YES INDEED, THE NEW SHOWDOWN RECORD WILL BE REALLY GOOD, MUSCLE T’S BE DAMNED
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 at 4:49pm by Vince Neilstein
Southern hard rock / metallers The Showdown have a new record out August 19th called Backbreaker, and it’s heavier than anything they’ve done so far — not that their prior material wasn’t heavy or was bad by any means (in fact, Temptation Come My Way ranked among my favorite albums of ‘07), but the new stuff just hammers. It’s punishingly heavy, but artfully so; other than singer David Bunton’s pectoral-highlighting wardrobe choice, this isn’t a band that seems to feel the need to remind you of its masculinity at every turn. This is just really fucking good heavy music — this time around the band is channeling more Slayer and Metallica than Ratt and Motley Crue, but the results are no less catchy nor do they come across as trend-following. The Showdown have the songwriting maturity of a much, much older band.
Listen to the three new songs on their MySpace page.
-VN
I for one can’t wait for the new CD. Temptation Come My Way was in my top 5 albums of the year as well. The new stuff is amazing!!!
You guys have an unhealthy fascination with the singer’s muscle tees.
At least you can’t see the guitar players HEAVY METAL tattoos on his arms this time around.
I thought Temptation Come My Way was a decent album. I thought the previous one was better but I’m excited for them to return to a better heavy style.
I can’t believe it. Metalsucks acutally praising a Christian band, and a top fav of ‘07… ccrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzyyyyyy.
I haven’t taken the time to listen to these guys and now that i did listen to the 3 new songs, I must say they sound pretty good. Thanks for introducing me to a new band.
Not too shabby.I have heard some of the earlier stuff and some of the Temptation stuff, and thought they were overall alright.The earlier stuff reminded me alot of Shadows Fall and the new stuff sounds like these guys are gonna make some waves.
What’s the point of spending that much time in the gym if you’re NOT going to wear the tight muscle tee?
Eh, another few boring groove metal songs. Is it really necessary to bend the strings on every chord you play, I mean really? Reminds me of the similarly titled Throwdown’s latest album. This type of metal, while decent enough, is just as uninspired as radio rock like Nickelback. Sure, it’s heavier, but nothing new or unique. Sorry.
P.S. Why is the singer’s face 4 feet long?
…gay
At last years Ozzfest (freefest) in Tinley Park, David gave himself a bloody nose by punching himself with microphone in hand. That’s how metal they are. (Don’t know if he did that at all of the shows)
Has this album leaked yet? I don’t feel like waiting.
yeh its leaked