CONSTANT WAVES - self-titled CD review
"Well
it's been a hell of a wait but Stourbridge's instrumental
post-metallers CONSTANT WAVES finally dropped their album of funky
yet epic, face-meltingly powerful tunes earlier this year. Those that
have been fortunate enough to catch this four-piece live over the
years will recognise a lot of these seven tunes, from the blistering
opener 'Chicken in the Blood' to live favourite and album closer 'Dr.
Rumack'. This is a beautifully varied piece of work that incorporates
sweet, clean, melodic, ambient soundscapes, funky, danceable licks,
epic post-metal walls of distorted noise, and massive head-caving
riffs, and plays heavily on the contrast between all of these varied
sounds, creating a truly dynamic listening experience. Driving all of
this is some seriously tight, solid, and wonderfully prominent bass
that holds its own against the soaring guitars, and some consistently
brilliant technical drumming that's always as heavy or as full as it
needs to be. A great and consistent piece of work (with brilliant
song-titles!) that was well worth the wait."
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