M.T.F - Wreckage
2001 - MTF-Music
By Philip Whitehouse
Avaliable through Plastic Head Music Distribution - Click Here
If Pantera took thrash metal and added a more traditional, loose rock 'n' roll element to it, and Machine Head melded hardcore to thrash, then M.T.F must be plundering elements of what both bands came up with to create this album - which is not a particularly bad thing, since the 'Wreckage' takes on board old-school influences whilst managing to sound completely contemporary - even to the point where perhaps even nu-metallers could be persuaded to turn up the extremity scale few notches to give M.T.F a go.
The Seattle four-piece released this album in 2001, two years after their inception, and within the nine tracks on display are some ballsy, thrash metal numbers with the odd little bit of octave-chording melodicism that MTV seems to approve of these days which still seems not to detract from the intrinstically gutsy, heavy nature of the songs. As if to make the point, 'The Weight I Need' consists mainly of mid-tempo riffage and some melodic guitar work before, suddenly, occasional furious double-bass drumming and a frantically chugging palm-muted riff reasserts M.T.F's thrash credentials.
The songs are well constructed, and predictable in the way that all good thrash metal should be - in that the songs build and sway to the point when you know damn well when the blast is coming and your head is practically thrashing away a second before it happens. There's even the occasional nod to early Metallica's epic tendencies, with the clean guitar segments in some of the songs adding a welcome edge of diversity to this capable outfit's arsenal.
The production is adequate if not exceptional, with the guitars occasionally sounding a little 'practice-amp-esque' during the palm-muted and single-note riffs and the drums lacking power. But, the attitude, musicianship and solos are all present and correct, and the songs pack enough punch to interest the odd Slayer fan as well as those that still bemoan Machine Head having gone to the dogs after 'The More Things Change'.
Not too bad at all.
7/10
2001 - MTF-Music
By Philip Whitehouse
Avaliable through Plastic Head Music Distribution - Click Here
If Pantera took thrash metal and added a more traditional, loose rock 'n' roll element to it, and Machine Head melded hardcore to thrash, then M.T.F must be plundering elements of what both bands came up with to create this album - which is not a particularly bad thing, since the 'Wreckage' takes on board old-school influences whilst managing to sound completely contemporary - even to the point where perhaps even nu-metallers could be persuaded to turn up the extremity scale few notches to give M.T.F a go.
The Seattle four-piece released this album in 2001, two years after their inception, and within the nine tracks on display are some ballsy, thrash metal numbers with the odd little bit of octave-chording melodicism that MTV seems to approve of these days which still seems not to detract from the intrinstically gutsy, heavy nature of the songs. As if to make the point, 'The Weight I Need' consists mainly of mid-tempo riffage and some melodic guitar work before, suddenly, occasional furious double-bass drumming and a frantically chugging palm-muted riff reasserts M.T.F's thrash credentials.
The songs are well constructed, and predictable in the way that all good thrash metal should be - in that the songs build and sway to the point when you know damn well when the blast is coming and your head is practically thrashing away a second before it happens. There's even the occasional nod to early Metallica's epic tendencies, with the clean guitar segments in some of the songs adding a welcome edge of diversity to this capable outfit's arsenal.
The production is adequate if not exceptional, with the guitars occasionally sounding a little 'practice-amp-esque' during the palm-muted and single-note riffs and the drums lacking power. But, the attitude, musicianship and solos are all present and correct, and the songs pack enough punch to interest the odd Slayer fan as well as those that still bemoan Machine Head having gone to the dogs after 'The More Things Change'.
Not too bad at all.
7/10
