Brent Hinds is best known for his work in Mastadon and on his solo material he combines rockabilly, death metal, porno and country together and this is a review of his 2011 album "Fiend Without A Face +Westend Motel" which was released by Rocket Science.
Drums range from slow, midpaced to fast drumming with some blast beats, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful tone ith some surf/rockabilly style riffing and the style dominates throughout the album, as for the piano when it is utilized it brings a tragic country music feel to the music.
Rhythm guitars range from slw, midpaced to fast riffs that combine metal with rockabilly and surf music with some country and blues influences as for the lead guitars when tey are utilized they have a country music feel to them, as for the accoustic guitars when they are utilized they sound very backwoods and tragic in the mid 40s to early 50s vien and they make you want to drink
Vocals are a mixture of high pitched screams and clean singing with some ocassional female vocals, while the lyrics cover funny and weird themes, as for the production it has a very strong and professional sound to it.
In my opinion Brent Hinds creates some original music and while I have never been a Mastaodan I still feel this is a good album and if you are looking for something original, you should check o0ut this album. RECEMMONDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Black grass" "Tsunami" "The Devil Called Me Tommy" and "Shes On Fire". RECEMMONDED BUY.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Turbocharged Interview
Can you tell us a little bit about the band for those that have never heard of you before?
We started off as a trio back in 2000 when we decided during a few drunken nights to simply form a band. Since that Turbocharged has undergone various changes in lineup and at one point we were five members from different musical approaches. It was always a kind of experimental game to write our stuff since no one knew what we really wanted or could do with our mutual effort but in 2008 we were reduced to a trio again and the magic really started to happen in our opinion. That’s when we could just go ahead and do what we wanted since all three of us are old school metalheads and didn’t have to "wait up" for anyone who didn’t get the old scene. There was demos recorded along the way but not until we were a trio again stuff was released officially so there are only two demos "Branded Forever" (2008) and "Arrogantus Metallus" (2009) that really counts as proper releases, the rest never made our own demands I guess…
How would you describe the musical sound of the new album and how does it differ from the previous releases Well, with EP’s I guess you mean the CD-R demos and what differs from those compared to the album is that we were still trying to get out of the old sound and still had some old material that we wanted to record properly once and for all. On the album most songs are up to date and we had found our roots so to speak, it’s weird how hard it is to just reset the ground you are standing on when you have been used to do things differently but at the point of the album recording we simply took what US THREE wanted to create and just went ahead with the old flow.
What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the new release explores?
It’s quite simple really, we reflect upon the struggle against organized religion with a make shift guerilla warfare approach basically. In all bands I ever was in it has been a constant variable but this time we are full on assaulting it in our own choice of words, it’s not the most original subject and it has all been done before, we will probably receive a lot of critics about it and all since we are not philosophical enough to pass as a Satanist band and we don’t take a stand FOR any belief but this is who we are and we would love to see religion crushed into oblivion. And besides, what else is there to write about? Flowers, bees and world peace? What’s realistic about that?
What is the meaning and inspiration behind the band name?
Yeah, good question, ha ha! We know it gives the wrong impression of what we are these days but at one point many years ago it fit like a glove and after more than 10 years you just don’t change name over night. Somehow it still fits since we are all about energy and we are a well tuned engine in whatever we do and the raw power is more important than impressing anyone with any musical skills, if you want Dream Theatre you should look elsewhere.
What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and how would you describe your stage performance?
The best shows are easy to line up: Thunders over Miriquidi (2009), Amnesie Bar in Berlin (2010) and the releaseparty at KGB Bar in Stockholm (2011). That’s where we had the right people showing up and that’s all that counts together with us making a decent job through the set list. A performance with Turbocharged is simply three guys delivering loud thrash to a headbanging audience, that’s all we need. Hopefully that will be enough for now, maybe we can have some pyrotechnics and shit later on but right now our economy won’t allow it.
Do you have any touring plans for the new releases?
Not really plans, just hopes and wishes so far. We know all too well that we are still, despite all years as an active band, a new name in the global scene and we can’t expect wonders to happen in a flash. We will carry on writing new stuff and keep ready for gigs but ther rest is not really up to us to decide when tour, gigs or releases will happen. It’s all in the eye of the beholder and we’ll do our best to stand out of the ever flowing stream of bands out there.
On a worldwide level how has your music been received by extreme metal fans?
