Spineshank - The Height Of Callousness - guest review
Spineshank - The Height Of Callousness - guest review
Band
Spineshank Release date
October 10, 2000 Tracklist
01. Asthmatic02. The Height Of Callousness
03. Synthetic
04. New Disease
05. (Can't Be) Fixed
06. Cyanide 2600
07. Play God
08. Malnutrition
09. Seamless
10. Negative Space
11. Transparent
Guest review by
Passenger February 08, 2005
Despite the occasional exceptions, Spineshank is, however, one of the chapters that confirm that recent course. "The Height Of Callousness" is an appealing title, but I bet the fusion "Industrial Metal" will "scare" some already. But let's proceed, without caring about money or popularity, just the music. First song brings in the electric guitars and typical beats of an album of this kind, continual situation, and clearly points out Fear Factory as their main influence. Unfortunately there's no brilliant double bass work here. Unfortunately the vocals are annoying. Unfortunately Spineshank tries to put even more attitude and sometimes don't achieve the captivating result that this style requests, with boring and constantly recycled riffs, in monotonous but noisy repetitions. The good side is this band knows how to use good effects. Listening to tracks like "The Height Of Callousness" or "Seamless" make me wonder how would this sound if they took the "Wannabe-Metal" side out, especially in the excess that is "Cyanide 2600", a situation of uncontrol of their capabilities, considering what they are trying to do.
Spineshank definitely had the means to make a great album, but some songs aren't taken to the technical level required, don't feature much variation and drown in the production and inconsequent instrumentalism. In a nutshell, if you don't like the bigger bands like Fear Factory or Static-X don't even bother with this (though you probably have stopped reading the review in the beginning of the second paragraph anyway). If you do like those bands you can give this one a try but it certainly won't surprise you.
Written by Passenger | February 08, 2005
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This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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Ow cmon. It's not bad. In fact, its one of the best nu-metal albums to me. Maybe the industrial metal wasn't as technical as it could, but still the songs are very nice, and the album presents a certain ''rawness' inexistent in other nu-metal works. I found it very good considering its purpose and its preponderent genre. Bad is their other album, pure genric nu-metal, this one at least present us with some originality.
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