This release is so below the radar, it doesn’t even qualify as a caricature of “Diamond Dave,” something that would at least satisfy like a sugary cereal.
Zakk Wylde has solidified his concept and produced – mindful of his own strengths and weaknesses – 11 songs which celebrate the former and banish the latter.
Vaux fulfill the promise Filter never made good on. Experimental rock bits are swirled into the metal base, appealing to folks weary of Tool’s whining.
If Guns N’ Roses were reborn as midgets who liked The Donna’s, had half of Vince Neil’s brains, and thought rockin’ out would be cool, they’d be like this.
Having been burned by Leadfoot releases, I kept waiting for them to suck, but instead I got excellent tune after excellent tune of hard-rockin’ highway music.
Alabama Thunderpussy’s Erik Larson’s The Resounding is exactly what a solo album should be: Ideas and emotions which don’t fit what the main band is doing.