The critics has been both good and half bad so far, we are named as "Celtic Frost/Slayer leftovers" by some and some seem to look beyond the fact that we are not trying to change the scene, that’s where the good reviews can be found. We are still waiting for the CD to be out so hopefully we’ll get more feedback once it’s out. In all it seems that the cool people understands our point and that’s all we can hope for, the rest will have to stick with their Mozart-collection.
What direction do you see the music heading into on future releases?
We can only tell from what we have done since the album was recorded but it seems like we are still drifting into the older sounding stuff so we’ll probably have equal pieces of old death/thrash/black (the Venom:ish kind) and we seem to find our way back to the time when not all genres had to be divided into surgical precision. We listen to all sorts of primitive stuff and it will be obvious in both positive and negative aspects.
What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
We’re basically listening to the same as we did 20 years ago so the obvious bands are as always Venom, Sodom, Motörhead, etc but we are also into new stuff with the old spirit like Violentor, Sodomizer, Children of Technology, Die Hard, etc. Too many to mention really. We are what we always were and now you can hopefully hear it more than ever in our songs.
I know that Anti Christianity plays a huge role in the music but do any of the band members have any interest in Satanism or Occultism?
Not really, not more than anyone else out there. We take a stand against religion as a phenomenon but of course we use Satan and a possible hell as symbols in our lyrics to make a point. We don’t practice any witchcraft or occult rituals but we find pentagrams and inverted crosses pretty and correct to wear, ha ha. If you can use what they fear the most against them, why shouldn’t you?
Outside of music, what are some of your interests?
I can only speak for myself here and I really don’t have any interest besides music. This means a wide variety of stuff though since I’ve created our artwork and I own the studio we record all our stuff in – I have a finger in all things related to a band but mostly on a hobby level. Old Nick has also some activities in dog training/weight pulling but I guess that’s it. I don’t really ask what’s going on outside the band and when we get together it’s all about doing what’s best for Turbocharged I guess.
Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?
Thanks for this interview and I hope we’ll meet most of you out there in the festival ground for years to come! Over and out.
We started off as a trio back in 2000 when we decided during a few drunken nights to simply form a band. Since that Turbocharged has undergone various changes in lineup and at one point we were five members from different musical approaches. It was always a kind of experimental game to write our stuff since no one knew what we really wanted or could do with our mutual effort but in 2008 we were reduced to a trio again and the magic really started to happen in our opinion. That’s when we could just go ahead and do what we wanted since all three of us are old school metalheads and didn’t have to "wait up" for anyone who didn’t get the old scene. There was demos recorded along the way but not until we were a trio again stuff was released officially so there are only two demos "Branded Forever" (2008) and "Arrogantus Metallus" (2009) that really counts as proper releases, the rest never made our own demands I guess…
How would you describe the musical sound of the new album and how does it differ from the previous releases Well, with EP’s I guess you mean the CD-R demos and what differs from those compared to the album is that we were still trying to get out of the old sound and still had some old material that we wanted to record properly once and for all. On the album most songs are up to date and we had found our roots so to speak, it’s weird how hard it is to just reset the ground you are standing on when you have been used to do things differently but at the point of the album recording we simply took what US THREE wanted to create and just went ahead with the old flow.
What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the new release explores?
It’s quite simple really, we reflect upon the struggle against organized religion with a make shift guerilla warfare approach basically. In all bands I ever was in it has been a constant variable but this time we are full on assaulting it in our own choice of words, it’s not the most original subject and it has all been done before, we will probably receive a lot of critics about it and all since we are not philosophical enough to pass as a Satanist band and we don’t take a stand FOR any belief but this is who we are and we would love to see religion crushed into oblivion. And besides, what else is there to write about? Flowers, bees and world peace? What’s realistic about that?
What is the meaning and inspiration behind the band name?
Yeah, good question, ha ha! We know it gives the wrong impression of what we are these days but at one point many years ago it fit like a glove and after more than 10 years you just don’t change name over night. Somehow it still fits since we are all about energy and we are a well tuned engine in whatever we do and the raw power is more important than impressing anyone with any musical skills, if you want Dream Theatre you should look elsewhere.
What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and how would you describe your stage performance?
