Album Type: Album
Date Released:
June 2nd
2014
Label:
Solar Flare Records
Dog Years -
track listing:
1. The Royal We
2. Guest Of Honor
3. Nursing Home
4. Periwinkle War
Hammer
5. Reach
6. Akela
7. Munera
8. Pitchfork Pete
9. Ditch Diggers
Unlimited
10. Life During
Wartime
Bio
The
Great Sabatini is slow tempos, feedback, tube amps, baritone guitars
and four screaming mouths.
Formed
in 2007 in Montreal, The Great Sabatini have directed their focus on
a stripped-down approach to song-writing without discarding the
technical aspects of their performance. Drawing on influences from
doom metal, 70's rock and grindcore helped create their unique
although not unfamiliar sound.
The
Band Members
Steve
Sabatini, Sean Sabatini, Rob Sabatini, Joey Sabatini
Review:
The Great Sabatini
return with their 3rd eagerly anticipated album – Dog Years. A
noise rock driven sludge metal avalanche of angry moods and riffs to
spoil your day. These noise loving Canadians are still angry as ever
since their last album though still with a wicked sense of humour.
Look at the album cover folks. Imagine if these guys ever made it to
Sesame Street. Your kids would be scarred for life!!!
This album is one
intense ride from start to finish as these noise rock magicians show
you what tricks they are going to impress you with. It doesn’t take
long for The Great Sabatini to unleash heck on earth as the first
track – The Royal We – comes flying you from all directions.
Noise, Hardcore and Sludge Metal madness combine for one
uncompromising attack of brutal riffs.
2nd track – Guest Of
Honor – is a 67 second blast that feels like you’re whole body is
being beaten by a quick succession of deadly punches that will leave
you feeling very uncomfortable indeed. These guys have never sounded
so dangerous as they do here. And they keep that mad manic violent
energy up on 3rd track – Nursing Home. Which adds more volatile
noises to the mix with the band having a violent and noisy jam based
session with some intelligent riffs being played for your pleasure
and amusement.
It’s not until the
5th track – Reach – which sees the band shift styles from
Converge style blasts to Mastodon style progressive sludge rock riffs
while still maintaining that Great Sabatini sound. This is definitely
the album’s standout track. As the band combine volatile noise rock
style riffs with the more haunting atmospheric sludge riffs
especially towards the end of the track. This is where the album
starts becoming something different indeed.
Now I know the band are
known for their sense of humour but wait until you hear the next
track after Reach. – Aleka. A 2 minute bluegrass track. What…. –
Bluegrass. I was expecting a lot of things but this ain’t it. And
it did make me laugh out loud though it’s still quite a superbly
written track which shows the band aren’t all about noise and
volume.
The band return to
their usual style of Noise driven Sludge Rock nightmares with Munera.
Another one of the albums other standout tracks as the band
experiment with fast-paced noises and slow-paced guitar riffs with
lead vocalist on brutal fine form once again.
Wait until you hear the
nightmarish tones of Pitchfork Pete which starts off with a creepy
and unsettling soundbyte before the band lay down a haunting
instrumental rock track that will leave you feeling very
uncomfortable indeed. I think I have spoilt enough of the album for
you but lets just say The Great Sabatini have outdone themselves with
this release.
Dog Years is an album
driven by noise and emotion that you will find very hard to ignore.
It’s superbly produced from start to finish. This is another album
of the year contender for me. It’s seriously that good. Ignore this
at your peril!!!
Excellent and Highly
Recommended.
Thanks to Solar FlareRecords for sending us a copy. Dog Years will be available to buy on
DD/Vinyl from June 2nd 2014.
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Written
by Steve Howe
