 Radioman
"Intake" CD
Mental
Records
Genres: metal, hard rock, industrial rock
Mental Records
327 South Fir St
Medford, OR
97501
May 3 - 9 2004 |
Being in a band is a tough job, but this is magnified when the band
plays really bad music. Unfortunately, such is the case with Radioman,
and I literally feel for all the musicians and producers associated
with the creation of Intake. The band has taken a bland,
alt. metal approach with this album, though that isn't the biggest
problem here. The main issue is the fact that this is unoriginal,
homogenous (don't tell me YOU can tell these songs apart), and
embarrassingly boring. Once you've heard "Suicide," an
uninteresting carbon copy of Korn, Monster Magnet, Marilyn
Manson, and the whole modern metal entourage, you've basically
heard every tune on this disc. The fact that three of these
tunes exceed six minutes only accentuates the problem. Radioman's next album will only be salvaged if the
band can become more original, more varied, and more dedicated to
writing songs that can be listened to more than once.
64%
Matt Shimmer
[Vitals: 7 tracks, distributed by the
label, released 2003] |
