Floodgate: Penalty
Throughout the history of rock music there have always been musicians who see where music is going and get there first; only to have someone take the idea and run with it. Kyle Thomas is one such guy; having gotten the post-glam Pantera sound down before that lot took it big with his band Exhorter. Floodgate on the other hand is a nice combo platter or Southern rock and Sabbath stylings. The band hails from Louisiana with all that entails.
On this Metal Mind release you get the original tracks plus 4 extra unreleased and demos. Quite a good package to add to already great album. Check out this bit of Southern metal history and wonder why they only managed one album.
Pestilence: Spheres
Some death metal bands were happy with the grunt and groan of the genre. Other bands like Opeth, Fates Warning, and this lot wanted to take it as far as it could go. Pestilence combine prog, jazz, and death metal into a heady mix of quite spectacular soundscapes. The band hit their creative peak with this album and it's quite impressive. This remastered release adds a couple of remixes and live tracks to the already impressive original eleven tracks. If the prospect of jazz fusion death metal does not fill you with horror than this is certainly a release that needs to be in your collection.
Don't expect to get it on the first listen but patience will pay off in the end.
Well that is your lot for this week and I hope something here suits your fancy. If you can make an effort, check out some live music. Stay safe and rocking; until the next time.
Article comments
1 - Brian aka Guppusmaximus
Dude, I can totally appreciate your review of Pestilence because they were f*cking intense but Fates Warning were not even close to Death Metal.(In fact, they should get the progressive vote over Queensryche) Opeth is a Progressive Death Metal act(They f*cking rock as well). They were influenced by 70's prog/metal bands & not at all like Pestilence. You should've included Atheist & Cynic (considering Tony Choy played Bass for both bands...R.I.P. Roger Patterson) because those bands were very similar & possibly influenced by Pestilence.
Other than that...Nice Review!