The best shows are easy to line up: Thunders over Miriquidi (2009), Amnesie Bar in Berlin (2010) and the releaseparty at KGB Bar in Stockholm (2011). That’s where we had the right people showing up and that’s all that counts together with us making a decent job through the set list. A performance with Turbocharged is simply three guys delivering loud thrash to a headbanging audience, that’s all we need. Hopefully that will be enough for now, maybe we can have some pyrotechnics and shit later on but right now our economy won’t allow it.
Do you have any touring plans for the new releases?
Not really plans, just hopes and wishes so far. We know all too well that we are still, despite all years as an active band, a new name in the global scene and we can’t expect wonders to happen in a flash. We will carry on writing new stuff and keep ready for gigs but ther rest is not really up to us to decide when tour, gigs or releases will happen. It’s all in the eye of the beholder and we’ll do our best to stand out of the ever flowing stream of bands out there.
On a worldwide level how has your music been received by extreme metal fans?
The critics has been both good and half bad so far, we are named as "Celtic Frost/Slayer leftovers" by some and some seem to look beyond the fact that we are not trying to change the scene, that’s where the good reviews can be found. We are still waiting for the CD to be out so hopefully we’ll get more feedback once it’s out. In all it seems that the cool people understands our point and that’s all we can hope for, the rest will have to stick with their Mozart-collection.
What direction do you see the music heading into on future releases?
We can only tell from what we have done since the album was recorded but it seems like we are still drifting into the older sounding stuff so we’ll probably have equal pieces of old death/thrash/black (the Venom:ish kind) and we seem to find our way back to the time when not all genres had to be divided into surgical precision. We listen to all sorts of primitive stuff and it will be obvious in both positive and negative aspects.
What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to nowadays?
We’re basically listening to the same as we did 20 years ago so the obvious bands are as always Venom, Sodom, Motörhead, etc but we are also into new stuff with the old spirit like Violentor, Sodomizer, Children of Technology, Die Hard, etc. Too many to mention really. We are what we always were and now you can hopefully hear it more than ever in our songs.
I know that Anti Christianity plays a huge role in the music but do any of the band members have any interest in Satanism or Occultism?
Not really, not more than anyone else out there. We take a stand against religion as a phenomenon but of course we use Satan and a possible hell as symbols in our lyrics to make a point. We don’t practice any witchcraft or occult rituals but we find pentagrams and inverted crosses pretty and correct to wear, ha ha. If you can use what they fear the most against them, why shouldn’t you?
Outside of music, what are some of your interests?
I can only speak for myself here and I really don’t have any interest besides music. This means a wide variety of stuff though since I’ve created our artwork and I own the studio we record all our stuff in – I have a finger in all things related to a band but mostly on a hobby level. Old Nick has also some activities in dog training/weight pulling but I guess that’s it. I don’t really ask what’s going on outside the band and when we get together it’s all about doing what’s best for Turbocharged I guess.
Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?
Thanks for this interview and I hope we’ll meet most of you out there in the festival ground for years to come! Over and out.
Turbocharged/Anti-Xtian/Chaos Records/2011 CD Review
Turbocharged are a band from Sweden that plays a mixture of death metal, thrash and punk rock and this is a review of their 2011 album "Anti-Xtian" which was released by Chaos Records.
Drums range from slow, midpaced to fast drumming with some blast beats, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars.
Rhythm guiars range from slow, midpaced to fast riffing that combine influeced from death, thrash metal and punk rock, while the lead guitars are 80's sounding underground metal guitar solos brought into the modern day.
Vocals are mkostly gruff vocals that have a thrash punk feel to them, mixed with some death metal growls and shout along back up vocals, while the lyrics are very anti christian and blasphemous, as for the production it has a very raw and heavy sound to it while still being professional enough up to the point where you can hear all of the musical instruments.
In my opinion Turbocharged are a very good band that combines thrash with death metal and punk, and if you are a fan of bands that mix these styles together, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED RACKS INCLUDE "Anti Xtian" "Ghetto Of Eden" "Wake Up ANd Smell The Christian" and "Horns Forever Raised". RECEMMONDED BUY.
Drums range from slow, midpaced to fast drumming with some blast beats, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful tone with riffs that follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars.
Rhythm guiars range from slow, midpaced to fast riffing that combine influeced from death, thrash metal and punk rock, while the lead guitars are 80's sounding underground metal guitar solos brought into the modern day.
