Where songs on Building were crammed with emotion, this new batch seem tired and stricken with ADD. Mid to slow tempos, accompanied by over-saturated guitars.
If Seattle drug bands coppin’ Mike Ness’ roots rock with readymade choruses wet yer panties, then 4 Hr. Ramona is better than a variable-speed vibrator.
Similar to bands like Cemetery, Dreadful Shadows, and Evereve, Sculpture mix the metal with the moodiness and have produced some fine, heavy Goth rock.
It has subtle elements of pagan celebration and folklore, but this motherfucker starts in high gear and spends the whole 50 minutes flying by blurred scenery.
No Innocent Victim plays old-meets-new-school hardcore with plenty of fast parts, not-so-fast parts, chugging parts, mosh parts, stomp parts, and polka beats.
They play simple riffs, are obsessed with graveyards, aliens, and all kinds of ghouls, witches, and zombies, and yet theirs is the CD you wanna hear again.