Date Released: 19/08/2016
Label: No List Records
“The Great Sabatini/Godstopper”
Split CS/DD track listing:
1.The Great Sabatini - I'm Not The Man Of The Hour
(2:09)
2.The Great Sabatini - Shortwave Radio (1:03)
3.The Great Sabatini - The Ear Collector (2:31)
4.The Great Sabatini - Dog Years (Quiet) (2:51)
5.Godstopper - It's Alright (3:59)
6.Godstopper - A Prayer (4:47)
The Review:
A fresh
split has been dropped by the Metal Gods, this time from the insanity that is The Great
Sabatini and the monster that is Godstopper.
Split
pretty evenly on time, TGS has 4 songs and opens the split, while Godstopper
hits it out of the park with the last two tracks. While both bands come with
quite the heavy game, they approach the record in very different ways. Sabatini
comes with the most beautifully screwed up noise rock I have ever actually
liked, allowing only 2 of their tracks “I'm
Not The Man of the Hour” and “The
Ear Collector” to be even remotely traditional songs, being bold, brash,
heavy, and quite fun to listen to. They play to level walls and stir up the ether
both inside the listener and off the stage. The two other tracks “Shortwave Radio” and “Dog Years (Quiet)” are mesmerizing in
their non-traditional structures. Mainly composed of just sounds and some
random notes on instruments chosen, more for “Dog Years (Quiet)”, The Great Sabatini manages to create an almost
orchestral arrangement to their maelstrom of sound. It's absolutely lovely in
its sonic carnage.
Godstopper is pure
heavy metal fury, using more traditional methods of song craft, as they simply
crank their sound down and engage in pure pugilistic, phonic fury. Beginning
with “It's Alright”, Godstopper
delivers rapid riffing by means of staccato strumming betwixt withairy vocals
that just destroy when using headphones. They deliver heavy, fast doom (really
more just heavy metal, my own opinion), closing the album with the, at times
extraordinarily minimalistic, “A Prayer”.
With guitars that simple whine and croon, Godstopper has the throwback-esque sound of
the likes of Graveyard
and Witchcraft,
but with a very modern interpretation and tone, giving them very high replay
for whomever snags this mixed bag of a split.
Prepare
yourself for an extended stay in your favourite chair, because you need to hear
this glorious record a few times before you're satisfied!
“The
Great Sabatini/Godstopper” is available here
Band
info: The Great Sabatini: Thegreatsabatini.com
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RIYL: Torche, Unsane, Melvins, Helmet
