Search - Fumes :: Self Appointed Guardian of the Machine [Vinyl]

Sheer speed

nathan radke (nradke@trentu.ca) | Thunder Bay, Canada | 08/24/1998

(3 out of 5 stars)

"i have never heard a band, with the exception of minor threat, which plays every song as fast as this band does. while they slow down to a reasonable speed for "depression", amphetamine-drenched songs like "shot out my heart" more then make up for it. if you are looking for musical diversity and interesting song structures, forget it. this cd has nothing but loud, fast songs in 4/4 time. of course, anyone who buys this will expect that. as fast and as monotonous (in the true sense of the word) as the guitars are on this album, there are enough catchy riffs to keep the listener interested. the lyrics are all but incomprehensible."