Merendine Atomiche
Raw
Mauseleum Records
I received this album in the mail having no idea who they were or why I even got it, but what a lovely surprise it is! Along with one of my heroes, Jack Frost, having some production duties and some guest appearances, the band itself is extremely talented and shows a great diversity in styles throughout the disc.
This album starts right off with a BANG. "In The Cage" is probably now one of my favorite songs ever! It starts with someone (apparently trapped in a cage) saying "I've gotta get out! I've gotta get out!" (voiced by Jack Frost) And then this thunderous, groovy, thrashing song ensues. If you are not instantly banging your head to this one, you're either clinically dead or standing in line for Kevin Federline tickets. This is a great metal song.
They then jump into the song "Roads And Beers" which has a basic heavy rock & roll feel to it that keeps the pace up nicely.
The title song "Raw" comes next which changes pace once again with a much heavier sound, complete with a growling vocal delivery and backed up by a machine-gun-like barrage of sound. Very nice.
Follow that up with a power metal beauty "Peace Means War?" and add the heavy ballad-like sound of "Ocean's Shadows" at track six and the entire spectrum of heavy metal seems to be covered already.
The remainder of the album continues to show a wonderful talent and heavy rocking songs and demonstrates once again that there is some great metal music out there if you know where to find it. (or happen to suddenly get it in the mail)
Here is the track listing:
1) In The Cage
2) Roads And Beer
3) Raw
4) Peace Means War?
5) I Want To Be A Man
6) Ocean's Shadows
7) Zero Degrees
8) Breathe The Big Apple
9) We Didn't Know
10) Shake For Me
11) 0,41
This is definitely a great offering and I hope any metalhead out there gets the opportunity to check it out.
