Name: Murder The Mountains
Brand: CD
SKU: 18315364
Price: 14.08 USD
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Murder The Mountains

Rating

Album: Murder The Mountains
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Malverde	More Info...	0:04
2)	Wires	More Info...	0:05
3)	Hank Is Dead	More Info...	0:02
4)	Dirt Wizard	More Info...	0:03
5)	Throw Up	More Info...	0:06
6)	Painted Parade	More Info...	0:02
7)	Number Thirteen	More Info...	0:04
8)	Into the Eye	More Info...	0:04
9)	The Undertow	More Info...	0:05
10)	Human Herd	More Info...	0:04

Album: Murder The Mountains
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Malverde	More Info...	0:04
2)	Wires	More Info...	0:05
3)	Hank Is Dead	More Info...	0:02
4)	Dirt Wizard	More Info...	0:03
5)	Throw Up	More Info...	0:06
6)	Painted Parade	More Info...	0:02
7)	Number Thirteen	More Info...	0:04
8)	Into the Eye	More Info...	0:04
9)	The Undertow	More Info...	0:05
10)	Human Herd	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

With popular music becoming increasingly homogenized-sounding in the early 21st century (a dangerous cocktail of Pro Tools and American Idol), it's becoming harder to find rock bands that haven't been affected as well by the changing tides. Thankfully, listeners still have bands like Red Fang. As heard throughout its 2011 release, Murder the Mountains, the band is a throwback of sorts to two separate eras that embraced raw and rocking musicianship -- the early '70s and the early '90s -- both of which focused on the sound of live bands letting it rip in the studio. And as a result, Red Fang recall such bands as Black Sabbath (from the former era) and the Melvins and Tad (from the latter era). But don't be misled into thinking that Red Fang are of the "stoner rock" variety, as they don't put meandering sludge riffing at the top of their priority list. No way. Memorable songs with catchy (yet heavy) parts rule the roost here, as evidenced by such standouts as "Wires," "Dirt Wizard," and "Throw Up" (all of which are separately reminiscent of the aforementioned bands, in respective order). If only there were more bands like Red Fang, who haven't forgotten what made their Sabbath records so special in the first place -- the sound of real human beings leaving their greasy fingerprints all over heavy riffs, with no desire to "clean things up" afterwards. ~ Greg Prato

Professional Reviews

Alternative Press (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] near-masterpiece of tangled tar pit riffs....The surprises come when the band exhibit a rather lovelorn spirit underneath their gruff, bearded exteriors..."