Spice – Vocals, Bass

Swaney  – Guitar

Jokke – Guitar

Bob Ruben  - Drums

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preview-review by Matthew "Newbreed99" Haumschild___                    

Another round of Kayser for everybody! On October 16th, Kayser comes out with their second album but to be perfectly honest, I wasn’t expecting another album so soon. After I reviewed their first album, “Kayserhof,” I expected them to do some more promo work or maybe do an extended tour around the world. But since I listed to it, I haven’t heard much from the band. Where have they been? One EP and a brief hiatus later, here they are, the most modern 80’s thrash band on the planet. 

The Cake opens up the CD with a nice fast paced thrash bit that’s sure to piss off the neighbors at 7:00am. Everything about this song screams thrash including a long solo. Although it slows down after the 2nd chorus it comes back in a very Testament way with a vengeance. It’s a steady song with steady lyrics. 

Evolution is very catchy but it reminds me too much like “Good Citizen” or “Rafflesia” both from their previous album. It’s catchy but it’s not headbang or radio worthy. It’d be great for a movie soundtrack because it was put together nicely. The song has a walking pace to it but it’s very thrashy. The solo reminded me of a Slayer solo, I feel they just put one in there just because, I didn’t feel that it went along very well with the song. 

I didn’t like the title “Not Dead Yet”. It sounds too similar to Children of Bodom’s, “Are You Dead Yet?” Although, I must say that if Kayser was looking for a response to any of their songs off this album live, it would be this one. For the good majority of this song, I could see masses of people headbanging in unison. However, midway through the song, the beat takes a total u-turn and it’s very slow and the mood changed virtually without notice. I must point out that the guitar riffs and arrangements in this song are quite brilliant and for that sole reason is why it’s one of my favorites on the album. 

Turn to Grey’s verses are sung almost identically like Good Citizen it’s only when the chorus is sung when it’s completely different. This is quite a short song, which is uncharacteristic of the band. If I could change this song, I would make it much faster however by doing this, the band would sound more like Sepultura than it would Megadeth or Testament. 

Cheap Glue, I am baffled by the name of this song. This is the one song that stands out; it sounds more like a Black Sabbath or a King Diamond song than anything else. It’s a bit slower and much more moody than the other tracks on this disc. This one I had blasting in my CD player. This is another track that would be great for a movie soundtrack. I also like it because once the lyrics are learned by the masses, it would cause a loud frenzy amongst a crowded club. 

Sound quality: 
The mix seemed too flat to me. I could hear the solos, but they weren’t jumping out at me. I could hear the toms of the drums, but I couldn’t feel them. I could hear Spice, but I wasn’t hearing his emotions. I felt that the CD was mixed almost too good. It was mixed to the point that it was…bleh. I could hear every instrument perfectly but none of them stood out and said, “Listen to me god dammit! I am playing to you!!” I hate pro-tools and that’s all I’m going to say about that. 

Overall:
“Frame The World” wasn’t nearly as thrashy on this CD as “Kayserhof” was. But honestly, I thought the two were very similar. Nothing jumped out at me as much as the last album did and many of the songs were sung exactly like other songs. It’s an okay CD but I liked the other better. 

rating: 7/10  

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