By: John Slaymaker
Album Type:
Full Length
Date Released:
11/Feb/2012
Label:
Abnormal Gait Records
This is a damn fine piece of work from a band that should be checked
out by all and not overlooked by any!. It’ll please fans from Motorhead to
Crowbar and should be on every metal heads to do list. So what are you
waiting check this superb band out now.
‘Into The Breach’ CD//DD//LP track
Listing
1)
Into The Breach/Spanish Werewolves 5:26
2)
Blood Ritual 4:20
3)
Do You Live? 4:48
4)
Your Name Is Madness 4:51
5)
Pale Faced God 7:41
6)
Alpha/Omega 4:49
7)
A City Far Enough Away 5:30
8)
Outrun The Sun 7:32
Nether Regions is:
Joe
Wickstrom | Bass, vocals
Colin
Stout | Guitars
Tom
Pidcock | Guitars
Wade
Murff | Drums
The Review:
Firstly I have
to draw your attention to the cover art, a fantastically colourful piece which
is also disgusting and tasteless. It seems to me anyway, to depict the
band name in both senses at the same time. This is an impressive
record and also originally self financed by original members Joe Wickstrom
and Tom Pidcock with clean studious production.
Thundering
drums, dual guitars and great use of riffs provide us with the entrance of ‘Into
The Breach/Spanish Werewolves’. Vocally on this album,
they sometimes resemble the sound of a yeti that has fallen down
a hill and somehow attached itself to a giant cheese grater, which I think
fits everything nicely. Impressive guitar chops and leads not really fitting to
sludge but still make for a headbanger of a song. ‘Blood Ritual’s guitar intro
is a mellow affair and catchy as hell, taking in NWOBHM influences and 70’s
rock riffs, two guitars was a good choice for this band. ‘Do
You Live’ is where the doom really comes into the sound,
psychedelic and gurning. I can’t actually say they fit exactly in any genre,
definitely not a copycat stoner band here.
More riffs than you can shake an axe at though, as ‘Your
Name Is Madness’ meanders and mellows around itself tying
itself up in riffy knots, complemented by an easier clean vocal.
‘Pale
Faced God’ is another good one, over seven minutes
and features an exciting breakdown, leaving you guessing where you’ll be taken
next. ‘Alpha/Omega’ contains my favourite guitar work on this
album, going all Yob esque, some Red Fang and even a bit of Mastodon
in there as well. ‘A City Far Enough Away’ has
a very old school doom feel, with cool twin leads, and riffs to grind your
teeth on. ‘Outrun the Sun’ with its eastern vibe and keyboard
intro, the drums provide a steady theme and a good build up to the climax
as the instruments intertwine and channel all the unspent aggression safely
away.
This
is a damn fine piece of work from a band that should be checked out by all and
not overlooked by any!. It’ll please fans from Motorhead to Crowbar
and should be on every metal heads to do list. So what are you waiting
check this superb band out now.
