Post by Loucifer on Jun 24, 2008 0:03:28 GMT 10
I had to start with Attackhead really!
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Band: Attackhead
CD Title: Voices In The Dark
Year: 2008
Website: attackhead.com
MySpace: myspace.com/attackhead
Label: 918 Records
Featured on: Loucifer Speaks
Rating: 9.9 / 10
I discovered Attackhead one day whilst lurking on CD Maximum. I had a listen to the samples on their page's music player and I was immediately intrigued.
Attackhead describe themselves as "Skull crushing heavy metal with an old school edge". I definitely get sense of of nostalgia when I listen to this album and the 80s Bay Area Thrash influence is incredibly apparent.
The album opens with one of the best spoken word intro tracks ever. Without spoiling it for you and going into too much detail, the words deal with the idea that people feel they can do whatever they like as long as they believe in a higher deity and repent on a Sunday. This is something that I feel is entirely true (although I cannot comment on what happens after we die, which is what the track touches upon). The words are also printed on the CD inlay.
"Voices In The Dark" is an awesomely powerful sounding Thrash track. The riffs chop their way through the song and the vocals make me want to shout along even though I haven't learnt the words yet (I'm nearly there... just not quite!). As well as the Thrash influence, I'm also reminded of bands like Obituary (which is good for me, since I'm such a huge fan of Obi), so I'm sure that Attackhead could also appeal to the Death Metal audience.
The next track, "Infected", is an incredibly infectious track (yes, the cheesy pun was intentional, but I couldn't resist!). This has quickly become one of my favourite tracks (along with "Sweet Sounds of Corruption" - but we'll get to that in a moment). I can't put my finger on exactly why I like it over the others, but the overall rhythm and the mesmerising guitar solo might have something to do with it.
"Make Me Suffer" is another track that I'd highly recommend. It's a complete adrenaline rush from start to finish and it very rarely lets up. I'd love to witness this track live, or hear it played in a metal club somewhere, just so that I could feed this urge I have to windmill my way through it. The chorus has an almost chant vibe to it and it's near impossible not to sing along.
While "Lead The Blind" is a great track, since it's sandwiched between "Make Me Suffer" and "Sweet Sounds of Corruption" (which are, as you've probably gathered already, awesome) it doesn't get to shine as much as it should. It's certainly worth having a listen to though.
The drums at the beginning of "Sweet Sounds of Corruption" just let you know that you're in for a treat, and the combination of clean and rough vocals proves to be highly successful. This track is at a slower pace than the others, but it definitely proves that speed isn't everything. As I mentioned earlier, this one of my favourites from the album.
"Blame" contains some fantastic lyrics -
"Send our boys to die ego trip / His own private war never quit / People have no say wasted words / No democracy how absurd".
"Dark Ritual" is a song that I've become absolutely addicted to at work at the moment. The pace, the lyrics... everything is spot on! The changes in tempo really succeed in keeping the track interesting.
When I saw the track name for the next song, I was keen to know what it stood for. I soon found out that "F.F.P" actually stands for "f**k, Fight Piss (right in your face)". The lyrics to this song are perfect for when I'm pissed off with work (which is most of the time right now). The general melody is also damn catchy.
The subject matter for the lyrics for "Waste Of Life" and it's overall sound really brings that old school metal influence home. In this track Attackhead prove once again that they're capable of pulling off some brain melting guitar solos!
"Tazer Intro" contains a few screams of pain before we're launched into "Tazer". "Tazer" is an instrumental tracks which really shows of the band's talents. It also closes the album perfectly and the tone of the guitar in the solo is magnificent.
In conclusion, this is an album that NEEDS to be in your music collection.