Vocals are mkostly gruff vocals that have a thrash punk feel to them, mixed with some death metal growls and shout along back up vocals, while the lyrics are very anti christian and blasphemous, as for the production it has a very raw and heavy sound to it while still being professional enough up to the point where you can hear all of the musical instruments.
In my opinion Turbocharged are a very good band that combines thrash with death metal and punk, and if you are a fan of bands that mix these styles together, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED RACKS INCLUDE "Anti Xtian" "Ghetto Of Eden" "Wake Up ANd Smell The Christian" and "Horns Forever Raised". RECEMMONDED BUY.
Baptists/Self Titled/Southern Lord Records/2011 CD Review
Baptists re a band from Vancouver, B.C that play a brand of noisy hardcore mixed with death metal and punk, and this is a review of their self titled 2011 album which was released by Southern Lord Records.
Drums alternate between slow, midpaced to fast drumming with some blast beats being thrown in at times, while the bass playing has a very dark tone which is mixed down low in the mix and eems to follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars.
Rhythm guitars alternate between slow, midpaced to fast riffs that mix, hardcore, death metal and punk together with alot of noisy distortion, and there are little to no lead guitars or solos present on the recording but there are some weird noise effects being used with the e and d strings.
Vocals are mostly hardcore style screams that have a death metal edge to them, while the lyrics cover everyday themes with a hateful edge, as for the production it has a somewhat raw edge but still very heavy and professional sounding.
In my opinion Baptists are a very good hardcore band with a death metal and punk edge, and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Farmed" and "Life Poser". RECEMMONDED BUY.
Drums alternate between slow, midpaced to fast drumming with some blast beats being thrown in at times, while the bass playing has a very dark tone which is mixed down low in the mix and eems to follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars.
Rhythm guitars alternate between slow, midpaced to fast riffs that mix, hardcore, death metal and punk together with alot of noisy distortion, and there are little to no lead guitars or solos present on the recording but there are some weird noise effects being used with the e and d strings.
Vocals are mostly hardcore style screams that have a death metal edge to them, while the lyrics cover everyday themes with a hateful edge, as for the production it has a somewhat raw edge but still very heavy and professional sounding.
In my opinion Baptists are a very good hardcore band with a death metal and punk edge, and if you are a fan of this style, you should check out this band. RECEMMONDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Farmed" and "Life Poser". RECEMMONDED BUY.
Low Twelve Interview
1. Can you tell us a little bit about the band for those that have never heard of you before?
We're an original metal band from Bloomington IL that have been at it now 12 years. Low Twelve creates very heavy music with substance. Our lyrics, especially on this new "Splatter Pattern" CD are deep into historical subject matter and make the listener really think about things. We enjoy mixing some fun in with the serious and our website and the weekly Brutlaity Report I write tries to keep things light while at the same time, delivering a serious message.
2. How would you describe your musical sound?
Very heavy with thrash, death, and hardcore influences. Low Twelve is different than most and hard to put into a category, because the music is very heavy with grooves, with vocals that you can actually understand 95% of the time. Our music has a lot of melody for being so heavy - so I think we really stand out in the crowd.
3. I read somewhere that you took the band name out of a book on Freemasonry, what interest do you have in this subject?
I actually am a Master Mason, but I haven't been involved with a lodge for 12 years. I heard the name while performing the 3rd degree and thought it sounded interesting. When I researched the subject, I thought it was cool that the name could simply mean midnight, or the very end of something. Some Masonic scholars have thought that the term also meant the very seconds before death.
4. How would you describe the lyrical content of the music?
We have done lots of things with the four cds we've come out with. Our subject matter has varied with serial killer songs (Crawlspace - JW Gacy, and Bind Torture Kill - BTK) and we did a story CD with our last project "This Side Toward Enemy". I came up with a story line about a serial killer on a cross country rampage. The new "Splatter Pattern" CD deals with historical events that have stained our past - things like the Rape of Nanking, Vietnam War, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and more. Some of the new songs have a patriotic theme to them as well. Both Les Aldridge (lead guitar) and I are US Army veterans.
5. What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and how would you describe your stage performance?
We've played nearly 300 shows in our 12 years. Some of the best . . . . we opened up for Gwar in 2007 and that was awesome because we got to play to a sold out crowd of about 1,500 people. Our "Splatter Pattern" CD release party last weekend was one of the better shows we've done in a long time too. We also did a tour to NYC and back in 2002 and those were some great shows too. Our live show is very brutal - we have a very dominating sound that is incredibly tight while at the same time drives a railroad spike between your eyes!
