CKY — Carver City (review)

CKY — Carver City album cover Album · 2009 · Alternative Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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Hellions on parade

Genre: alternative metal

I bought this release in a local record store in the discount department, so it didn'y cost me much. What a bargain that was.

The opening track "Hellions of Parade" is a slab of noughties alternative metal with elements from seventies heavy rock, and it also contains some nice guitar work and time changes. So is the second track, "... And She Never Returned", which contains riffage that reminds me of Coheed And Cambria and some really nice vocal melodies. "Rats in the Infirmery" is more of a grungy track with elements of 80s new wave music. "Imaginary Threats" combines elements of grunge and heavy metal, and it also contains some really catchy riffage - and also here there is a feel of 80s new wave pop/rock which complements the heavy parts quite well. "The Boardwalk Body" is another track with a 70s hard rock drive to it, as are "Plagued by Images", "Karmaworks", and the heavier "Woe Is Me". "A#7 Roller Rager" is more along the lines of Coheed And Cambria, while "The Old Carver's Bones" is a sort of dark progressively inclined metal song, and "The Era of an End" is a baalad of sorts, and, unforunately, a quite boring way of concluding an otherwise very interesting album.

The will probably appeal mostly to fans of 90s alternative metal, but I think that fans of traditional metal, hard rock and progressive metal might appreciate it too.
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