One Day As A Lion EP | 
| Manufacturer: Anti/Epitaph
Buy New: $4.95
Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 500
Genre: alternative-metal-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 0 Minutes
ASIN: B001CDL2BK
Release Date: July 22, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Pleased July 23, 2008
A. Putnam
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have to agree with one of the other reviewers that the tracks on this album all sound pretty similar but the more I listened I was able to pick up on the differences. It gets better with repeated listens. Anyone that was a RATM fan will probably like this. Wild International and One Day As A Lion are definitely worth the price of the album. My only complaints are that I want to hear more and Zach's lyrics are more difficult to make out than on RATM albums.
 Welcome Back Zack July 22, 2008
A.N. (Auckland, New Zealand)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Zack,
Welcome back!!!
Whilst I like majority would prefer that these side projects be stopped and a new RAGE album surface (we live in a world of hope). Zack finally after nearly 8 long years offers us a 5 Track EP! Surely there has to be more than this in terms of songs written.
Stand outs are "Wild International" & "One Day As A Lion" which has that distinct Zack Rap, Hip-Hop Vocal Style but am I sensing some Morello like sounds made via the Keyboard here Zack?? If Audioslave werne't trying to play Rage Music with that washed up Cornell fellow, I think Zack is expressing (musically) he is missing Morello and the remaining memebers of Rage. The songs are a bit raw.
In saying that, Zack on the track "One Day As A Lion" has a greater grip of style (which I believe identify's with what Zack was hoping to achieve), that is no doubt a song that could have been worked to magical wonders by Morello/Wilk and Commerford. However it is nice to see something, finally.
My consenus: Stop the side-projects, your voic is still great and for the love of sanity in this politically corrupt world give us a new album!!
What are you guy's shy of, stop the indifferences, settle the scores and do what you were all born to do, make angry passionaite music with articulate lyrics. Having walked out on Rage in a way are you telling us that you no longer believe in what you started, to make that difference.
Thanks for the 5 track EP Zack after 8 - 13 years (apparently some state this has been in the works as far back as 1995?).
I only hope it won't be another 8 or so years before we see the rest of this album that has been kept very secret???!!!!
Go ahead and add to your cart July 22, 2008
Mikey Trunk (WV, USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
If i HAD to compare this EP to a Rage album, it's most like Evil Empire... and that's a good thing. However, it's not exactly typical RATM... i'd say it's less commercial for sure, and has a very different tone to it. Imagine Evil Empire without all the pretentiousness of Tom Morello's "National Anthem" riffs. Wild International (the most Rage-sounding song on the disc), If You Fear Dying, and One Day as a Lion are the stand out songs. I don't know anything about John or the Mars Volta, but his drumming is EXCELLENT on the entire recording. If you were ever a fan of Zack, you gotta buy this... it's cheap, if you need further incentive.
A mental kick to the face... July 23, 2008
Evan K. Morgan (Keene, NH)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Unbelievable album that only begins upon first listen. These five songs carry enough power and substance that some socio-political bands would hope for in a career. Rocha delivers lyrics up to par with that of 'ratm' and 'battle', while giving a fresh experimental/industrial sound. This has given my mind a wake up call that has been dormant for several months as Im sure it was intentioned.
Do yourself a favor - grab this beast and... WAKE UP!
 Return of Zack... July 22, 2008
B-Rock (Saint Paul, MN USA)
4 out of 12 found this review helpful
After I get over the excitement that Zack has returned to give us more politically charged music I wonder what took him so long... I like this release. I'd like it more if there were more dynamics in sound. I know the emphasis is on lyrical content but the songs sound a little too similar with the same tone/distortion for each track.
Take a listen to the song on their myspace page - if you like it you'll like the EP.
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