Thursday, October 17, 2013
TRACKLIST:
1. "You Can't Break Me" (4:17)
2. "You're Gone, I'm Here" (3:04)
3. "If You Must" (3:06)
4. "All Over Now" (3:27)
5. "Blindside" (3:35)
6. "Oscillating Fullwave Bridge Rectifiers" (2:08)
7. "Some New Song" (3:02)
8. "E" (3:23)
9. "Deathtrap" (3:15)
10. "Outside My Window" (3:30)
11. "I Remember" (2:33)
12. "So Far Away" (4:13)
13. "Moments" (4:25)
Artist : Precious Death
Country : USA
Release : If You Must
Year : 1994
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
With this album, Precious Death brings in some new influences. Unfortunately for Precious Death they struggled in the Los Angeles metal underground for years before finally scoring a record contract in 1993. During those years in the underground heavy metal was still flourishing. By the time "If You Must" was being recorded, heavy metal had lost it's legs in the mainstream to grunge and alternative. Pantera were one of the few heavy metal bands still making waves in the mainstream at this time and were obviously a huge influence on Precious Death. Fortunately for Precious Death their sound and their vocalist were already far removed from the angry Pantera sound, so mixing that influence in does not get them pegged as a clone. However, that heavy groove element is present in many of the songs. "Some New Song" is a perfect example of that fat, heavy groove. The 'funk' element that was present on some songs on "Southpaw" is still mixed throughout here as well. On "Outside My Window", for example, the band weaves a musical tapestry by combining funky verses with a heavy crunch for the chorus. Christopher Scott still sings like no one else and Roger Sampson's killer drum work is still present. These two guys help to give this band a charisma that is unlike any other band I know of. My favorite cuts are "Some New Song", "I Remember", "So Far Away" and the somewhat bizarre "Moments." "I Remember" is an acoustic ballad in which Chris simply wails on with his power-house voice.
