biggest Pantera ripoff ...

[lurch70]

holy crap do these guys sound like Pantera ...
http://www.earache.com/bands/biomechanical/EotW/player.html

i heard some early tracks which were more original, and while no doubt these guys can shred, there is just such an air of familiarity here that cannot be overlooked.

 

[Nico]

Actually the one track I've heard by these guys (ages back) sounded more like some sort of intense technical groove thrash with amazing vocals. Would be disapointing if they turned into a Pantera ripoff... guess I should click the link and find out.

 

[lizard]

while imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, blatant copying is plagarism.

 

[lurch70]

Actually the one track I've heard by these guys (ages back) sounded more like some sort of intense technical groove thrash with amazing vocals. Would be disapointing if they turned into a Pantera ripoff... guess I should click the link and find out.

yes, me too .. some early track had some good technical riffery ... but this video. hmm

PS ... Sorry Lee, but I am sure this band will bring in the MegaBucks anyway

 

[Nico]

Uhgg... the guitars are really toned (dumbed?) down in this track. The vocalist is still fantastic, but it's not nearly as impressive as what I'd heard previously. Shame too, I was expecting great things from this band.

 

[Erik]

Not nearly as much of a Pantera clone as Exhorder, fuck those guys

 

[Lee_B]

I seriously don't hear it. Maybe it's because I was never into Pantera?

The reason I signed these guys is the world class musicianship / vocals mixed with the great songs and, what really tipped the balance for me, the huge orchestral scoring. The fact they were from the UK was the cherry on the top.

 

[IOfTheStorm]

They are very influenced by Pantera but they are not a Pantera ripoff. Their range of influences is too wide to consider them ripoff of any band, whether someone likes em or not.

 

[General Zod]

I don't hear it. I've only spun this CD once, and it was only half paying attention. But Pantera did not come to mind. I'm supposed to review this, so I'll be spending more time with it shortly. It definitely strikes me as a disc that requires multiples spins to appreciate.

Zod

 

[KILL TULLY]

Not nearly as much of a Pantera clone as Exhorder, fuck those guys

Didn't Exhorder do it first?


EDIT: Ohh, it was t3h funnieieieiizzzz. oops.

 

[lurch70]

yes actually, Exhorder was around the same time Pantera turned thrash.

I don't know how the rest of the CD sounds, but that afforementioned Biomechanical video ... I mean that riff in the beggining and as the vocals come in ... that is pure Pantera.

These guys will sell by the bucketload though ... will cover all the Elitist bills for sure

 

[cthulufhtagn]

Didn't Exhorder do it first?


EDIT: Ohh, it was t3h funnieieieiizzzz. oops.

yea i didn't catch that either...oops.

 

[J.]

Not nearly as much of a Pantera clone as Exhorder, fuck those guys

Don't worry, I got it.

 

[Lee_B]

These guys will sell by the bucketload though ... will cover all the Elitist bills for sure

Somehting's got to pay for Tiny Deaths..

 

[Demonspell]

I also hear very little Pantera in their music...I get more of a Nevermore meets SYL vibe from them, with some Halford-like vocals at times, like the chorus of Regeneration.

 

[MetalAges]

I've been a fan since their first album made the rounds, and even upon hearing the new tune, I don't hear it as too much a Pantera thing. Maybe its because I've heard their first album and know that's far from what they are doing. I still have to hear the new one but I highly recommend the first album if you haven't heard it. The music, vocals, and indeed like Lee said the orchestration is just a killer combination. A melodic, brutal wall of sound. Amazing stuff.

 

[matt99_crew]

I reviewed it for MetalReview and liked it quite a bit. I'd like to hear their first.

 

[circus_brimstone]

Somehting's got to pay for Tiny Deaths..

Man, I hated Planeshift. Never heard Tiny Deaths, though.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

While I like parts of this band, other parts I dislike :/....

speaking of nevermore, i haven't listened to any of that in months (runs to CD shelf)