Just in case you don’t know who these guys are, I’ll give you a short biography:
They came, they saw, they sucked, they disbanded.
The only reason why I even know of this band is because Champ213 over at Tainted World started a sucky Indies thread and this band tickled my fancy more than the other two (it was also up to chance really). As you can see, this isn’t going to be a pleasant chat right now.
Let’s start with the title….I have no idea what it means. Really. roid in SHADOW wins the award for most ambiguous and confusing title, and it dethrones [KR]cube. Congratulations!!
The super-huge flaw in this track is the vocalist. He’s completely unskilled and the minute he opens his mouth all credibility within the song can just go away. The composition in the song itself isn’t horrible. It’s cheap, it’s indies, it’s slightly unique (they remind me of Kibouya Honpo) and it could use some work. Some of the riffs here and there seem off and don’t fit well, but I wouldn’t really know because the vocalist is just bad.
I can’t describe how horrible his singing actually is. I can’t even liken him to the vocalist from Genitals because at least what he does requires some modicum of skill. This singer….I think this is one of those songs that you just have to listen to for yourself and hear.
If I were to try to describe for you what I hear, it almost defies words. It first sounds like he’s on helium or something but then he goes even HIGHER so it sounds like he’s whining almost. Then he hits the chorus and you actually realize that’s how he SINGS and it’s almost unbearable as he goes even HIGHER. He sounds like the Elmo toy when the batteries are winding down and he’s speaking, or the beginning to a bad, oversexed anime (Eiken…) or a Spanish telenovela.
So there you go. Bad vocalist can ruin a band. Can we chalk up a 2?
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