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Tracklist
Automated Bullshit Generator
364 and Counting (Rise of the Maggots)
Descender
As the Crow Flies
Monochromatic
Forked Tongue Evolution
Hangman
To Skin a Chameleon
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Bait straddles the line between The Refused and High On Fire brilliantly. The band has a dirty, disturbed edge about them that lends a feeling of impending disaster to their creative sounding music. Bassy rumblings permeate these nine tracks as Rob Middleton wails vocally while delivering crushing guitar rhythms. He sounds uncontrollable on 'Descender', a low-fi affair meant to bludgeon. Steve Harvey and Nick Barker pair up to form a tough, hard hitting rhythm section that focuses on power grooves and closed fist accents to the discordant progressions of Middleton. Thick sludge metal follows on '…And I'll Be It's Dog' as the trio hammers away in search of blunt force trauma. The surrealistic lyrics focus on life's imperfections and dark corners. 'Monochromatic' is successful in portraying an utter bleak outlook that moves in a downward spiral of destruction. Bait tempt the hand of doom on 'Forked Tongue Evolution', pounding through buzzing riffs and high pitched bends with a notion of cryptic sonic hammering. The group injects some disjointed punk vibes into the fray with 'Hangman', where they sound like Helmet's evil twin during the verse parts, while bashing away at a massive, destructive chorus that is like a wall of fog. No specific genre is best suited to describe this trio, but the music is undoubtedly heavy and the mood is brazenly dark. Sludge seems to be the closest description of this music, but the group throws in some punk, grunge and straight up metal for good measure. 'Anatomy Of Disaster' is a bleak, chilling indictment of a world gone mad. And that's a good thing.
Review by: Erin Fox
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