CARRION - the Crime Of Idle Hands... effortlessly melds post-hardcore crunch to Am Rep violent insanity and stonerized riffing. Like black flag 's "My War" genetically fused to dazzling killmen and early Today is The Day, while veering between emotional outbursts akin to Fugazi and atonal doom trudge.
... not easy listening music, and although it's quite angular and complicated at times, it isn't aimed at the progressive crowd either... pure bred noise hard rock reminiscent of the dirty American sound of the late 80s, from bog black over to tumor circus to Jesus Lizard and the slower moments of Pushead's Septic Death.....heavy rhythmic work on the bass and drums, the single guitar is more distorted than you would expect, with a dense lyricism on the slower instrumental parts... lyrics are very depressing, carried well by the desperate high strung voice of Nick Skrobisz who is also responsible for the excellent guitar playing and the colourful cover artwork.... the longer tracks drive you deepest into the disturbed mental imagery that their music tries to convey.... mathy and rocking at the same time
Brutal like the squirts..... carrying a post-hardcore torch while wearing an Am Rep shirt with yellow underarms. ... straight ahead f'n heavy, that is if you consider Dazzling Killmen to be straight ahead.... surmises it's punk and metal roots ... could be the crust kids raised on metal's version of slayer's South Of Heaven or perhaps My War
... like MASTODON if their muse was punk and not metal, but no punk would play and write intricate guitar parts and time changes like those found here .... pretty goddamn heavy, as heavy as anyone else, but not in the typical downtuned, bludgeoning, battering way... more cerebral than anything else. It won't make anyone thrash around in fits, but once all is said and done, the ass feels kicked.... vocals & music compliment each other well. Both are frenzied, but never veer out of control. The lyrics, like the vocals, are p*ssed but don't become redundant and are poignant.
.... picture a band standing midway between Mastodon and Today Is The Day, then picture said band standing midway between Neurosis and Black Flag 's My War.... drummer is a powerhouse, the guitarist can veer from Fugazi weirdness to total atonal doom in the drop of a hat, and the bassist has a nice fat tone that propels everything along, while still playing incredibly complex lines. Notice the word complex... not technical, but complex. The arrangements are complex, the playing complex, but none of this is ever technical... There is a huge helping of punk ...
...knocks you straight in the head.... beautifully raw and supremely heavy at the same time..... not metal, not hardcore, not punk, just heavy... discordant riffs & dirgey vocals. These guys have a knack for making you feel the pain in their music.... it speaks of pain and loss more effectively than any whinning maggot with a hip-retro haircut and a record advance could while yelling about how his girlfriend dumped him.... these guys do not think nor write songs like the average heavy band.... (they have a) knack for removing musical boundaries while still injecting an overdose of emotion ....the album sounds seven miles wide.... sheer heaviness. You can hear every damn instrument in the mix... Carrion put this advantage to full use, charging ahead with an energy and live-feel that knocks you for a loop. These guys are making worthwhile and unique music that deserves to be heard.
carrion - the crime of idle hands
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