You’d never guess these guys were fans of Kyuss. From heavy doomy drones and feedback emerge moments of driving percussion and proper, full-scale riffage that packs some groove. They call it analogue trance metal. Whatever it is, the most obvious comparison for this guitar / drums duo might be That Fucking Tank, our would be, were it not for the vocals. There’s an element of Tweak Bird to the whole thing, only less hyper and crazed-sounding.
If anything, Minimetal could be said to make straight-ahead conventional rock music with an unconventional line-up.
There’s a sleazy vibe to the dirty, dirty guitar noise of the title track, and chugging grunge workout ‘Supermax’ had no shortage of grunt or poke – to the extent that the absence of bass really isn’t an issue. The album’s 13-minute centrepiece,’Kiss them All’ begins gently before transforming into a Hawkwind-esque space-age prog chug with an overloading guitar sound and a touch of the Butthole Surfers too.
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The brooding closer, ‘Minimetal’ appropriately encapsulates everything the album and the band are about, and it builds and builds before finally erupting to bring the album to a mesmeric climax.
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