Tastelikedirt Rock Record Reviews

Saturday, February 23, 2013

Krokus - Dirty Dynomite

2013

There's a lot of AC/DC records I'm gonna have to wear out before I resort to this

A 2013 release that sounds very much like the early 80's Speedy Heavy Metal with some glamorous vocals. A blend of the first Metallica and Def Leppard albums and a NWOBHM blur into LA glam.

-Speed Metal in the style of Exciter. Good stuff.

Monday, February 18, 2013

Fight Amp - Birth Control

2012

If it was 1993 again this might be the only record I listen to. Noise rock!

Votum - Harvest Moon

2013

I'm on the fence about this one. At their best they've got a Pink Floyd/Queensryche progressive Metal thing going on. They've also got some really whimpy vocals that knock 'em down a notch for me. They introduce some "modern" elements, they all make me cringe. There's also some non metal rhythms going on once in a while that make 'em sound like Pablo Cruise Metal. Overall I like the music...This is Metal for girls. For me personally it probably works best as background music.

-Rory says they sound like Incubus.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Heavy Rotation - February 2013

Enslaved - RIITIIR (2012)
Portal - Vexovoid (2013)
Christian Mistress - Possession (2012)

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Cult Of Luna - Vertikal

2013

First impression. Post rock bores me.

-They do on occasion add some blips and bleeps that remind me a bit of an 80's movie soundtrack.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Master - The New Elite

2012

If Master hadn't been around so long you could say this sounds like a new band heavily influenced by early East Coast Thrash. They say Master is a Death Metal band, but before there was Death Metal there was Master and it was all just Thrash back then. Not reinventing the wheel here. Master is Master.

Baroness - Green & Yellow

2012

Before I listened to this I heard terms like "Post-Grunge" thrown around to describe it. I thought that was a funny term. Turns out that's a's good a description as any. Especially if you don't like "Indie".

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Christian Mistress - Possession

2012

It's like semi progressive NWOBHM with Mia Zapata singing. Lots of licks but the head bobbin' never stops. Barely above average production values.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Candlemass - Psalms For The Dead

Traditional 80's type Doom Metal like...Candlemass.

-This is good. Really good even. Nothing new or surprising.

Heavy Rotation - January 2013

Torche - Harmonicraft (2012)
Christian Mistress - Possession (2012)
Iron Maiden - Powerslave (1984)
Witch Mountain - Cauldron Of The Wild (2012)
OM - Advatic Songs (2012)
Portrait - Crimen Laesae Majestatis Divinae (2011)
Pig Destroyer - Book Burner (2012)
Blue Aside - The Orange Tree (2010)

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

The Cult - Choice Of Weapon

2012

Sounds like the Cult I remember. This is completely forgettable.

Marilyn Manson - Born Villain

2012

This doesn't sound any different than any other Marilyn Manson I've ever heard. It's OK I suppose but nothing I ever ever want to listen to.

The Sword - Apocryphon

2012

These songs sound completely interchangeable with any songs from the first Sword album. I guess that's a good thing if you're a fan.

Monday, December 31, 2012

Anaal Nathrakh - Vanitas

2012

Pissed Grind/Blast/Black/Death Metal. It's like a Black Metal Pig Destroyer. This kicks my ass all over the place.

Hail Spirit Noir - Pneuma

2012

Folky somber depressed Black Metal with good production. Probably more in common with 80's Goth music than 80's Metal. More for the girls than the guys except there are some scary Black Metal vocals that will scare all girls away. There's also clean Eddie Vedder type Black Metal vocals that will scare the teenage boys away. The interesting thing here is the touches of psychedelic sounds. Similar to late 60's Pink Floyd.

Sunday, December 30, 2012

H.E.A.T. - Address The Nation

2012

These guys have really got the Bon Jovi thing down. The keyboards drive the cheese factor through the roof.

Saturday, December 29, 2012

The Faceless - Planetary Duality

2008

Progressive/Technical Death Metal. First impression made me think about the inhumanly fast drums and super human starts and stops, but after more listens I forgot all about that stuff. Now it's just nutty Technical metal that does not suck. These guys make it work. Album seems pretty short which actually helps.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Demonic Death Judge - SkyGods

2012

Falling somewhere between Bongzilla and Acid King, Demonic Death Judge do it up right. Their previous album, The Descent, was one of my favorites from 2011. They don't express as many ideas here, but let you get lost in the groove vibe of the riff instead.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Witchchrist - The Grand Tormenter

2012

Rumbling wall of heavy crushing that is blackened and crushing and it goes really slower for a while and goes really fast for a while tempo changes happen when you need them. The guys remind me a bit of Acid Witch, but Witchchrist seem more "serious". I hear the Entombed influence burried in there as well.

-Blackened Sludge and Death Metal.

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Saint Vitus - Lillie: F-65

2012

Traditional Doom or whatever. It's all about the vibe and this one's got it.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Cattle Decapitation - Monolith Of Inhumanity

2012

Cattle Decapitation have turned it up a notch! They've gone beyond the generic Death/Grind and added some elements and all of a sudden they've distanced themselves from the crowd.

Deftones - Koi No Yokan

2012

This is the first Deftones record that I've listened to all the way through. Soaring vocals dominate. Heavy tunes that feel mostly sad. Sad teenage girl songs with heavy music for teenage boys. This one doesn't feel quite a monotonous...As far as I know there's no other bands that sound quite like the Deftones. Mostly because of the vocals. These songs are instantly recognizable as the Deftones. This album creates a nice atmosphere psychedelic metal.