'Check out these guys from Vancouver and be prepared to be splattered by their noise rock'.
Album Type: EP
Date Released: 20/04/2015
Label: Self Release
‘Respect
the Depth’ CD/DD track listing:
1). Tokyo
2). Surges
3). Desert Rat
4). Infinite Peak
Hashteroid
is:
Alex Gidora | Guitar & Vocals
Mike Grossnickle | Bass
Steve Chambers | Drums
Review:
Canadian
dudes Hashteroid are a new band for me, playing hard driving riff rock in a
Motorhead style, they have produced four tracks of good old fashioned in your
face head banging metal.
The EP
kicks off in a Motorhead groove with ‘Tokyo’, 100mph riffs, vocals and drums pummel
your ears and brain into submission. With no let up, ‘Surges’ arrives using
slow grinding riffs to surge through the track producing a feeling that the
tide is slowly coming into drown the world. A nice guitar solo arrives which enhances
and changes this tracks vibe to another level of musicianship. You now gallop
along with ‘Desert Rat’, played at an extreme thrash speed making your ears
bleed, brain melt and your neck snap. ‘Infinite Peak’ still rips your body
apart but this time the song has more structure, tempo changes, riffs, solo’s
and controlled vocals makes this my top track of the EP.
I know
this is not an in depth review but Hashteroid’s music is played like that.
Straight to the point in your face riff rock! Nothing really new here for me but
the guys play like their lives depend on it and that can only be a good thing for
their future in this cut throat business of metal. If these guys can work and
develop the style produced on ‘Infinite Peak’ it could be the way forward. Live
these guys will kick up a storm and hopefully they will get the opportunity to showcase
their music on the European festival circuit soon. These guys would be embraced
by the metal head’s of the UK and Europe. These guys haven’t grabbed me to much
but this is still a good effort and fans of Bad Guys, Henry Blacker, Orange
Goblin, early Thrash and hardcore will like this. Check out these guys from
Vancouver and be prepared to be splattered by their noise rock.
Words by: Brian
Mclean
‘Respect
The Depths’ is available for free here
For more information:
Listen: https://hashteroid.bandcamp.com/
