Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Mataburro - War in the Woods (2004)

I had high hopes for this, as I usually like stuff that's described as "weird". But this doesn't have much to redeem it. The music is somewhat punk and somewhat thrash, with some melody mixed in. It has a tendency to get repetitive at times, and at other times it will do something different for really no good reason. But by far the worst aspect is the vocals. They're a mix of shouted vocals -- which are fine -- and sung vocals that are usually done with a gang chorus that's so out of tune it sounds like a group of drunk frat boys. Boring music + terrible vocals == a recipe for something to avoid.

1 comment:

  1. I also got this because of the description but mostly because of the cover art. :) Since the album slipped my mind I guess it's more or less worthy. Still, the album cover is cool.

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