TRACKLIST:
1. Again
2. Become
3. Glass Of Pain
4. Scorn
5. 86
6. SLA
7. Shallow Pulse
8. Free
9. Don't Tell William
10. For You
11. SlaveArtist : XEX Country : USA Release : Anything Goes Year : 2002 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 192 Info:
XEX takes its heavy metal seriously - maybe a little too seriously.
XEX isn't even a word, "it's a symbol that is as unique as our music,"
the Boise trio claims. Whatever the case, "Anything Goes" is an apt
title for what amounts to an ambitious alternative-metal therapy
session. The CD's apocalyptic, spoken-word intro conjures up laughable
images of Motley Crue's "Shout at the Devil." But afterward, XEX blends
precise, minimalist bass lines and drumming with tortured, armored-saint
vocals ("You will bow down before me!) and massively processed, detuned
guitar chords, XEX tells a melodramatic lyrical tale (complete with
spooky echoes), executes quirky ax gear-shifts (from acoustic to
skull-compressing) and sneaks in shreddin' solos. Even when XEX is
laughing at itself - check out "Don't Tell William," a fist-waving
adaptation of William Tell's famed overture - the group delivers with
utter density. "Anything Goes" is dark, deliberate and anvil-heavy,
leaving you fatigued, as if you've taken sledgehammer shots to both
shoulders. Feel XEX's pain.
TRACKLIST:
1. Get Shit Faced
2. Step Outside
3. Any Faith
4. Breaking Earth
5. Son Of Desire
6. Creature
7. Sacred
8. Wolfgang's 40
9. Bathing In Ashes
10. Interlude
11. Grunge Girl In Hell
12. Amadeus Jig
13. Schwermetall Valhalla
14. I Know I
15. Cry
16. Betrayal
17. EndArtist : XEX Country : USA Release : Mixed Signals Year : 2003 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 VBR Info:
XEX's disc "Mixed Signals" is at times very heavy, at times emotional,
and at times just fun. The song "Get Shit Faced" is particularly
amusing. The technicality on this disc waxes and wanes, there is some
excellent guitar work, and nice drumming. The vocals from song to song
are all over the place in style. Almost every song is different, track
6, "Creature" has double bass, crazy leads, and death vocals with
clean(er) parts thrown in. You can feel like you popped in The Mentors
one second, Offspring the next, Alice in Chains after that, then Seven
Mary Three next. And the list goes on in influences and styles from 80's
rock bands to metal bands, 90's grunge to recent rock styles. You can
even find classical made metal with songs like track 8, "Wolfgang's 40",
and "Amadeus Jig" which are pretty cool and kind of funny.
TRACKLIST:
1. Intro
2. Good Times
3. My Tomorrow
4. Tell Us Why
5. There
6. So
7. War Among Gods
8. Buried In Sand
9. Ant Farm
10. Alive
11. Carmen Sutra
12. Festered Love
13. Under Where
14. Outro
15. Unclean (Bonus Track)
16. Bleed (Bonus Track)Artist : XEX Country : USA Release : Triad Year : 2006 Genre : Heavy Metal File Type : mp3 192 Info:
The band consists of three guys that have been playing together, in
some form, since 1987. De Varona met guitarist Bryan Maddox in junior
high. After many bands, and many years XEX came along. They were just
messing around, getting drunk in the basement, and as De Varona states,
"we found ourselves playing shows, even though it wasn't our intention."
Now, they are releasing their first album Anything Goes, which is a
motto as apt as "Beaters and Shades." Although the album draws heavily
from traditional metal influences, the music is complex and varied. They
show their versatility with some more acoustic, melodic songs scattered
through out.
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
