Santo Rostro - II: The Bleed - review
Santo Rostro - II: The Bleed - review
Tracklist
01. Synod02. On The Edge
03. Reminder Of Pain
04. Low Mind Low Sense
05. Once Again
06. Forever The Queen
07. Hunt It Down
A review by
BitterCOld April 16, 2015
Santo Rostro are back with their sophomore effort, II: The Bleed, a stoneriffic festival de riffs grande. SR are another Discos Macarras band that play metal the Motörhead way? dirty, ugly, and with big, brass cojones. In their case, it's big, ugly stoner doom.
Most of the tracks on the album are slow and grungy - the dirty sense, not flannel wearing heroin addict sense. The FogSombrero "slow ride" approach makes for some "take it easy" slow mo head banging. They got a groove, wah-drenched soli, and the soulful vocals are great to chill to. You know, if something with a Black Sabbath-vibe is your idea of chill.
With this in mind, when a song like "On The Edge" or "Low Mind Low Sense" lands it hits like a battering ram. A great burst to unload all your pent up energy and rage before grabbing another beer, go tranquilo, and drink to a "Reminder Of Pain."
So, at the end of the day, would I recommend you check this out?
A shake of the magic bola ocho says "Hunt It Down." Or just visit bandcamp.
*Roughly 39 minutes, just an easy way to tip my sombrero a friend's fave band. "Spanish bongs, yo te quiero infinito. Yo te acuerda? Oh mi corazón"
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 8 |
| Originality: | 6 |
| Production: | 8 |
Written on 16.04.2015 by
Written on 16.04.2015 by
BitterCOld has been officially reviewing albums for MetalStorm since 2009. Comments
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I want to believe that you talk like that in real life.  Also, did you misspell cojones on purpose? Great review Craig. Definitely got me interested. Didn't know these guys at all.
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Posts: 15359 Written by X-Ray Rod on 16.04.2015 at 09:30 spelling error was unintentional. I only intentionally botch French... just to annoy Collin. As for how I speak, yeah... increasingly so, particularly when booze is involved. only with sporadic Russian thrown in, as sometimes it just slips out as being the first non-English word that fits the bill that pops into my head. these guys are great. Ilham suggested their ST in the Stoner thread, bought it, and exchanged some emails with Discos Macarras. They sent a couple releases my way (Memest, Iron Fist), and I've picked up a couple more on my own, including this and Tort. Really dig most the stuff I've checked out from them.
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Cool, relieved to hear it's good, and it's nice to see the band reviewed, thanks. If you had to compare the first impressions you had of both their albums, how did this one do compared to the other?
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Posts: 64459 Written by X-Ray Rod on 16.04.2015 at 09:30 you know some ppl thought Is peak English as I write .. but they were disappointed
---- I stand whit Ukraine and Israel. They have right to defend own citizens. Stormtroopers of Death - "Speak English or Die"  I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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Posts: 15359 Written by Ilham on 17.04.2015 at 01:05 truthfully, it's a toss up. liked both pretty much equally. both are similar in style, approach, sound.
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