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Linkin Park Hybrid Theory Album Review

June 17, 2021

Linkin Park Hybrid Theory Album Review

This album is just a plain and simple ‘monster’, there is no other one word that sums this record up better.

This album screams attitude, emotion and Chester Bennington’s angst. Every track is a 100% bonafide KILLER. So many standout moments and some of the largest hooks in history. ‘One Step Closer’ actually was in my top 20 most listened to Spotify streams of 2020..still after 20 years.

Leave it and come back to it in 2 years time and will still sound fresh.

Call it Nu Metal, skater rock, alternative hip hop..whatever your preference..its just one of the finest modern rock albums of all time.

One of the few albums that i still own on Vinyl, Cassette and CD

R.I.P

Justice Justice Album Review

May 24, 2021

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Justice Justice Album Review

This is an album that could have only ever been written by the French.

Justice’s self titled first album has attitude in truckloads. Anyone else who attempted writing this kind of music at the time risked falling by the wayside miserably.

This is a sound that I love so much and the French excel at. This production masterpiece features the craziest digital distortion, stripped back (but filthy) chords throughout its entirety and just that distinct sound that is so native to their land. The guys are renowned for their use of hundreds of clips from other artists work, twisted, filtered, reversed and crunched into such obscurity that they very rarely require sample clearance.

That to me is one of the many genius aspects of electronic music.

From the sinister opening chords of ‘Genesis’ this album squeezes every last ounce out of the equipment used to produce it.

In 2003 when the Roule and Crydamore record labels stopped releasing, it left a huge hole that Ed Banger records filled and then in 2007 these guys once again brought the French sound into the mainstream. Their subsequent 2 original albums have also stood up 100% against this and we often use them as a benchmark in studio recording sessions.

This debut album Is funky, it’s noisy, it’s fun, it’s moody, it just doesn’t give a fuck what you think of it.

Absolute hands down, 100% classic. Get the BBQ lit and crank this up!