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Holy Satan Cakes!! This CD is awesome!! I knew a while ago that Dez from Coal Chamber had this new band, but I'd never heard them. I assumed it was along the same lines as Coal Chamber, a band I liked but didn't impress me enough to make me rush out and buy Dez's new band's CD. Well, I finally picked it up the other day and I am amazed! Coal Chamber was a semi-successful band riding the nu-metal wagon into oblivion, so one would expect any new bands that the former members turn up in to be in that same sort of musical vein to capitalize on the success of that previous band. Dez, instead, goes even heavier than Coal Chamber and starts up a band that I can only classify as death metal, though it is not death metal in the traditional sense. But if they had to placed in a strict category death metal would be the only logical choice.
I was shocked when I put this CD on! From the moment this CD starts to the minute it ends, it's just balls out extreme metal! It is amazing. The music is fast and relentless, yet it grooves. Dez's vocals are blood-curdling, rivaling the greatest death metal singers out there. In 2003 I remember the singer for Kataklysm, Maurizio Iacono, having a problem with Devil Driver getting the opening slot for an Opeth tour — a slot Kataklysm was vying for — Maurizio was upset that "a band that comes from the Nu-metal era" got picked over his band. Well, it is definitely clear that he had actually never heard Devil Driver and made the same assumption I made because Devil Driver would not be out of place on the same stage as Opeth! In fact, Maurizio would probably quite enjoy this CD.
I'm recommending this CD to anyone who likes brutal, extreme metal, and to the guys in Kataklysm. Word is that their sophomore album due out this year is going to be even heavier. That tickles me in places I can only see with mirrors! I cannot wait to hear what this band does on the new album. Check this CD out for your own benefit.
| Tracklist |
| 1. Nothing's Wrong |
| 2. I Could Care Less |
| 3. Die (And Die Now) |
| 4. I Dreamed I Died |
| 5. Cry For Me Sky (Eulogy Of The Scorned) |
| 6. The Mountain |
| 7. Knee Deep |
| 8. What Does It Take (To Be a Man) |
| 9. Swinging The Dead |
| 10. Revelation Machine |
| 11. Meet the Wretched |
| 12. Devil's Son |
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