Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Should Have Been Better

Tim "Ripper" Owens always sounds good on vocals, no matter what. And if the entire Beyond Fear debut album had been like the opening cut "Scream Machine," it would have gotten five stars. But this CD is a bit inconsistent, with most songs being rather average--and at least one cut, "Coming At You," being quite weak. "Ripper" Owens has been on the vocal end of at least one CD that is superior to this one, namely Iced Earth's "The Glorious Burden" (which is a masterpiece!). Beyond Fear does contain some solid, aggressive power metal but overall it lacks consistency and the lyrical content is weak, too; for instance, the song "Telling Lies" seems to be a slam at President George W. Bush but no matter what you may think of why or how we got into the war in Iraq, Metal is not the musical genre to tackle political issues. Leave that to the Bob Dylans and U2s of the world.