Boiler – The New Professionals – Review

Boiler

The New Professionals (Mayhem)
by Martin Popoff

New boys Boiler strapped confidently between hardcore and slowcore, onto uh, groovecore. But given that these funner Crowbars hail from college town Ithaca, NY, there’s a sardonic and articulate sense of humor to the thing, taking Boiler into the humanity zones of yer minor sensations Stuck Mojo and Pist-On. Rhythms, riffs, just enough melody to cause contrast, and lyrics somewhere between Minutemen and Biohazard all bunch up somewhat invitingly, even as the uncompromised, rudimentary crunch of an Alex Perialas threatens more than it beckons. If I liked this grrrrangry, caged corner of metal more, I’d possibly call this upper quartile, but as it stands, most of it bangs my head, and not my heart.
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