FUUUUUCKKKK...to say this band has been an inspiration to me would be a huuuuuge understatement, this album combined with the majority of their albums have provided constant inspiration for me for the last couple years in all my musical endeavours. I first heard Crowbar probably 6-7 years ago when going through a period of solely listening to Pantera, Metallica and Slayer. Through the Pantera home videos I was introduced to the awesomeness of Crowbar. Though this wasn't the first Crowbar album I heard it has definitely become one of my all time favourite albums. Being that this was Crowbars 3rd album, it really shows that they had time to grow as a band in song writing and arrangements since their first album that came out in 1991.
To me this album draws a lot of influence from Crowbar's more hardcore/crossover influences such as Carnivore and Cro Mags, in regards to how the riffs are structured and the use of a lot of half-time tempo shifts to emphasise the groove in a riff. This album holds what I consider to be some of the heaviest riffs ever recorded, staying true to their original promise of "tune low, play slow". Amongst these more hardcore/crossover inspired tracks, there are definitely the fair share of slower, doomy, more depressing tracks as well. The guitar tone on this album is just so sludgey and Kirk Windstein's voice is awesome as well, this is also the last release on which drummer Craig Nunenmacher would appear on before joining Zakk Wylde in BLS. Stand out tracks for me include, 'The Only Factor', 'Leave it Behind', 'Lack of Tolerance' and 'No More can We Crawl'. I recommend this album very highly for any fan of slow heavy music and hardcore/doom crossover stuff. This is definitely one of my personal favourite albums and I could not stress enough how good it is.
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I slept for 12 hours last night, it was awesome. I have band practice today with a yet unnamed band with my mates dean and nate, im really keen for this thing to get moving as its the music that I would love to see live in Canberra more often.
Pad went to the NA last show last night and I'm kind of disappointed that I didn't go as I really liked that band and their last album was so good, oh well sucks to be me I guess. I also have little to no money which is killing me but I cannot wait for my new drumkit to come as it will finally give me the drum sound that I want Slowburn to have.
Cruisy day, keen as, more soon.
-aaron
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