Friday, May 24, 2013

The Accüsed - The Curse of Martha Splatterhead (2009)

This CD is available for trade.
I'm neutral about The Accüsed...I don't dislike them and I appreciate a good deal of their stuff, but in terms of crossover, I mostly prefer the more metallic kind, ala Wehrmacht and Cryptic Slaughter.

Tommy Niemeyer is now the only member remaining from the band's classic period.  Stylistically, there's been no change, so this is much better than I expected, but on the other hand, there's a certain feeling missing.  It's most obvious in the vocals...In a general sense of being raspy, they aren't too different from Blaine Cook's in their delivery, but the the craziness and overt punk snottiness is missing, which contributed a lot to the old sound.  I gravitate towards the faster songs, but it seems nothing is quite pushed to an over-the-top level, and having crazy, spazzy vocals would certainly help towards accomplishing that.

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