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This
is the best Metal Blade signing in a while. Its
gruffness and rudeness is a bit out of character for the
label, but Quiet Earth is such a solid release it
should do nothing but expand the label’s standing in the
underground outside the subgenres already conquered.
Bison B.C. prove in this first full-length recording
that they are capable of plenty. The kind of metal they
offer is well-informed of a few genres, but it is
decisively one thing; very fucking heavy.
Stylistically, their genre hopping and dexterity to alternate
heavy pieces with heavier pieces reminds me of early day
Baroness and current day Taint. There is a troglodyte aspect to
their music that is completely uncivilized. That is to say there
is a purity and sincerity to the bluntness of their riffs and
the coarseness of the vocals. It’s a dichotomy of sorts, because
on one hand Bison B.C.’s metal is totally cavemen-like and on
the other it is so well-structured and educated that it is quite
advanced.
Some of the
Bison B.C. members have a hardcore punk past, which may help
explain their leanings towards the most hectic rumbling out of
control tempos here. But beyond that, Quiet Earth is a
cohesive album with some stellar guitar playing, at times as
informed by Bay Area thrash as hardcore and crossover.
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