Average Rating: 5
Demo Title: 1134
Band Members: UV Rayz (Drums), Nando Redrum (Guitar), Phil "The Guily One" Vibes (Vocals), Nick Irate (Guitar), Curt Irate (Bass).
Location:New York, NY
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Average Rating: 5 |
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Band Name: Irate
Demo Title: 1134 Band Members: UV Rayz (Drums), Nando Redrum (Guitar), Phil "The Guily One" Vibes (Vocals), Nick Irate (Guitar), Curt Irate (Bass). Location:New York, NY |
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Musashi's Review:
Why aren't people honest with who they are? This is a question that I always ask when I get around to picking CDs to review. Metaljudgment.com is a metal website. Why would a nonmetal band send their CD to a metal website? It makes no sense to me. Not that there is anything wrong with other styles of music, but I won't review something that doesn't have a connection to metal. Sure there are lots of non-metal bands out there that we as metalheads can appreciate, but most of those bands won't get reviewed here. Those are the rules that are set up to keep it a metal website. If your band is not metal, then please don't send us your CD to review (I like free CDs and I'll still listen to them if you send them, but I won't review them). Anyway, I just think it is funny that people think that they are in metal bands when they are not. People also think that their band is so good that an all-metal website should take the time out of their regularly scheduled programming and devote some space to their great non-metal band. Arrogance.Amazingly, I found a CD in my pile that was metal AND sounded good. Irate is a band from from New York and I like that. They all looked pissed off and I like that too. (Why are New Yorkers so pissed off?) The other New York thing about Irate is that they are diverse. New York is the most cosmopolitan city in the world and therefore it is natural that bands from New York incorporate various musical influences into their sound. The downfall of this is that many bands tend to suck at all the styles of music that they try to emulate. Another problem is that New York bands try to incorporate various styles that just have no business being put together. Like oil and water, the different styles of music just refuse to form a homogenous mixture. Irate, instead of trying to fit rap and hardcore into metal are just trying to fit different types of metal together and making it work.
As I listen to this CD, I can hear influences ranging from Amorphis to Metallica to Iron Maiden to Pantera to In Flames. On my second listening, I'm finding it to be a really deep CD with a lot of layers. The sound is Sweden meets New York. The riffs are excellent as are the lyrics which I seldom read or pay attention to. Irate create a lush musical landscape that is complex and emotional yet still accessible.
Technically the musicianship is excellent. The guitar players play all the ripping stuff that I like to hear. The drums are heavy and on time. The vocals are great except for the places where he tries to sing. It's not that Phil's vocals are technically bad, quite the contrary, but on "Always Remain," he starts to sound too progressive metal, like the guy from Kansas. Luckily the rest of the album he sounds more like old Phil Anselmo.
As for the production it is pretty good. I have certainly heard better, but for a self released CD, it is really all it should be. The mix is good and I can hear everything. The CD sounds good on my stereo and blasting out of my computer speakers. This is a band that could sound even better if they had the right label behind them paying for the studio time. I expect more good things from Irate. They are a great talent and I cannot wait to experience them live.
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