Get this album any way you can - buy, steal, kill! The second album from Meldrum is proof that there's a female equivalent to Machine Head's 'Burn My Eyes' out there in metal land. This is one helluva furious slab of molten metal - one of the best metal albums in fact I've heard in the last ten years and certainly one of the best records to emerge this side of 2000. Meldrum combine melody and rage to great effect, mainly in the vocal prowess of Moa, a sultry demon who at once terrifies and intrigues, coupled with Meldrum's searing hot riffs this is how metal should exist and they should have been massive if you ask me. Meldrum's sad demise in 2009 robbed the metal world of a great talent but 'Blowin Up...' is a timeless reminder of what great musicians and talents lurk within a field that over the years has been dominated by far less talented hacks. The gargantuan nature of the riffs here is astounding, 'Bite The Pillow', and frothing opener 'Purge' are behemoth cuts, designed to hammer home a weight advantage yet somehow combining the sexual sweatiness of Brody Dalle, and Juliet Lewis. The doom sludge of 'Creme De La Creme' is staggering whilst the flexible 'Scar' sees the band move into a far more melodic state, maybe bringing to mind the jerking ska punk of Skunk Anansie. It's all filth and fury and with Moa gyrating at the front of the stage I see Meldrum as a truly magnificent metal weapon that blasts through walls and move from city to city like some wave of nuclear blitz. At times devastating in its angst and weight, I'm not sure if to strip off, kneel and worship or run for cover as the human debris splats on the pavement around. Meldrum are monstrous and sexy as fuck too...Friday 23 December 2011
Meldrum - Blowin' Up The Machine (2007)
Get this album any way you can - buy, steal, kill! The second album from Meldrum is proof that there's a female equivalent to Machine Head's 'Burn My Eyes' out there in metal land. This is one helluva furious slab of molten metal - one of the best metal albums in fact I've heard in the last ten years and certainly one of the best records to emerge this side of 2000. Meldrum combine melody and rage to great effect, mainly in the vocal prowess of Moa, a sultry demon who at once terrifies and intrigues, coupled with Meldrum's searing hot riffs this is how metal should exist and they should have been massive if you ask me. Meldrum's sad demise in 2009 robbed the metal world of a great talent but 'Blowin Up...' is a timeless reminder of what great musicians and talents lurk within a field that over the years has been dominated by far less talented hacks. The gargantuan nature of the riffs here is astounding, 'Bite The Pillow', and frothing opener 'Purge' are behemoth cuts, designed to hammer home a weight advantage yet somehow combining the sexual sweatiness of Brody Dalle, and Juliet Lewis. The doom sludge of 'Creme De La Creme' is staggering whilst the flexible 'Scar' sees the band move into a far more melodic state, maybe bringing to mind the jerking ska punk of Skunk Anansie. It's all filth and fury and with Moa gyrating at the front of the stage I see Meldrum as a truly magnificent metal weapon that blasts through walls and move from city to city like some wave of nuclear blitz. At times devastating in its angst and weight, I'm not sure if to strip off, kneel and worship or run for cover as the human debris splats on the pavement around. Meldrum are monstrous and sexy as fuck too...
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