Dockyard 1
2006
1. Never to Play the Servant
2. Crucify Freedom
3. Frailty (of The Righteous One)
4. Hatred Divine
5. Fear to Succeed
6. All Sainted Sinners
7. Inflicted
8. Drinking Joy, Bitter Loss
9. Bad Blood
10. Blasphemy Feeder
11. Deny God
12. Disillusion
13. Bleed to Shadow
14. New Kleen Killing Machine
Curran Murphy has made somewhat of a name for himself through Annihilator and to a lesser extent with live touring for Nevermore. This one marks the debut of his new band which is really two EPs the band made spliced together.
I'm just gonna come out and say it... this is nothing special. What we have here is a band that seems to just want to sound heavy without a lot of thought put into song structure and writing. During the course of listening to it all I got was 'yep... they sound pissed'. It just seems hollow to me though and got old very quickly. 14 tracks and I was getting bored by a few tracks in. Nothing on here is really bad, but the music isn't that impressive and with a band like this I need a bit of technicality or at least variation to keep me interested. The sound can pretty much be described as one of many Nevermore derived bands that are popping up lately. The vocals at times very much resemble Warrel while at other times go for a rough approach that kinda sounds hardcore with some screaming injected now and again. Mostly it sounds like heavier Nevermore with maybe a bit of thrash, but without anything in the way of standout songs. This all runs together for me and comes off as a band in severe need of songwriting and structures that are more distinct. The vocals kinda lack in the balls department as well. Although they're gruff they don't sound very deep or forceful.
In conclusion this just sounds amateur to me. Maybe with time this band will establish more of a sound for itself and get more creative with the songwriting, but for now this is missable.
Highlights: Not really... this is part of the problem
Rating - 2.5/5
2. Crucify Freedom
3. Frailty (of The Righteous One)
4. Hatred Divine
5. Fear to Succeed
6. All Sainted Sinners
7. Inflicted
8. Drinking Joy, Bitter Loss
9. Bad Blood
10. Blasphemy Feeder
11. Deny God
12. Disillusion
13. Bleed to Shadow
14. New Kleen Killing Machine
Curran Murphy has made somewhat of a name for himself through Annihilator and to a lesser extent with live touring for Nevermore. This one marks the debut of his new band which is really two EPs the band made spliced together.
I'm just gonna come out and say it... this is nothing special. What we have here is a band that seems to just want to sound heavy without a lot of thought put into song structure and writing. During the course of listening to it all I got was 'yep... they sound pissed'. It just seems hollow to me though and got old very quickly. 14 tracks and I was getting bored by a few tracks in. Nothing on here is really bad, but the music isn't that impressive and with a band like this I need a bit of technicality or at least variation to keep me interested. The sound can pretty much be described as one of many Nevermore derived bands that are popping up lately. The vocals at times very much resemble Warrel while at other times go for a rough approach that kinda sounds hardcore with some screaming injected now and again. Mostly it sounds like heavier Nevermore with maybe a bit of thrash, but without anything in the way of standout songs. This all runs together for me and comes off as a band in severe need of songwriting and structures that are more distinct. The vocals kinda lack in the balls department as well. Although they're gruff they don't sound very deep or forceful.
In conclusion this just sounds amateur to me. Maybe with time this band will establish more of a sound for itself and get more creative with the songwriting, but for now this is missable.
Highlights: Not really... this is part of the problem
Rating - 2.5/5
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