Metal Reviews
Metal Reviews
CHROME LOCUST |
| I threw this disc
on expecting really nothing special-"ah, probably another one of these
stoners, so who's the latest in line recreating old Sabbath under a
different name?" But considering MIA's latest track record, I should've known better-and now I'll never doubt 'em again. This debut from Chrome Locust will with a little luck, be the trailblazer that puts rock back on the map-it's that good! In fact, if I was a little less ethical than I am-not saying much, okay-what I'd do is take the brief write-up accompanying this advance disc, copy it word for word and sign my name to it. Tempting, but no, I couldn't live with myself. But I honestly couldn't have assessed this band anymore accurately than in that which I pre-read. Drawn together by ex-members of D-Generation and Murphy's Law, two bands that had the right ideas, just never enough backing to build on, the time may finally have arrived. Like a swarm, Chrome Locust is on you, with an unashamed and uptempo intent, stripped-down and simple formula that was concocted and put to record in less than half a year from forming. With the driving beats that fuel "Ain't No Love" and "Drop" right off, the first though appears: "What ever happened to this aspect of rock music?" Quick, simple, to the point, and easy to listen where you didn't have to whip out a thesaurus to research the wide array of elements used to describe the many kinds of music artists have to proudly display where anything less wasn't hip. Anonymity seemed the answer to classification and for those who couldn't accept it, guess what? Where ya gonna turn? So for those of us a little less "cultured" I suppose, we no longer need to turn back time and wonder where the next Kiss or Ramones might come out from. Man, this Chrome Locust album is a true rock and roll record that brings the best properties of the seventies and eighties alive once more but not in the way of Sabbath, all doom-infused, but instead, reversibly opposite and melodically groovin' in nature. Sedation takes place as we near the end here under "Heavy Medication" and afterwards jumping to the Zeppelin-like closer in "The Cycle of Birth and Death." Sandwiched between is a highly active fuzz-rock burner that might best answer where true hard rock's been these last few years-"M.I.A"-until now. One of the year's best! Released by MIA Records MIA RECORDS, 315 Church Street, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10013 phone: (212) 966-9664 fax: (212) 966-1287 Website: http://www.mia-records.com/ Email:Info@mia-records.com Review by Vinnie Apicella |