 The
Glasspack
"Powderkeg" CD
Small Stone
Recordings
Genres: stoner rock, doom metal, heavy metal
Small Stone
PO Box 02007
Detroit, MI 48202 USA
May 4 - May 11 2002 |
"Powderkeg" is a devestating dose of quality
stoner rock. Power riffs and awesome axe solos characterize the guitar-playing, and the
singer's wicked voice only further enhances the brutal experience. The Glasspack obviously
have their Black Sabbath influences intact - if Sabbath
were still playing nowadays, this could very well be their new album All the songs here
stand up perfectly on their own, although they also complement each other wonderfully on
the album. Take "Shut Up & Ride," for example. As soon as you press play,
this song assails your ears with its brutal sludge riffs and ripping vocals. If you need a
song to blast away your mind, this is it. By the time the first guitar solo kicks in, your
brain will be floating in a pool of its own juices.
Other songs, like "Demolition Derby" and the hyper-charged "Whiskey
House" further pound your eardrums to oblivion; by the time this album closes off
with the suffocatingly sludge-ridden "Jim Bean And Good Green," you will no
longer be on this world.
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Matt Shimmer |
