What an Absolute Unit

Unitron · 02-04-2019, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Already familiar with Lumbar, and it's good haunting and heavy doom/sludge. As far as Tad Doyle's sludge bands go though, I prefer Brothers of the Sonic Cloth.

Anteater · 02-04-2019, 09:35 PM

Unitron · 02-15-2019, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Anteater

I can always count on you to bring some fantastic 80's/90's heavy metal, and this is just that. Never heard of them before, but kind of reminds me of the glam side of early Alice in Chains or Saigon Kick. Love the intro riff especially.

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

Thanks! I only really listen to two Helmet albums, Meantime and Betty, the latter being my favorite. Even though they were an Alt band that went on excursions into Metal, they were not gimmicky like a lot of Heavy Metal bands. They just wore regular street clothes and played really good guitar. That's what I like about them, they easy-going but had killer riffs.

Yeah, I'm a huge fan of Meantime, one of my favorites. Helmet hit a perfect blend of post-hardcore and groovy/grungy heavy metal that no other band has done quite right. Haven't listened to Betty much, but this song from it is just as great as anything off of Meantime: