Metalgear
Cybertron
[independent]
I got this just because Metal Gear is my favorite Nintendo game (hail the
original Nintendo!) and
the Transformers rock.
Well, I'd rather have diarrhea than listen to this anymore. It's so damn
bad. While I am a fan
of some of the most unlistenable vocals (Enchantment, Living Sacrifice), I
can't stand
badly-done death vocals, such as the kind displayed here. Imagine Burton
Bell's dry-throat
stuff at the beginning of "Martyr" but one hundred times worse. The use of
a drum machine
doesn't do much to help this either. I'll go ahead and say it now:
Mortician is the only band
that's really good with a drum machine. After Mortician got the slightest
bit of recognition, every band
on the fucking planet started using a drum machine. You know what? Most of
them suck at it! This includes
Metalgear. Nay, Metalgear is the king of shittily-used drum machines. The
guy could've at least had lyrics about
Transformers or Metal Gear, but no. . . The only redeeming factor of this
7" is that it can be enjoyed (like laughed at even more) at 33 RPM.
© 1999 goden