided to give some of the stuff another try. This was the first CD I got, and I have to say if you are interested in electronic at all this is an amazing CD to start with, it has a little bit of everything. I won't get into specifics because I wouldn't know the correct terms to elaborate, but in my book if all the songs on your CD are amazing and you only have one bad song on there in "Crush on you" which is just terrible you have done an amazing job as far as I am concerned.
A**R
CD (new)
Shipped quickly and arrived in perfect condition
D**E
great album
Have recommended Nero to many friends, and compared it to such greats as "The Wall", "Operation Mindcrime", etc. One of the most well written albums i've heard in a long, long time. Definitely Dub-Step, but does a fantastic of fading in and out of lyrics, samples, DUB, ambient, etc. Again, I would buy this solely on it's level of composition, but the modern musical aspect takes it to a new level. One of the few albums I own that I can play for my lady friends and they will continue speaking to me afterwords.... - DeeZee
W**S
WOW
Fantastic. If you are in to new age/dance, this is one to get. Very clean music. As soon as I was done with this CD I wanted more. I found they are playing here in Denver in a few days - damn sold out... and I know why... they are good. Alana Watson - the voice behind Nero is great and haunting - leaves you wanting more. I'm on the edge of my chair waiting for their next release... HURRY!!!
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