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This is a super-solid group, bridging the Stoner/Doom sound with more traditional metal moves through a framework of sledgehammer riffing that could only be found in America’s northeast; you won’t hear sounds like this emanating from Georgia, Sweden, or anywhere else.
Although the group is from Albany, New York they seem to be more plugged into the Massachusetts metal underground as represented by groups like Milligram, Only Living Witness, or Roadsaw (all bands available at the moment through the Yperano Records mailorder). If you want to extend the northeastern sound out to Ohio and New Jersey, then add Rebreather and Solace into the mix; hell, how about the Stooges and Bongzilla? This is post-hardcore, cough syrup and opiates riff metal, yet despite what these things do to their typically disheveled users, the music itself is tight, dynamic, melodic and clear, seeming to sketch out a weird parallel world where hallucination and reality are fatally intertwined in a hermetic urban landscape. The incredibly heavy riffs provide the framework, but the vocals – dissipated, abstracted, mysterious – lead the listener into their own, strangely addicting universe. Mike Langone has the makings of a great singer, equally at home with a syrup-smooth delivery or a lung-vomiting scream, and this recently reconstructed version of the group is worthy of him in every way. Man, I just love those restrained little guitar solos!
Label: Small Stone Records ?- SS-057
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: 2005
Genre: Stoner Rock
Track listing:
1. Sinner Takes All
2. Taste of the Washed 3. Another Lesson 4. To the Limit 5. Check This Out 6. Mans’ Ruin 7. Twist of the Spine 8. R.I.S.E. 9. Deme su Coolo 10. Three Card 11. Wish I Was Gone 12. Flores de Sangre Mike Vitali (vocals, guitar); Michael Langone (vocals, percussion); Brendan Slater (bass guitar); Jared Krak (drums)
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