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Great rock albums recently from the Metro Detroit area:
Avatars— Never a Good Time
The Human Eye— s/t
IfIHadaHifi/Modern Machines— Hot Nuggets ep split
The Destroyed— Russian Roulette (reissue)
The High Strung— Moxie Bravo
― js (honestengine), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 18:38 (seventeen years ago) link
I dunno.
I dig the Spank Rock and (intermittently) the Gnarls Barkley records. Funny, smart, catchy, well-suited to yr traditional summertime applications. And I'm looking forward to Plastic Little, which should drop sometime soon. Goofball indie rap. Dunno that any of that shit would appeal to folx who define their tastes in terms of the Swans, tho...
On the "pained and gnarly" tip, may I suggest that "Shallow" by Pissed Jeans is FUGGIN' AWESOME? I was pointed towards this by some ILM folk just the other day, and majestic ass-rulage quickly ensued. Nasty, vacant garbage with a BIG nod to Flipper and the Drunks with Guns. Plus wheedly little gtr leads buried in the muck, to give it "the edge."
Warhammer 48K? Dunno where they're from, but check their "Uber Om" LP from a few months back. Not "metal", zactly, though horns are thrown with some abandon. Basically, you got yr. sludgy, primal, pounding noises, with other noises that want to make holes in your eardrums, often instrumental, but with hideous bellowing glued on here and there. Then again, they've got a "sensitive" side and tend to go all Slinty when you least expect it. Even kinda catchy, if that's yr bag...
The new Unholy Trance LP ("The Trident") ain't quite as ass-kicking as last year's "In the Red", but it's still pretty fuckin' kickass. Some almost-kinda-psuedo-emo vox and briefly "soaring" chords in the opening moments briefly bummed my shit out, but that turned out be an "overture" or something (?), and from there on, it's bleak and filthy and HEAVY AS HELL. Somewhere in between Eyehategod and the Melvins, with a trace or two of Khanate creep, and shit, they even condescend to go all Motorhead occasionally. Which is nice.
BARONESS. Fuckin' Baroness, dude! Fuck! Their "Second" EP came out late last winter, and it decided to be AWSOME (yes, awesome is always in caps). Less Maiden than 2005's "First", but more bigger-than. Borrows all that cool-but-boring Isis shit and just mashes it to a bloody pulp. Hell, they even throw in a few tasty, melodic guitar leads to keep it real. Maybe a bit too impressed by the Mastodon band, but so what? Aren't we all?
Finally, I love the hot, wet shit out of the "Witch" album by the band that is also called Witch. It has some old guy in it (who plays guitar and who looks like Tiny Tim), but the main point is that it is RAD. People say that it is "stoner rock," but whatever for that. It is the fully heavy Sabbath shit, with hilarious Geddy Lee vocals and songs about wizards (natch). Amazing tunes, crazy heaviness, and lots of excellent, D&D-type mystery themes. Best thing of this sort in AGES.
Oh, but more finally than that, Akimbo's "Forging Steel and Laying Stone" should be heard by people. Massive, crazy hardcore-metal-BUTTRAWK from the lumber country regions. Ignore the fact that it is on Alternative Tentacles: it is actually worth it. The singing is much less cartoonishly "core" than on past releases, and the action is totally go. Highly recommended for those about to rock...
― fuckfuckingfuckedfucker (fuckfuckingfuckedfucker), Thursday, 6 July 2006 12:41 (seventeen years ago) link
Why the fuck do I keep say "Unholy Trance"? It's goddam
UNEARTHLY TRANCE, goddam it! Unearthly, Unholy -- see? There's a BIG difference.
Unearthly is all about the cosmic shit, while unholy is more about devils and stuff. I mean, it's all cool, but that doesn't mean that they should be together in people's mouths. Right?
Fucking kill me now.
― fuckfuckingfuckedfucker (fuckfuckingfuckedfucker), Thursday, 6 July 2006 12:47 (seventeen years ago) link