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Band Name: Mabus
Album Name: Cheers To Doomsday Gloom EP
Rating: 4 / 5 User Rating: 1.8 / 5
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From the other side of the river comes a band out of the dustiest crevices of the New York area. This is a band that unlike its fellow local acts does not follow the core scene in anyway, but this doesn’t mean shit even though it’s a positive trait. Why Mabus is something to give a shit about is simply heard on their debut EP on Glacial Records “Cheers to Doomsday Gloom”.
Few bands pull off the amalgamation effect and when done properly there is an unmistakable worth heard by any who recognize this finesse. Aside from being another band trying to play with the many categories, this is a band who does things almost inherently as the flow and unexpected shifts in technicality can allow one many appeals. This is not a vain attempt to climb the transcending ladder like many try to do and fail miserably, this is not an act that is going to include a cheesy singing chorus so that they might crane game the sheep. This is a band that has many ideas and in order to convey them all, they have to completely fuck with your head in way of exceptionally executed music.
If you are wondering by now exactly what kind of band it is you will simply have to determine that yourself but to give you a glimpse it’s a 100 sided die of grinding thrash, metal demonics, dim lighted lounge bar woes, and various tastes of exciting possibilities that heavy music is still capable of. Songs like “Care To Drag?” and “Don’t Mind If I Do” are on board with the erratic captains but will not leave you floating in the middle of the ocean. There is plenty of destruction to enjoy on this disc that you will be more than happy to go chainsaw happy on someone’s face with. The lyrics, poignantly vocalized in vasectomised horror, address the title of this EP in full with wildly painted nightmares which give you the encouragement to raise the glass and hail that day.
In the midst of the precise technicality there are those times when one must reflect and such is the way on the endless bottle track “Swingin’ In Saterlee Grove” which is the low geared cruise of the EP. The slow dynamic also occurs in “Canyons For Ribcages” which is not just another slow track but rather presents the area in the EP that prepares you for the climax that will soon spear you.
With not only a great ability of musicianship Mabus provides that complexity that challenges you but also delivers what you want in ways of engagement on different levels. “Cheers To Doomsday Gloom” will have you taking chances with heavy music that you might not have taken before so strap on your best suit and hold the glass up high.
Cheers.
Review by: Dave Huffy
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