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Eighteen
Visions - Obsession
By Jeff Collins
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Eighteen
Visions - Obsession
Label: Trustkill
Rating: 
Eighteen Visions 2004, Obsession,
is one of the more recent offerings from Trustkill Records.
To get an idea of this bands sound, imagine
that Good Charlotte walked through the mall one day and decided to sound
more like the Deftones.
Although loud guitars and screaming make
this record semi-tolerable in a Hot Topic kind of way, this mall-metal
band never rocks out too hard before reminding you that the Bon Marche
sits right around the corner.
On the bright side, the band does branch
out with some inventive song structures on this record, and although they
spend very little time kicking ass, their use of melody and harmony show
that they are at least musically competent.
Stylistically, when the band does choose
to throw down, anything remotely heavy is offset by crappy punk/pop beats
and that damned high pitched, whiny voice that so many nu-metal bands think
people want to hear.
Eighteen Visions brand of emo/pop-metal
maybe satisfying to a 13-year-old goth-kid sipping a high priced latte,
but to any self respecting member of the hard-core community, it is almost
offensive that Trustkill Records would try to sell us something like this.
Fans of real metal need not waste time
or money on this record, but if you have a younger, less discriminating
relative who likes to shop at Hot Topic, shoot me an e-mail. Ill
give you my copy for free.
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