Hey Alex...[views:2019][posts:4]_____________________________________ [Feb 17,2005 3:16pm - Josh_Martin ""] Did you see this? Very rarely do I take any comparison as a compliment but Greg Ginn? That's pretty cool. http://www.dfbpunk.com/reviews.php?id=3756 Back when I was in high school, Taang Records used to have this insane deal where you could get something like 25 cassettes for 20 dollars. Being the rabid consumer of music that I was (and still am, perhaps even more so), I couldn't resist the chance to take a self-directed course in the label's massive discography (well, at least that part of it that actually got released on cassette), so I sent away for all of the essentials: the early DYS stuff, the Lemonheads' first LP, some Moving Targets records, etc. However, after rummaging through Taang's mailorder catalog for hours upon hours, I still couldn't find enough cassettes I'd actually heard of to buy, so after reading the descriptions provided I decided to sample a band called Upside Down Cross. The tape that I got didn't get nearly as much play as Wolfpack or Kings of Punk, but I definitely remember being impressed with Larry Lifeless's completely unique, screeching vocals. Now, ten years later, here I am reviewing Larry Lifeless's new band, Adolf Satan. Upside Down Cross is now a distant memory, and Adolf Satan finds Lifeless teaming up with some members of the Boston underground metal scene (including one or two folks from Anal Cunt) for a band that's slightly more punchy and hardcore-inspired than Upside Down Cross. As you might expect if you know anything about my tastes, I like this combination quite a lot. Hardcore and stoner rock two of the only genres I really have any interest in at all anymore, and Adolf Satan do as fine a job of combining them as I've ever heard. Whereas most bands who claim this style merely play "stoner rock with hardcore intensity" or hardcore with riff-y breaks, Adolf Satan manage to integrate the two sounds almost completely seamlessly. ALL of the riffs sound like Sabbath riffs, but they're played at all different tempos and with the anarchic flair of Greg Ginn. And of course the vocals are wilder and more intense than anything you'll find coming out on the Southern Lord label. While this self-titled record certainly isn't anything to totally lose your shit over (the production is a little rickety and there are moments that drag), Adolf Satan have carved out an original sound for themselves, which is next to impossible to do these days without going full-tilt into unlistenable weirdness. So, if the description above tickled your fancy pick this up, enjoy it and hope this band keeps going long enough to write the hardcore/metal classic that I have a feeling is floating around somewhere inside them. |
| ________________________________________ [Feb 17,2005 5:11pm - KillerKadoogan ""] congrats, dude, that is quite the complement. insert Rusted Angel saying "Black Flag sucks" here. |
| ____________________________________ [Feb 17,2005 6:53pm - Strep_Cunt ""] killer. |
| ___________________________________________ [Feb 17,2005 10:03pm - BestialOnslaught ""] I saw that one! Here's another: http://www.vampire-magazine.com/reviews.asp?id=3620 |
| ________________________________ [Feb 18,2005 4:01am - mOe_rk ""] i thought i was the only dude on here who was down on some Moving Targets Hooray for Boston Post Punk |