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The frenetic Irish stone-core squad is
back and let's see how the unstoppable groove machine is going on
since the Depths album.
Two songs would be enough to get an
idea.
Sixes: the sound, the riffs, the
nervous drumming: all you need to get a nice stiff-neck. Quite
classically rocking piece, until 2:38, where you just open your ams
to welcome a warm stoner part with the tapping and floor drums. Then
you can go back to the head-banging and the shaking of your right
leg, straight to the end of the song.
Verdict: a good old Comply or Die
piece, made of the power and the energy I already praised and happily
find again.
Three suns: a shorter one, with a nice
intro, and lots of vocal. If the previous one led me to known
territories, this one was a bit more difficult to enter. I am not a
fan of the singing. In Depths, I didn't mind it, because it was never
a central part of the songs. In Three suns, it is unavoidable, and I
think it is too much for me. I also had a problem first with the
small guitar solo at 1:41. I hate guitar soli, so I trained my brain
gets nasty as soon as my ears come across anything that sounds like a
solo (even remotely). But in this case, I soon discovered I had
over-reacted: what I (and probably no one else) would call the solo
part is preceded by the kind of greasy bass line I will never get
tired of, the real solo only lasts 10 seconds and it is quickly
drowned in a sonic mayhem so cool that I ended up looking for that
part.
Verdict: I suppose this song may be
more representative of the change in their sound announced in the
communication leaflet that goes with the single. If I got used to it
this time, I am not sure I would stand an entire album like that: too
much vocals for me, and I found it sounded a bit too clean.
Comply or Die is slowly drifting from
the sludge bank of the Wishkah to some Craggy Island costs. I enjoyed
the trip, and if you like wet stoner rock made by hyperactive old
children, check the single.
And this.
And this.
the bandcamp.
the site.
Objectivy is not a crime:
Belfast Metalheads reunited
