Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events
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Danza III: The Series of Unfortunate Events is the third release by American extreme metal band The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
. The album was released July 6, 2010 via Guy Kozowyk's Black Market Activities
.
has summoned one of the most vile sounding and entertaining extreme music releases of the year." Skulls N Bones writer Carlos Moreno gave the album an extremely positive review, even going so far as to call it "the best CD of 2010 in [his] professional opinion."
Sputnik Music writer John Henry Pitts gave the album a 4 out of 5 noting that the only drawback was "mainly due to how closely the band, for the most part, stick to their newly found template of chaotic epicness." However, he praised the band for creating "a sense of fun and vitality that has been sorely lacking in a scene the emphasizes grisly posturing over musical creativity and innovation." Allmusic's Greg Prato scored the album 2.5 out of 5, commenting that the album was surely one of the most ferocious works to come from a fairly young band. However, he was more critical of the repetitive quality of the nonstop sonic onslaught, which he suggests begins to work against the band as many of the songs become increasingly predictable.
Production
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza is an American extreme metal band, from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 2004, the group derived their name from celebrity Tony Danza, upon one of his professions being tapdancing...
. The album was released July 6, 2010 via Guy Kozowyk's Black Market Activities
Black Market Activities
Black Market Activities is an independent record label which was founded in 2003 by Guy Kozowyk, the singer of the Boston, Massachusetts, based metal band The Red Chord.-History:...
.
Critical reception
Danza III has received generally positive reception. The NewReview gave the album 4.5 out of 5 stating, "[s]imply put, The Tony Danza Tapdance ExtravaganzaThe Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza is an American extreme metal band, from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 2004, the group derived their name from celebrity Tony Danza, upon one of his professions being tapdancing...
has summoned one of the most vile sounding and entertaining extreme music releases of the year." Skulls N Bones writer Carlos Moreno gave the album an extremely positive review, even going so far as to call it "the best CD of 2010 in [his] professional opinion."
Sputnik Music writer John Henry Pitts gave the album a 4 out of 5 noting that the only drawback was "mainly due to how closely the band, for the most part, stick to their newly found template of chaotic epicness." However, he praised the band for creating "a sense of fun and vitality that has been sorely lacking in a scene the emphasizes grisly posturing over musical creativity and innovation." Allmusic's Greg Prato scored the album 2.5 out of 5, commenting that the album was surely one of the most ferocious works to come from a fairly young band. However, he was more critical of the repetitive quality of the nonstop sonic onslaught, which he suggests begins to work against the band as many of the songs become increasingly predictable.
Track listing
Personnel
The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza- Jessie Freeland - vocals
- Josh Travis - guitar, bass
- Mike Bradley - drums
Production
- Josh Travis - producer
- Jeremiah Scott - engineer
- Nick Zampiello - mastering
- Rob Gonnella - mastering
- Steve Blackmon - mixing
- Michael J. Windsor - art direction and design