Friday, August 2, 2013

Dismay - In Doubt (1995)

Cost: $1.00
This CD is available for trade.
Was not familiar with this band at all, and I ended up buying this almost solely because it was on We Bite (and maybe to a tiny extent, because the band name had potential).  Now, I realize We Bite was primarily a punk/hardcore label, but I did like a few of the metal and crossover releases they put out (Erosion, Death in Action, even the Eisenvater stuff was interesting in all its weirdness), so I bought it just in case.
Slow, groovy hardcore here.  It's quite heavy due to the thick guitars, and that may hold some appeal for more tolerant metalheads (I can see fans of the New Orleans sludge scene enjoying this the most due to the similarities in tempo and simplistic riffing), but I wasn't really into it.  I only recall one point during the album where they play fast (during "Uncivilization"), and it sounded like regular hardcore.  The vocals aren't as angsty and forced as typical HC vox, but I can't say I liked them, either.

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