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HOLY SHIT, THE CHARIOT, YOU ARE BLOWING MY MIND

 Friday, October 15th, 2010 at 11:30am by

the chariot - long live

Last night Axl and I (along with Good Fight Entertainment via the Internet drones at YouSendIt) shared the following email exchange upon both being sent The Chariot’s new Long Player Long Live:

Good Fight via YouSendIt: “This link is good for 1 download of The Chariot – Long Live. the link will be active for 48 hours. please download asap. thanks!”

Vince [to Axl]: “Holy shit. This RIPS.”

Axl: “I DLed it but still need to listen.”

Axl [20 minutes later]: “Wow. I think this dude must have been single handedly responsible for how awesome those old Norma Jean albums were. Either that, or he and the band had a SERIOUS divergence in artistic intent.

Obviously it’s a little of both; it’s clear now what Josh Scogin’s influence was in Norma Jean, as both bands’ post-2003 output has been a testament to that. I rather enjoyed what I heard of Norma Jean’s recent release Meridional, but Long Live is a completely different ballgame; these two bands are so different in 2010 that they barely even justify being discussed together anymore.

So let’s not mention the N[J] word for a minute and just focus on the C word. While The Chariot’s prior endeavors have all been really heavy and have all been really good, Long Live takes things to the next level.

It’s heavy as fuck, it’s chaotic yet controlled — about to fly off the rails at any moment only to suddenly come to a coordinated halt — and it’s bizarrely catchy in its pure post-hardcore meets grind mayhem. If not for the stigma of being associated with a Christian record label there’s no reason this band shouldn’t be considered as cool as The Dillinger Escape Plan or <insert cool kids scene band here>. Long Live is their first album for secular label Good Fight Entertainment, so we’ll see what the former masters of Ferret can do to shed this band’s Christian stigma and let the music be heard by unbiased ears.

Get a taste of new song “The Audience” at The Chariot’s MySpace. It’s just a taste, but boy is it delicious. Long Live comes out November 23rd and is available for pre-order here; the first 500 pre-orders (of any kind) receive a free signed, hand numbered silk screen poster (pictured above).

-VN

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  • John

    Saw this band back in 2003, they played 3 songs and destroyed everything. It was awesome.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Fritz-Pettersen/536945538 Fritz Pettersen

    Can´t wait! Saw them live earlier this year, floor show baby! Oh the insanity!

  • MrC

    For some reason I was always of the understanding that Metalsucks hated this band. I’ve always enjoyed them though either way.

  • Leo

    absolutely agree… have followed these guys for a while with waning interest, but shit this new stuff is fucking good.

  • Sambo

    This band is amazing, their live set is even more amazing, and it’s even MORE amazing that you guys actually like this band.

  • v_v

    hell yeah I’ve seem them with Norma jean twice years ago, and again more recently with iwrestledabear once. lookin forward to that new stuff

  • kmfcm

    I was surprised to hear they have a new album already.
    I guess when you’re not doing all the packaging for the CDs yourself you have more time?

    I kid.

    This is awesome.

    Also, didn’t realize they left Solid State. SS now officially have NO GOOD BANDS.

  • kmfcm

    (I just wish their fans would watch where they’re going when they mosh:))

  • All Out War

    The Chariot’s sound is so chunky, crunchy and chaotic. There albums always do a decent job of capturing their intense live shows because they don’t overproduce them and leave the little imperfections while tracking on the final product. I wasn’t a huge fan of the Ross Robinson produced “The Fiancee”, but everything Josh Scogin has put his vocals on has been impressive.

    I couldn’t agree more with Vince’s thoughts on post Scogin Norma Jean. I think the Meridional is NJs most cohesive album they have released in a while, but none of their albums have sounded as raw and energetic since Bless the Martyr in my opinion. Unfortunately, when Scogin left its as if he had taken what NJ was and renamed it the Chariot leaving NJ a parody of its former self. Needless to say, I can’t wait for this cd.

  • Perpetual Black Screen Name

    Still the Chariot. Noisy and uninteresting. Sorry, this is one of those “Beatle’s/Stone’s” kind of things. And I’m a Norma Jean guy. Yea, their albums have been less chaotic but they are also going for something a little different then when they first started. I haven’t been able to make it all the way through a single Chariot song without stopping it. Sorry, just doesn’t do it for me.

  • boazhimself

    great recommendation.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Zach-Gates/14209777 Zach Gates

    At the Ghostbustour in Pittsburgh, I carried the bassist around on my shoulders while he was playing.

    It was fucking surreal.

    He didn’t smell too good.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Peter-Melendres/100001486658938 Peter Melendres

    long live is so sick, definitely go buy it when it comes out!

  • Dustin

    The fact that “the Christian stigma” seems to be a problem for this reviewer is fucking stupid. It’s a band making amazing music. That’s all that should fucking matter. Who cares how they feel about God? Grow up.