6. Do you have any plans to go on a full scale tour in the future?
We would love to - but we all have day jobs and families to support. So while it would be fantastic, we know that from a business standpoint we couldn't really do much more than a week or so out on the road. We do like to do weekend trips and have played in many states - covering quite a bit of ground in a few days. We just love playing metal and creating music.
7. Out off all the albums that you have recorded so far, which one are you the most satisfied with?
I would say the new one "Splatter Pattern" is satisfying because it's one that we did completely ourselves with some help on the drum engineering from Nathan Kurtz. This was the first CD I recorded guitars - and I did learn from some mistakes I made. Our drummer Wes Pollock is currently doing an internship at a large studio in Chicago and he's learning a lot of things that will only improve things on the next project. Our first CD "Flesh of the Weak" is regarded as one of our strongest too . . . each one has had its own ups and downs.
8. How would you describe your musical progress over the years and what direction do you see the music heading into on future releases?
Our first drummer was more of a straight forward rock drummer, and so our early stuff was more hardcore sounding. But with Wes in 2000, we started to branch off into more intricate drumming and more time changes and that sort of thing. We all like heavy music, so we will continue to do what we love to do! I can only see things getting heavier now with our two guitar lineup and Meister doing some deathly growls along with me on vocals.
9. Can you tell us a little bit about Heavycore and it's purpose?
Heavycore is an organization I created in 1999 to help other heavy bands gig exchange and help each other. We've done tours by only playing with Heavycore bands. Over the last few years, interest has diminished with sites like myspace and facebook. But we still keep it going and I enjoy doing a monthly radio show called the Heavycore Chopping Block. People can check it out at www.ChoppingBlockShow.com and www.heavycore.net
10. What are some band's or musical styles that have influenced your music and what are you listening to nowadays?
For most part, we all dig stuff like Slayer, Pantera, Death, Carcass, Kreator, Testament, Sepultura, and that sort of thing. I haven't been listening to much the past year because we've been recording and I don't like to listen to much when I'm doing that. One of our guitar players, Meister, likes stuff like Beneath the Massacre, Arsis, Decapitated and some of the more extreme stuff. I go in streaks where I'll be into death metal more and listening to Cannibal Corpse and Bolt Thrower, but then will bust into a thrash rut of Kreator and Exodus. Sometimes I get old school and break out the old Mercyful Fate . . . I love that stuff.
11. What are some of your interests outside of music?
I enjoy reading a lot. I read about one book a week. I like thriller writers like Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, and James Rollins. I also dig horror like HP Lovecraft and Stephen King. I also enjoy reading non-fiction books to research for songs. I also like to play fantasy football. My team is the Swinging Cocks. Once a metal freak - always a metal freak I guess!
12. Any final words or thoughts?
Thanks for supporting real metal. If you'd like to order "Splatter Pattern" then go to www.SplatterPattern.net or check it out on iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, Tunecore, and more. Also read the weekly www.BrutalityReport.com to keep tabs on what's going on with Low Twelve and Heavycore. Thanks again!
Pete Altieri, bass/lead vocals - Low Twelve
We're an original metal band from Bloomington IL that have been at it now 12 years. Low Twelve creates very heavy music with substance. Our lyrics, especially on this new "Splatter Pattern" CD are deep into historical subject matter and make the listener really think about things. We enjoy mixing some fun in with the serious and our website and the weekly Brutlaity Report I write tries to keep things light while at the same time, delivering a serious message.
2. How would you describe your musical sound?
Very heavy with thrash, death, and hardcore influences. Low Twelve is different than most and hard to put into a category, because the music is very heavy with grooves, with vocals that you can actually understand 95% of the time. Our music has a lot of melody for being so heavy - so I think we really stand out in the crowd.
3. I read somewhere that you took the band name out of a book on Freemasonry, what interest do you have in this subject?
I actually am a Master Mason, but I haven't been involved with a lodge for 12 years. I heard the name while performing the 3rd degree and thought it sounded interesting. When I researched the subject, I thought it was cool that the name could simply mean midnight, or the very end of something. Some Masonic scholars have thought that the term also meant the very seconds before death.
