28/07/01

SPINESHANK / THE HEIGHT OF CALLOUSNESS

So why am I reviewing an album that came out last year I hear you say? Well for a start off my website wasn't around then and secondly Roadrunner have re-released it as a limited edition digi pack with 4 extra tracks and 2 CD ROM videos.

First off for those who haven't already bought it Spineshank are an Industrial tinged Metal band in the same ball park as Fear Factory and Static X so if you like both of these bands chances are you are going to love this. You must have seen the video for "Synthetic" on Kerrang! TV and if you haven't it has thoughtfully been included in this package along with "New Disease". All the tracks are superb and are full of more riffs and thundering drums than you can handle. One listen to "Asthmatic" or the title track will get you hooked.

So what are the new tracks like I hear you cry, well apparently they are tracks recorded at the same time as the rest of the album so why weren't they included? who knows because both "Full Circle" and "Perfect Ending" are excellent tracks that fit in with the rest of the album very well.

As for the remixes both are good and done by Dave Ogilvie who's name I have seen on such thing's before and give both "Aesthetic" and "The Height Of Callousness a brand new twist. So overall a very good CD and one which will be enjoyed for many years to come the only problem I can see is if like me you have already bought it, so maybe you can give your cousin an excellent birthday pressie?

TOTAL PLAYING TIME = 52 mins - 15 Tracks + 2CD ROMS