MUSINGS, PT. 2: ALBUMS I LISTENED TO YESTERDAY THAT I MAY SOME DAY LISTEN TO AGAIN
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 at 10:47am by Vince Neilstein
Fiftywatthead – Fogcutter: The band’s name aptly described their sound, but the name of this record should actually be Ballcrusher. Giant-sized, Mastodonian stoner metal that invokes equal parts Neurosis low-end and Kharma to Burn riffage, but often veers a bit too jammy / rambly for their own good.
Silencer – Divisions: Modern melodo-Euro-death-thrash; like The Arcane Order or Soilwork’s heaviest through the lens of Mnemic or (sometimes, almost) Meshuggah. Good chops and solid songwriting but lacking in the dynamics department both song-wise and vocal-wise. Nevertheless solid.
Silencer – “betrayal and massacre: an overture to germania”
Both albums:
(three out of five horns)
all i hear is the arcane order when i listen to silencer
fiftywatthead’s name describes their sound, huh?
Because… why??? Because that’s basically the minimum wattage amp that any gigging band would use? I’m confused. Is this just an example of trying to come up with something witty to write and sounding like you don’t know what you’re talking about as a result?