TRACKLIST:
Artist : Red Sand
Country : Canada
Release : Gentry [Limited Edition]
Year : 2005
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
Very good progressive band from Canada who are obviously indebted to
the sound of the 1st few Marillion albums. Vocals, keyboards, guitar,
bass and drums all play well and there's some genuine sparks here. Four
songs: two 'side long epics' and two shorter tracks. Dramatic music and
vocals and well done.
TRACKLIST:
Artist : Red Sand
Country : Canada
Release : Human Trafficking
Year : 2007
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 320
Info:
2007's Human Trafficking is, unsurprisingly, more of the same, the
unmitigated rubbish of the eighteen-minute title track followed by the
far shorter Lost, a palatable-enough guitar instrumental; unexciting in
itself, it's pure genius in comparison to the dreary, plodding nonsense
it follows. Another soul-destroying epic, Regrets, features what has to
be one of the worst 'church organ' sounds I've ever heard, while the
pseudotron choirs across the album are terrible; guys, there are better
sample sets out there if you really have to...
TRACKLIST:
Artist : Red Sand Country : Canada Release : Mirror Of Insanity Year : 2004 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
On their debut, 2004's Mirror of Insanity, they suffer from the
standard neo-prog delusion: they actually have something to say that
anyone might want to hear. I blame Fish. Twelve-minute opener Blame
starts tastefully (if tediously) enough, but after a few minutes of
picked guitar and muted vocal, it kicks into typical neo- gear, with one
particularly horrible major-key moment. The ten-minute (see? Told you)
Children Memory again features a sort-of tasteful slow section, this
time in the middle, but a serious lack of understanding of how to pace a
lengthy piece leaves it dead in the water. Poor Mellotron samples
throughout, notably the flutes at the end of Children Memory, the
strings in the middle of the title track and the crummy choirs
everywhere.
TRACKLIST:
Artist : Red Sand Country : Canada Release : Music For Sharks Year : 2009 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 320 Info:
2009's Music for Sharks almost made me cry; not because it moved me,
but because it made me despair. No. Progression. Whatsoever. Or is
there? Shark Man is the least terrible thing yet recorded by the band,
actually utilising a modicum of creativity in the arrangement
department, not to mention a previously unused snare-heavy rhythm that
at least makes a change. Hurrah! Pity it's so fucking long. The rest of
the album's the usual shit, though, as you might expect. Better
Mellotron samples, for what it's worth, which is very little indeed.
Also for what it's worth (also not very much), it isn't that All You
Need Is Love.
Thursday, August 07, 2014
