Time Signature
Are we alive here...
Genre: alternative metal
Having released a post-punk/cowpunk album, a punk rock album, a heavy metal albums, and a hard rock album, D-A-D turn to alternative metal on this album, bbviously inspired by the grunge and alternative rock and metal waves of the time. "Helpyourselfish" is probably D-A-D's heaviest album and contains some of the bands, for my money, best works of their entire career. A lot of the tracks involve diminished and augmented chords which were reintroduced into popular rock music through the alternative rock, as well as groovier pentatonic and blue-note based riffs (which were emphasized by RATM, another important actor on the alternative metal scene). Production-wise, the album has a crisp, yet unpolished sound which suits the musical style very well.
I'd recommend this album to fans of 90s rock music, be it grunge, alternative metal, alternative rock, or noise rock, or even gothic metal. It's really an underrated album on the international scene of heavy music.