Skinlab: Bad Derivative Machine Head, or Excellent Modern Thrash?

[speed]

Just wondering anyones opinions on this band? A band I have a hard time deciding on whether they are merely machine head lite, or somehow an innovative 90s thrash band, that expanded upon the Machine Head influence.

 

[Edgecrusher]

If they were to break up and disappear off the face of the earth, I wouldn't complain.

 

[SculptedCold]

I've got Disembody The New Flesh and i've heard The ReVolting Room.....and i'd definately say they suck.

Pissing Razors are by far my favourite modern metal/post thrash/pantera/whatever type band.

 

[Terrifyer]

Skinlab: Bad Derivative Machine Head, or Excellent Modern Thrash?

crap

 

[Warlord Of Death]

Drop-D modern garbage.

 

[speed]

Well I am impressed by the production on their albums, however I do think they are crap, but at least listenable crap.

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Never liked them. I'd much rather listen to Machine Head.

 

[LordFireworm]

They're awful.
So are Machine Head.

 

[CF87]

They're awful.
So are Machine Head.

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Aside from the BR, and Supercharger, Machine Head have been pretty awesome.

 

[Edgecrusher]

Aside from the BR, and Supercharger, Machine Head have been pretty awesome.

I think they, along with Hypocrisy, actually listened to their REAL fans (not the trend followers) and returned to doing what they're good at.

 

[anonymousnick2001]

The same goes for Fear Factory.

 

[LordFireworm]

And Metallica.
*Ahem*

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Wait a second. St. Anger was pretty bad. What are you trying to say?

 

[LordFireworm]

Wait a second. St. Anger was pretty bad. What are you trying to say?

St. Anger was awful.

 

[BlessedAreTheSick]

Skinlab's first record was actually pretty solid. Sure they're heavily Machine Head influenced, but at least on the first record they lacked MH's minor hiphop/hardcorish influence - it was pretty straight ahead metal.

Disembody is actually pretty good and very listenable, but they started to really abuse drop-d nu-metalish grooves, however they were always heavier than anything in nu-metal.

The ReVolting Room was pure and utter garbage. It was a watered down boring ass obvious attempt at more mainstream success. Dumb downed songs, big singing chrouses...it just really fucking sucked.

They are done as a band as far as I'm concerned but I don't consider them a total failure.

 

[Warlord Of Death]

Anything that is influenced by Machine Head should be trashed. They are overrated, and Robb Flynn is stupid for quitting Vio-lence and forming MH, they certainly cannot be passed off as thrash and never have been.

Vio-lence had a future until Phil Demmel left....

 

[MURAI]

Haha. Seems like I'm the only one here that likes some of their work. I wont call them thrash they were modern metal. Their early work is pretty good but then they started ripping off Korn on Revolting Room which was just bad. I feel the same way about Machine Head, their early work was good but then they went to shit.

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Has anyone heard TTAOE?