Ive been a fan of Jugulur since the first
time I saw them live and they kicked my ass. This isnt another nu-metal
band out trying to jump on the popular bandwagon, these guys bring the
metal and concentrate on power and aggression.
Stylistically they lay somewhere to the
right of Pantera and the left of Anthrax, with a little Suicidal Tendencies
thrown in. While they incorporate some elements of nu-metal into their
sound, for the most part these guys kick out an old school vibe.
Torn mixes thrashy vocals and guitars
with some flavors of nu-metal, and aggressive drums. The title track, Planet
Dead, changes things up a bit with a little bit of a Suicidal Tendencies
feel in the vocals. A nice piece of hard-core meet metal.
Creeper has a proggy feel, changing things
up between rip-happy guitars to mellower musical interludes during the
verses. It takes a couple of listens to really get into the variances but
it really grows on you after a few spins.
Down, is again a new direction, sort
of like modern rock on massive amounts of speed meets the hard-core styling
of The Step Kings. Vocally, this song also reflects the Step Kings with
a battle going on between more melodic singing and full on hard-core screams.
Like the next track, this really shows some dynamics in the vocal department.
Pain 4 Sale, is yet another track that
takes you in a slightly different direction. No one could ever accuse this
band of being redundant. They are strong songwriters and musicians
who bring a real variety to the table. At the same time, while they delve
into different musical directions they do manage to keep it all under a
definitive Jugulur sound. The sound they capture here is a really hard
to describe, its not as heavy as most of their other songs but is still
a headbanger with plenty of attitude.
War Retribution is straight in your face
metal with a driving beat, a wall of guitars and metal-core vocals until
they go a totally different direction about halfway through the song for
the bridge only to return to thrashy metal. This song is a
perfect ending to a killer CD.
My only real complaint is that this CD
ends way too soon. Thats to be expected from an EP, but damned if it didnt
leave me wanting more. Jugulur definite delivers and they have the potential
to really go places in the metal scene once a label with enough resources
gets behind them.
Posted by i luv ash:
my aunt used to date ash and Jugulur puts on an awesome show. they were better with there first singer, and if ash and blaze were still in the band they would still be great but the band isnt anything with out ash! but wutever rock on love,u know lol
Posted by babydoll:
i love their music. heard it onece and i was huurked and then i got to talk to ash and he just blow my mind . thier not just in it fot the money thier in it to rock and thier love what they do... so i say keep rocking ...
Posted by GuitarProJoe:
Their music has a feel of guitar fees from Godsmack, and drum feels from Disturbed. I like the slight old school feeling on the guitar solo on Planet Dead. Thats cool. Great driving beat on Down.
Posted by AaoRTa:
they are the best local and unsigned band i have ever had the pleasure tu listen and become friends with. their music ROCKS hard and their CD is the best Cd i got in my collection cuz theyrs is the only one that i accually like all the songs on it! well, anywayz. theyve done so much fer us and are going tu du more, so we named our band Aaorta, the vein right by the jugulur coo huh? KEEP MUSIC DANGEROUS!!!
Posted by SSYCO:
Their Music ROCKS
Their Shows are AWESOME
They are all really COOL people
FAN 4 LIFE
PEACE
Posted by Ms.PsychoPath:
I saw them live outside the Ozzfest this year and I fell in love with their music and their lyrics. They are definatlly a band that
I have added to my cd collection and I can't wait to hear more from them.
Posted by Sandman:
It's great. Uploaded it to my xbox and now listen to it while I play, it's nice to rock out to while I kick ass on games.
Posted by Hobo:
Sounds pretty good but yea, the tracks dont look very plentiful..
