Torche - Meanderthal
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Artist: TorcheBrand: Hydra Head Records
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2008-04-08
Music Label: Hydra Head Records
Soundtracks:
- Triumph of Venus
- Grenades
- Piraña
- Sandstorm
- Speed of the Nail
- Healer
- Across the Shields
- Sundown
- Little Champion
- Without A Sound
- Fat Waves
- Amnesian
- Meanderthal
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Free Music Review: Torche - "Meanderthal"
Hit: 5 Stars
This is probably one of my top 5 favorite albums. Torche is a band that continues to impress me more every time I listen to them. The key word for this album is MASSIVE. Sure, some times the album sounds like something you might hear at Lollapalooza, but that does nothing to diminish the sheer heaviness of the songs. Even some of the more pop-oriented songs like Healer and Across the Shields still have an underlying stoner sound to them. To really get the full effect of this album you need to blast it through some big speakers or listen to it with some really nice headphones to truly get an understanding of the colossal heaviness that is Meanderthal.
To point out the best songs of this album would be a waste of time because this is one of those albums that can be played through all the way, however, I will point out that my personal favorites are the opening track, Triumph of Venus, which begins with a cool vocal harmony thing before launching into a pummeling riff that breaks into some pure awesome guitar wizardry, and Grenades which is a poppy sounding song, but it has a really heavy verse and a cool guitar solo.
I'm a huge fan of Steve Brooks, both his guitar playing and his singing style, so I might be a little biased, but anyone who likes the other stuff Torche has done, or who are fans of Steve's previous band Floor, should check this album out, because it is in my opinion the best thing that Steve has ever been involved in. One last thing, make sure to buy the actual physical CD of Meanderthal, don't just download it, becaue Torche have done a superb job with the packaging and the artwork. One minor complaint is that I wish they had printed the lyrics, because its ofetn really hard to make out what Steve is singing.
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Torche boasts members of Hydra Head alumni band Cavity as well as Floor. Call this the latest and greatest bomb-string stoner pop/thunder rock/doom pop classic from Torche mastermind Steve Brooks and his fellow hook heroes. Call it the sweetest, catchiest, hugest riff colossus since "Sky Valley". "A pure sludge bulldozer" - Spin. "At long last, we know what life would be like in a parallel universe where The Melvins became a pop sensation instead of Nirvana" - Revolver. Look for them at SXSW and on a full European tour. They've shared stages with Isis, Jesu, Baroness, and Mogwai, among others.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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