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Free Music Review: Culturally Respective and Relevant
Hit: 5 Stars
I live in a place steeped with Native American culture. My father went to great lengths to educate me about Native American lifestyles and religion and storytelling. I am an Anthropologist. Tomahawk's new album "Anonymous" is a cultural masterpiece in a country of cultural chaos and fear. This is an important work, but it also stands on its own merit. I have often discussed with friends the lack of Native American influence in modern music. The most shining examples, until the release of Tomahawk's master opus, was the combined efforts of Max Cavalera's Sepultura and Soulfly. The native cultures in the United States and Canada need to express their rage, tears, and culture in a form of music not easily categorized by a genre label. Tomahawk's "Anonymous" is the first step. It is abrasive. It is aggressive. It is tearful. It is hopeful. It is the modern versions of the songs of a People that my pioneer Great-Grandfather knew firsthand. So here is the foundation presented by Tomahawk and it is over a hundred years old. Now imagine the strength and power of modern native songs and ideas expressed in similar and new ways without being "New Age." Tomahawk's "Anonymous" is native influenced music with integrity; a subculture that needs to grow and let us know.Free Music Review: Tomahawk's Best Release
Hit: 5 Stars
Forget the naysayyers, you don't have to be a Mike Patton fan to enjoy this album. Each track is fresh and unique, and sounds like a Native American experiment gone completely absurd. The first track sounds like something from Mike Patton's Fantomas bands, but don't let that throw you off, the second track puts you back onto the train of the album's original intention: To cover annonymous songs that aren't credited by any of the Native American's the album inspires on. It is a fresh approach, in similiar Fantomas fashion, but instead of covering horror flick themes, it covers something completely different. And each song has a hook that won't let you go. Tracks 4 and 5 really stand out as they are the darkest and grueling songs on the album. Very creepy stuff. If you enjoy fresh music that doesn't sound like your typical mainstream album, you'll see the light in this. Fantastic album.Free Music Review: wicked primordial music
Hit: 5 Stars
I dont understand how one could not like this music, its really amazing. And its not like the first two Tomahawk albums of course, its not better or worse than them, its just completely different. imagine Patton chanting native american mantras on top of tribal drums with wild time signatures and beautiful guitar layers, it all sounds natural and perfectly placed. the only thing i would have done differently is to make some of the songs flow better, as they seem to breakup sometimes in the middle of them with an experimental usually airy awkward transition, but they always fall back into the chant and groove that it was in originally. the concept is awesome and well researched, and it must have been a blast creating the music to go around the vocals or if it was vice versa. this is truly genuine artistic creative powerful primordial music.Free Music Review: Trying to pin Patton down is your first problem
Hit: 5 Stars
Ok, so like I just said if you're trying to pin Patton down, you're an idiot and obviously not a real enthusiast. So if you fall into this category don't buy this album. Or better yet buy this album and give Patton your money cuz you deserve to be taken if you think you can ever predict what he's gonna do next. Enough pontificating and on to the music contained on the album herein. It's amazing. Patton and the gang reworking Native American songs. Patton said 'Duane that is a great freakin' idea'. And the rest is history. Insanely good, even if it you don't think it's an according to Hoyle 'Tomahawk sounding' album. When the rest of the inane music community starts releasing things this original then maybe some smack-talking will be warranted but until then shut your mouth and listen to Patton open his and be in awe.Free Music Review: The best Tomahawk album yet!
Hit: 5 Stars
First listen I was left with a bad tasted in my mouth that this was going to be another hard concept album. I wrote it off as one of those albums that I'll only listen to on occasion to freak out my mainstream friends, but then something called me back to give it another go.. I'm so glad I did or I would have missed out on one of the best albums that has came out in the past five years.
I have listen to nothing but this album for the past two weeks and it's not even beginning to get stale.
Cudo's to Dwayne for dredging up a beautiful and forgotten sound from a people whom we owe so much.