Smooth, driving, immediate, groovy, and clean Finnish churn-metal delivered with the utmost hi-fidelity. Clean and death vocals trade magnificently throughout.
Total top-notch brutality, blastbeats and flutter-picking, punctuated by “scary symphonics” and delicate piano. Always a side project to revolving members.
Recorded in ’98, never released, here’s the final Smoking Popes record. Ten non-ironic covers of Judy Garland, Patsy Cline, Willie Nelson, The Byrds, and more.
Welfare Problems continues Randy’s retrogression into (deceptively) primitive rock ‘n’ roll, slabs of grease in its hair and Hanoi Rocks vinyl in the back seat.
Imagine the bump’n’grind of nü metal groove with the rich, powerful, manly belt-it-out of ROCK. Yeah, thundering music, but with melodies you can sing along to.
Death metal with only scant leanings toward thrash and death-with-melody, Into the Lungs of Hell won’t change the mid-tier status of this long-suffering band.