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Following the both curious and revelatory stylistic detour provided by the previous years largely acoustic and country-fried Starve the Dead EP, Richmond, VAs Throttlerod resumed their usual heavy rock stock-in-trade for a third full-length album with a nondescript title, 2006s Nail. And how: over the course of ten songs and 40-odd minutes, the trio wastes little time on dynamic variety in order to take full advantage of producer Andrew Schneiders (Cave In, Milligram, the Blue Man Group) in-your-face but distinctly dry-sounding mix. This, when married to the layered precision riffing made possible by main man Matt Whiteheads being the only guitar player left in the band, lends new cuts like “Prizefighter,” “Shovel,” and the bass-heavy “Stand ‘Em Up” a taught discipline reminiscent of Helmet. Elsewhere, speedy cuts boasting shouted choruses such as “Big Name,” “Teething,” and the title cut split the genre differences between hardcore and stoner rock, while on the noticeably grungier “Horse Paw,” “A Fly on the Fault Line,” “Rabbit,” and “Indian Head,” Whitehead takes on a Chris Cornell-like growl to complement the often Soundgarden-reminiscent guitar parts and start-stop punctuations on display. Ultimately, it all adds up to a derivative but not exactly imitative selection of songs, whose greatest deficiency is simply not being all that memorable when all is said and done. Avowed Throttlerod fans will likely find much to enjoy, but for neophytes Nail is a competent, workmanlike, decidedly unspectacular outing overall.
Full-length, Small Stone Records
April 2006
1. Prizefighter 04:26
2. Stand ’em Up 05:32
3. Horse Paw 04:03
4. Big Name 04:01
5. A Fly on the Fault Line 04:00
6. Nail 02:50
7. Rabbit 03:42
8. Shovel 04:16
9. Teething 03:16
10. Indian Head 05:36
Total playing time 41:42
Throttlerod:
Matt Whitehead (vocals, guitars);
Chris Sundstrom (electric bass, background vocals);
Kevin White (drums).
Additional personnel: Andrew Schneider (vocals).
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