Tracks:
01 Intro
02 Voices In The Dark
03 Infected
04 Make Me Suffer
05 Lead The Blind
06 Sweet Sounds of Corruption
07 Blame
08 Dark Ritual
09 F.F.P.
10 Waste Of Life
11 Tazer Intro
12 Tazer[/i]
louciferspeaks.com/cdreview2/attackhead.html
Band: Attackhead
CD Title: Voices In The Dark
Year: 2008
Website: attackhead.com
MySpace: myspace.com/attackhead
Label: 918 Records
Featured on: Loucifer Speaks
Rating: 9.9 / 10
I discovered Attackhead one day whilst lurking on CD Maximum. I had a listen to the samples on their page's music player and I was immediately intrigued.
Attackhead describe themselves as "Skull crushing heavy metal with an old school edge". I definitely get sense of of nostalgia when I listen to this album and the 80s Bay Area Thrash influence is incredibly apparent.
The album opens with one of the best spoken word intro tracks ever. Without spoiling it for you and going into too much detail, the words deal with the idea that people feel they can do whatever they like as long as they believe in a higher deity and repent on a Sunday. This is something that I feel is entirely true (although I cannot comment on what happens after we die, which is what the track touches upon). The words are also printed on the CD inlay.
"Voices In The Dark" is an awesomely powerful sounding Thrash track. The riffs chop their way through the song and the vocals make me want to shout along even though I haven't learnt the words yet (I'm nearly there... just not quite!). As well as the Thrash influence, I'm also reminded of bands like Obituary (which is good for me, since I'm such a huge fan of Obi), so I'm sure that Attackhead could also appeal to the Death Metal audience.
The next track, "Infected", is an incredibly infectious track (yes, the cheesy pun was intentional, but I couldn't resist!). This has quickly become one of my favourite tracks (along with "Sweet Sounds of Corruption" - but we'll get to that in a moment). I can't put my finger on exactly why I like it over the others, but the overall rhythm and the mesmerising guitar solo might have something to do with it.
"Make Me Suffer" is another track that I'd highly recommend. It's a complete adrenaline rush from start to finish and it very rarely lets up. I'd love to witness this track live, or hear it played in a metal club somewhere, just so that I could feed this urge I have to windmill my way through it. The chorus has an almost chant vibe to it and it's near impossible not to sing along.
While "Lead The Blind" is a great track, since it's sandwiched between "Make Me Suffer" and "Sweet Sounds of Corruption" (which are, as you've probably gathered already, awesome) it doesn't get to shine as much as it should. It's certainly worth having a listen to though.
The drums at the beginning of "Sweet Sounds of Corruption" just let you know that you're in for a treat, and the combination of clean and rough vocals proves to be highly successful. This track is at a slower pace than the others, but it definitely proves that speed isn't everything. As I mentioned earlier, this one of my favourites from the album.
"Blame" contains some fantastic lyrics -
"Send our boys to die ego trip / His own private war never quit / People have no say wasted words / No democracy how absurd".
"Dark Ritual" is a song that I've become absolutely addicted to at work at the moment. The pace, the lyrics... everything is spot on! The changes in tempo really succeed in keeping the track interesting.
When I saw the track name for the next song, I was keen to know what it stood for. I soon found out that "F.F.P" actually stands for "f**k, Fight Piss (right in your face)". The lyrics to this song are perfect for when I'm pissed off with work (which is most of the time right now). The general melody is also damn catchy.
The subject matter for the lyrics for "Waste Of Life" and it's overall sound really brings that old school metal influence home. In this track Attackhead prove once again that they're capable of pulling off some brain melting guitar solos!
"Tazer Intro" contains a few screams of pain before we're launched into "Tazer". "Tazer" is an instrumental tracks which really shows of the band's talents. It also closes the album perfectly and the tone of the guitar in the solo is magnificent.
In conclusion, this is an album that NEEDS to be in your music collection.
Tracks:
01 Intro
02 Voices In The Dark
03 Infected
04 Make Me Suffer
05 Lead The Blind
06 Sweet Sounds of Corruption
07 Blame
08 Dark Ritual
09 F.F.P.
10 Waste Of Life
11 Tazer Intro
12 Tazer[/i]
