"For the Time Bean: is the first song that sounds like they are just overindulging in rowdy grooves. The they turn around on "Mezzo Mort" and prove they can give their sound some breathing room and write a fucking great song. There are equal measures of punk and Sabbath influence there. Things continue to improve with the darker mood and syncopation to "And Heck Followed With Him" . The vocals are not great, the a gravelly bellow most of the time, but serve as a fitting narrative. It is more important how the notes he yells falls in the gaps rather than the notes themselves. "Lunge Meat" does find him coming closer to actual singing. The tightly coiled guitar is cool enough to distract you from the vocals.
Even with the flourishes of saxophones coloring the edges of "Grease Him Full and Well" the groove carries a shadow that appeals to me more than some of the more boogie down jams they bounce off your ears. 'Dead Dead Man" is a somewhat jammed out instrumental that languishes in it's ambiance. The build in the last minute is pretty impressive and a testament to their musical prowess in doing the sonics of heavy. The point is pounded home on "Red Meat for the Faithful" but the song itself did not grasp my attention as tightly, overall however this is an unexpected treat and this band really proved themselves to me with this album so I will give it a 9.5 .
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