4. How would you describe the lyrical content of the music?
We have done lots of things with the four cds we've come out with. Our subject matter has varied with serial killer songs (Crawlspace - JW Gacy, and Bind Torture Kill - BTK) and we did a story CD with our last project "This Side Toward Enemy". I came up with a story line about a serial killer on a cross country rampage. The new "Splatter Pattern" CD deals with historical events that have stained our past - things like the Rape of Nanking, Vietnam War, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and more. Some of the new songs have a patriotic theme to them as well. Both Les Aldridge (lead guitar) and I are US Army veterans.
5. What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and how would you describe your stage performance?
We've played nearly 300 shows in our 12 years. Some of the best . . . . we opened up for Gwar in 2007 and that was awesome because we got to play to a sold out crowd of about 1,500 people. Our "Splatter Pattern" CD release party last weekend was one of the better shows we've done in a long time too. We also did a tour to NYC and back in 2002 and those were some great shows too. Our live show is very brutal - we have a very dominating sound that is incredibly tight while at the same time drives a railroad spike between your eyes!
6. Do you have any plans to go on a full scale tour in the future?
We would love to - but we all have day jobs and families to support. So while it would be fantastic, we know that from a business standpoint we couldn't really do much more than a week or so out on the road. We do like to do weekend trips and have played in many states - covering quite a bit of ground in a few days. We just love playing metal and creating music.
7. Out off all the albums that you have recorded so far, which one are you the most satisfied with?
I would say the new one "Splatter Pattern" is satisfying because it's one that we did completely ourselves with some help on the drum engineering from Nathan Kurtz. This was the first CD I recorded guitars - and I did learn from some mistakes I made. Our drummer Wes Pollock is currently doing an internship at a large studio in Chicago and he's learning a lot of things that will only improve things on the next project. Our first CD "Flesh of the Weak" is regarded as one of our strongest too . . . each one has had its own ups and downs.
8. How would you describe your musical progress over the years and what direction do you see the music heading into on future releases?
Our first drummer was more of a straight forward rock drummer, and so our early stuff was more hardcore sounding. But with Wes in 2000, we started to branch off into more intricate drumming and more time changes and that sort of thing. We all like heavy music, so we will continue to do what we love to do! I can only see things getting heavier now with our two guitar lineup and Meister doing some deathly growls along with me on vocals.
9. Can you tell us a little bit about Heavycore and it's purpose?
Heavycore is an organization I created in 1999 to help other heavy bands gig exchange and help each other. We've done tours by only playing with Heavycore bands. Over the last few years, interest has diminished with sites like myspace and facebook. But we still keep it going and I enjoy doing a monthly radio show called the Heavycore Chopping Block. People can check it out at www.ChoppingBlockShow.com and www.heavycore.net
10. What are some band's or musical styles that have influenced your music and what are you listening to nowadays?
For most part, we all dig stuff like Slayer, Pantera, Death, Carcass, Kreator, Testament, Sepultura, and that sort of thing. I haven't been listening to much the past year because we've been recording and I don't like to listen to much when I'm doing that. One of our guitar players, Meister, likes stuff like Beneath the Massacre, Arsis, Decapitated and some of the more extreme stuff. I go in streaks where I'll be into death metal more and listening to Cannibal Corpse and Bolt Thrower, but then will bust into a thrash rut of Kreator and Exodus. Sometimes I get old school and break out the old Mercyful Fate . . . I love that stuff.
11. What are some of your interests outside of music?
I enjoy reading a lot. I read about one book a week. I like thriller writers like Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, and James Rollins. I also dig horror like HP Lovecraft and Stephen King. I also enjoy reading non-fiction books to research for songs. I also like to play fantasy football. My team is the Swinging Cocks. Once a metal freak - always a metal freak I guess!
12. Any final words or thoughts?
Thanks for supporting real metal. If you'd like to order "Splatter Pattern" then go to www.SplatterPattern.net or check it out on iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon, Tunecore, and more. Also read the weekly www.BrutalityReport.com to keep tabs on what's going on with Low Twelve and Heavycore. Thanks again!
Pete Altieri, bass/lead vocals - Low Twelve
Low Twelve/Splatter Patter/DBC Records/2010 CD Review
Low Twelve are a band from Chicago, Illinois that plays a mixture of hardcore, groove metal, and death metal and this is a review of their 2010 album "Splatter Pattern" which was released by DBC Records.
