TRACKLIST:
Artist : Precious Death
Country : USA
Release : Southpaw
Year : 1993
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
"Southpaw" is fabulous - a masterpeace! After wearing out their "Our
Stinking Demo" tape, I was anxious to get the full length disc, which
only has one song off the demo ("Force Fed"). The first song starts out
with a HEAVY Metallica crunch but mixes in the extraordinary vocals of
Chris Scott, who is one of the most unique vocalists ever. "Shine"
totally changes style, going for a heavy funk sound mixing it with
California thrash.
TRACKLIST:
1. "All We Have is Now" (3:17)
2. "I Was Free" (3:21)
3. "(What's The Name) Of This Song" (4:52)
4. "Another Form of Slavery" (3:27)
5. "The Ocean" (2:56)
6. "Did You Know" (4:14)
7. "New Music for a Quiet Revolution" (4:19)
8. "When the Rain Comes" (3:06)
9. "One and One and One" (3:44)
10. "Psa 1M" (6:36)
11. "untitled/unlisted track" (2:44)
Artist : Precious Death
Country : USA
Release : Precious Death
Year : 1996
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
This album just sucks! I can't even believe this is the same band that
recorded the brilliant "Southpaw" and "Our Stinking Demo." First of all
Chris Scott has decided that he no longer sings metal and joined a
crappy alternative band called Blackball. He is on this album, but I
hardly call it singing when compared to the last two albums. He even
raps on "All We Have Is Now" and "Another Form of Slavery." Second, band
leader, song writer Roger Sampson is gone as is bassist Andy Kohler
(Although Andy does have one song writing credit on this album.). Last,
this is just bad alternative music. Where are the chunky riffs, the
funky bass. Argh! I'm just frustrated but I am glad that this was their
last album if this was the direction they planned on going in.
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.
Thursday, October 17, 2013
