Substance D – Addictions – Review

Substance D

Addictions (Noise)
by Martin Popoff

This second from the band (record one was practically a demo, originally slated to be under the Black moniker) is practically a concept album documenting lead shoutster Todd Chaisson (ex-Tuff!) and his battles with drug addiction. Musically, it’s a more peaks and valleys type thing, also less hardcore, new Bay Area sound, and more industrial and groove-crushable. There’s all sorts of phone, fax, and email effects stripped in to increase those voices in yer head, but the songs are rock hurtful and the performances dramatic and often hypnotic. The type of modern metal that’s truly heavy almost all of the time, much in the vein of Chemlab and labelmates Pissing Razors.
(12358 Ventura Blvd. #386 Studio City, CA 91504)