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Buried Inside Chronoclast
Straight out of Ottawa, Canada, Buried Inside throws down with some ridiculous sludge metal mayhem on their third full-length effort, Chronoclast. Produced by Matt Bayles (The Blood Brothers, Isis, These Arms Are Snakes), the album was originally written to be a single 40-minute onslaught, but after rethinking this concept the band decided that the world wasn't quite ready. Three years later the evil is finally unveiled on 10 smoothly interwoven tracks. The slaying guitar riffs are relentless and dark enough to make dudes who wear capes cast spells on each other; balanced out by some disgusting groove-oriented crunches hard and fast enough so the kids with backpacks can practice their floor-punching. If you're sick of the same old metal formula, check out the song "Time as Imperialism" which has stringed-orchestra interludes that give off a bizarre Middle-Age warrior feel that is crunked as hell and sure to get the party started.
Front man Andrew Tweedy's vocals sound like a mother Raptor who just caught somebody stealing her eggs and is ready to ravage every last creature on
earth. It's time to make the earth shake and dig up some graves with Buried Inside as they start the year offright for the rest of us suckers who are just begging to be owned. These dudes are pissed off, and the fury ebbs and flows throughout, giving you just enough time to catch your breath before the next storm erupts and they light the shit on fire again.
Four words. Don't fuck with Canada.
Recommended for fans of: Isis, Napalm
Death and Opeth.
Grade: B
—Ryan McBee
courtesy of Relapse Records
Their first single, "Shut it Out" is one of the most up-tempo songs on the album yet it's certainly not one of the better songs. It's apparent that the band chose to conform to their genre by releasing the most pop-sounding track rather than one of the better more lyrical songs on the
Olivia The Band Olivia The Band
The fact that their sound is generic to their genre of music does not mean that they are not good musicians or singers. The music and lyrics are well written and harmonize very well resulting in a smooth flowing tracks. However, like many bands that feature just one member on vocals many of the tracks begin to sound very similar by the end of the CD.
Olivia The Band features four childhood friends who were inspired to create music of their own upon returning to their Oahu homes from a concert. After high school Olivia The Band relocated to San Diego to pursue their pop/punk music careers. Sound generic? It is, along with the sound of their music.
Olivia The Band has talent and potential that's reflected in their debut album. Yet to go beyond where they are now they need to set themselves apart from other bands, which they failed to do in this album.
album.
Grade: B
Jonathan Millstein
courtesy of BMG
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