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[General Zod]

Seamless.

After being impressed by the song I heard on the Headbanger's Ball (don't get nervous) a few weeks back, I picked up their self-titled debut on my last shopping trip.

Wow!

I didn't think anyone wrote real Hard Rock any longer. Not Retro-Rock. Not Melodic Metal ala Bon Jovi Hard Rock. Not Matchbox 20/Nickleback FM radio, Bush administration-approved Hard Rock. Not Velvet Revolver homogenized & sterilized Hard Rock. I mean groove-laden, distorted guitars, bluesy solos Hard Rock. I mean 70s-influenced, emotional vocals, bass-in-your-chest Hard Rock. I mean the type of music that has the gut-punch intensity of Metal, without the speed, but with more feel Hard Rock. I mean so much bottom-end it will shake the bra off the slut you went to high school with Hard Rock. I mean four guys in a garage at 11PM on a Friday night, cigarette hanging out of the corner of the mouth/smoke in the eye, half a dozen empty Budweisers cans on the Marshall stacks, waking the neighborhood Hard Rock.

If you need a break from Negura Bunget and want a change of pace, check out this disc.

Zod

 

[Dark One]

Intriguing - I'm always up to hear a new quality band in that genre. I'll have to check 'em out. When I get home I'll take out the Negura Bunget cd from my player. LOL

 

[matt99_crew]

I got that album for review–it’s pretty solid. I agree that it is several cuts above what you usually hear on rock radio, but think it is pretty FM ready. Kind of grunge inspired, with some bluesy and southern overtones in places. The single is outstanding.
Never would have guessed they are a bunch of ex-metalcore guys.

 

[lizard]

somebody give me a website addy!

 

[General Zod]

I got that album for review–it’s pretty solid. I agree that it is several cuts above what you usually hear on rock radio, but think it is pretty FM ready.

Agreed, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. If FM radio sounded like this, I'd listen to it.

IKind of grunge inspired, with some bluesy and southern overtones in places.

Well, I'd say it's "grunge inspired" if you consider Soundgarden grunge, which I never did. To me, Soundgarden was Sabbath inspired Rock band.

The single is outstanding.

Agreed.

I Never would have guessed they are a bunch of ex-metalcore guys.

Ironically, Killswitch's Alive or Just Breathing is one of my favorite discs. I don't care much for that genre, but that disc is fucking awesome. And I had no idea that Jesse, who sang on that disc, is the fronting this band until I saw them recently interviewed on HBB.

Zod

 

[General Zod]

somebody give me a website addy!

To watch the video:

http://www.seemlessband.com/seemless_index2.html

Go to the Media page.

For MP3s:

http://www.myspace.com/seemless

Zod

 

[lizard]

thanks. all I was getting in search results was

 

[matt99_crew]

Yeah, the grunge comment mostly referred to Soundgarden, whom I love. There is also a bit of STP in there, although it is less tangible.
This stuff SHOULD be on the radio. As I said in my review, it would stand out like a fart in an elevator next to whatever vapid shit Staind is pushing this week.

 

[NAD]

I mean groove-laden, distorted guitars, bluesy solos Hard Rock. I mean 70s-influenced, emotional vocals, bass-in-your-chest Hard Rock. I mean the type of music that has the gut-punch intensity of Metal, without the speed, but with more feel Hard Rock. I mean so much bottom-end it will shake the bra off the slut you went to high school with Hard Rock. I mean four guys in a garage at 11PM on a Friday night, cigarette hanging out of the corner of the mouth/smoke in the eye, half a dozen empty Budweisers cans on the Marshall stacks, waking the neighborhood Hard Rock.

This is why I listen to mostly stoner/desert rock lately. :Smokedev:

 

[lizard]

they list Kyuss as an influence!

 

[lurch70]

good stuff ... some serious Soundgarden influences in that "burden ..." tune

 

[General Zod]

they list Kyuss as an influence!

Yeah... the CD I bought said "for fans of Soundgarden, Kyuss and CoC". Don't really hear the CoC influence.

Zod

 

[NAD]

I heard some definite Pepper Keenan action toward the end of whatever song I listened to awhile ago.

 

[General Zod]

This is why I listen to mostly stoner/desert rock lately. :Smokedev:

Who among that genre is your favorite?

Zod

 

[NAD]

Who among that genre is your favorite?

Zod

Probably Kyuss, but pretty much anything that John Garcia is involved with is golden (Hermano, Unida, Slo-burn, etc.). His voice is just incredible, one of the best I've ever heard. Down, COC, Eyehategod, those southern groups kick all kinds of ass as well. Monster Magnet, Old Man Gloom, Ufomammut, blah blah blah. I feel like I've only reached the tip of the iceberg with this genre, but what I've found kicks all kinds of ass.

 

[J.]

NAD - you checked out SLow Horse yet? you should love 'em. All clean vocals, southern sounding semi-stoner doom.

You should also love the gook stoner doom band Church of Misery.

 

[NAD]

I think I have a CD-R of Slow Horse laying around. Church of Misery is a name I hear a lot, will have to get to them. This genre just makes me feel good dammit, always has, but I'm just now really reaching into it.

 

[NAD]

Zod, old stoner/doom/etc. thread, very good stuff: http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136672&

 

[MajestikMøøse]

I mean so much bottom-end it will shake the bra off the slut you went to high school with Hard Rock.

hahah that rules so hard