Back Breaker The Showdown

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  • Release Date: 08/19/2008
  • Sales Rank: 30,843
  • Label: TOOTH & NAIL RECORDS
  • UPC: 5099921377723

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Back Breaker

1LISTENTitanomachy: The Beginning 2:42
2LISTENHephaestus: The Hammer of the Gods 4:18
3LISTENAphrodite: The Disillusionaire 4:14
4LISTENAchilles: The Backbreaker 3:59
5LISTENPrometheus: The Fires of Deliverance 3:57
6LISTENCerberus: The Hellhound Awaits 4:27
7LISTENOdysseus: A Song of Hope 3:57
8LISTENAries: I Am Vengeance 3:26
9LISTENInfernus: You Will Move 4:00
10LISTENNemesis: Give Us This Day 3:53
11LISTENMedea: One Foot in Hell 5:13

Editorial Reviews

On the third full-length by the Showdown, 2008's Back Breaker, the fun-lovin' lads from Tennessee add some mythology to their metal, as each of the album's 11 tracks goes by two titles -- one that is straight out of Greek mythology, and another that is much more of the metal variety. Musically, the band still touches upon all the prerequisites of most up-and-coming metal bands roaming the earth circa the early 21st century -- Iron Maiden-like guitar bits, Metallica's chug-chug riffery, Pantera-esque shouted vocals, etc. Back Breaker is one fierce beast from start to finish, especially on such brutal selections as "[Hephaestus] The Hammer of the Gods," "[Achilles] The Backbreaker," and "[Aries] I Am Vengeance." There may not be a lot to musically differentiate this quartet from the rest of the metal pack, but Back Breaker does certainly succeed in capturing the roaring power of the Showdown. Greg Prato, All Music Guide

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This is the reason bands shouldn't listen to fans...by bogwatter

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May 06, 2009: so on their third album we find The SHowdown trying to return to the more abrasive sound that landed them the beginning of their large following on their debut album. The only difference is that their debut album had a certain spark of progress that this album made no effort to obtain. The songs on this disc sound tired and forced; it is lacking the brilliance that was on Temptation Come My Way. The only assumption one can make for the shift on this album is that they got tired of hearing people ask about the style change between the first 2 albums. This is sad because fans, generally speaking, do not know what they want. The result of listening to fans usually results in rehashed tripe that everyone has heard before which usually becomes formulaic and boring by the 4th song, not unlike this album. I am not trying to say that this is a bad album by any stretch; it would be a great album if it were thier first album, but it's not, then, is it? The point is that the progression between album one and album 2 plotted a idea for the directionality and momentum of progress we should expect from the band, but instead we got a mid summer re-run of what could be mistaken as old material. We should have known the economic downturn was coming because this was it's omen.