Systematic
Somewhere In Between
The Music Company/Elektra
Rating: 2 Flaming Goat Heads
As guitar-heavy as a band can get, this four-piece Lars Ulrich find attempts to cut right across the throat by pushing their weighty, jagged riffs right to the front of a very clean studio mix. Singer Tim Narducci's naturally pleasant voice is left virtually dry, which provides a very raw edge to music that isn't relying on production gimmicks to get the point across; keep it heavy, honest and loud - hopefully, everything will work itself out. The lead single, "Beginning of the End," serves up a harsh hook accented by the top-end girth of Narducci's vocals and crafty, multi-layered guitar arrangements. The guitar/vocal intro of "Bed Sores" again shows off Narducci's spirited vocal ability, but that's not enough to carry a song too heavily relying on a weak and mundane chorus hook. The seven-minute title track spruces up interest late in the disc with a combination of complexity and slow, grinding moshability that shows a definite Massive Attack influence. No, there is nothing innovative about Systematic, but the songs, musicianship and production are strong enough to bend a few ears, at least for a while.-Cliff Frantz
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