Song Listing:

  1. All That Remains
  2. Static X
  3. Slayer
  4. Lamb Of God
  5. Helmet
  6. Disturbed
  7. Blue October
  8. Drowning Pool
  9. Avenged Sevenfold
  10. Eighteen Visions
  11. Opiate For The Masses
  12. Bullet For My Valentine
  13. Ministry
  14. Mastodon
  15. Hydrovise
  16. Hourcast
  17. Meshuggah
  18. The Smashup
  19. Ghost Machine
  20. Charlie Clouser



Artist:   Various Artists
Title:    ”Saw III” - soundtrack
Label:    Artists Addiction Records
Release Date:    10/24/2006
Genre:   Melodic Death Metal/Heavy Metal

Rating:    3/5

Written By:   Ken Pierce (copyright 2006) for PiercingMetal.com

Once you have stopped shaking in your boots from the terror-filled gore fest that is the movie “Saw III”; you can put on this CD and find your blood boiling again instead of running cold in your veins. Yes, this soundtrack is just the type of release to help do it and get your energy levels high and excited instead of finding them in fear of the dark and sudden noises from alley. I admit that soundtracks for movies such as this don’t usually impress me but on top of this edition featuring some truly killer bands they do also offer a particular launch point. Does anyone remember the movie Daredevil? Well, that soundtrack helped out a little band called Evanescence, so there is just a chance that some of the newer groups in the eyes of the masses on this release can benefit from it.

Immediate favorites on the release are “This Calling” by All That Remains as they are one of the best new Melodic Metalcore outfits around. There is also new music from both Lamb Of God and Mastodon who prove on their new albums that brutality in Metal does not come at the sacrifice of style and delivery. As you listen to their contributions you can better understand why they are leaders in the Metal world of today. Notables Meshuggah, Slayer and Ministry round out the most classic artists on the album while Bullet For My Valentine, Eighteen Visions and The Smashup show that the future looks to be bright in the Metal world. For a soundtrack this was a pretty good one and makes for a pretty consistent listen. There are enough worthwhile songs on this for it to be worth looking into.

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