Drums cover alot of variety with some slow to midpaced drumming mixed with some fast playing and brutal blast beats with somewhat of a tribal ege, while the bass playing is all rhythm bass that follows the riffs coming out of the guitars with a very powerful sound and there are also alot of samples from documentaries about war and serial killers.
Rhythm guitars are mostly heavy hardcore style rhythms that are also influenced by groove metal, thrash and death metal in the faster riffs, while the lead guitars are very distorted sounding guitar solos.
Vocals are mostly hardcore style of yelling vocals mixed in with some deep death metal growls, while the lyrics cover war, political and hateful themes, as for the production it has a very heavy sound that captures all of the musical instruments.
In my opinion Low Twelve are a good band for this style and while you usually dont listen to that many bans that play this style, I still feel Low Twelfe are a good band and if metalcore with a death metal edge is your thing you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Bodies In My Pocket" "Blind Torture Kill" "Not Forgotten" and "Dying Room". RECOMMENDED
Drums cover alot of variety with some slow to midpaced drumming mixed with some fast playing and brutal blast beats with somewhat of a tribal ege, while the bass playing is all rhythm bass that follows the riffs coming out of the guitars with a very powerful sound and there are also alot of samples from documentaries about war and serial killers.
Rhythm guitars are mostly heavy hardcore style rhythms that are also influenced by groove metal, thrash and death metal in the faster riffs, while the lead guitars are very distorted sounding guitar solos.
Vocals are mostly hardcore style of yelling vocals mixed in with some deep death metal growls, while the lyrics cover war, political and hateful themes, as for the production it has a very heavy sound that captures all of the musical instruments.
In my opinion Low Twelve are a good band for this style and while you usually dont listen to that many bans that play this style, I still feel Low Twelfe are a good band and if metalcore with a death metal edge is your thing you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Bodies In My Pocket" "Blind Torture Kill" "Not Forgotten" and "Dying Room". RECOMMENDED
Feel The Pain/Life Is Pain And Pain Is Our Life/2010 CD Review
Feel The Pain are a band from Mexico that plays a mixture of thrash, groove, metalcore and death metal and this is a review of their self released 2010 "Life Is Pain And Pain Is Our Life" which was released in 2010.
Drums mix tribal beats with a mixture of slow, midpaced and fast drumming with some brutal blast beats while the bass playing has a very heavy groove feel with alot of alot of talented playing and at times there are some avant garde style samples being used that gives the music a darker feel.
Rhythm guitars are tuned down low and they mix some groove sounding metalcore with a heavy death metal influence that incorporate harmonics mixed with some fast thrash riffing and there is little to no lead guitars present on this recording, and on the last song there is a little of an acoustic guitar.
Vocals mix hardcore style of yelled vocals with some deep death metal growls and high pitched screams as well as some clean singing, while the lyrics are written in a mixture of English and Spanish that cover alot of hateful themes, as for the production it sounds very professional and you can hear all of the music instruments that are present on this album.
In my opinion Feel The Pain are a good band for this style of music but I will admit that the music gets a little bit too commercial for my tastes at times, but the heavy death metal influence makes the music sound good and this is one of the bands of this genre than I can actually listen to. If you are a fan of metalcore, Mainstream stuff that you hear on the radio and death metal you should enjoy this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Reject" "Dolor" "Insanity" and "Verdad".
Drums mix tribal beats with a mixture of slow, midpaced and fast drumming with some brutal blast beats while the bass playing has a very heavy groove feel with alot of alot of talented playing and at times there are some avant garde style samples being used that gives the music a darker feel.
Rhythm guitars are tuned down low and they mix some groove sounding metalcore with a heavy death metal influence that incorporate harmonics mixed with some fast thrash riffing and there is little to no lead guitars present on this recording, and on the last song there is a little of an acoustic guitar.
Vocals mix hardcore style of yelled vocals with some deep death metal growls and high pitched screams as well as some clean singing, while the lyrics are written in a mixture of English and Spanish that cover alot of hateful themes, as for the production it sounds very professional and you can hear all of the music instruments that are present on this album.
In my opinion Feel The Pain are a good band for this style of music but I will admit that the music gets a little bit too commercial for my tastes at times, but the heavy death metal influence makes the music sound good and this is one of the bands of this genre than I can actually listen to. If you are a fan of metalcore, Mainstream stuff that you hear on the radio and death metal you should enjoy this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Reject" "Dolor" "Insanity" and "Verdad".
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