Album Rating: 4.0
It's a rough listen, yeah.
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Album Rating: 4.0
But this one and Dinosaurs are definitely closer to Doom/Stoner Metal than their 90's albums
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Album Rating: 4.0
I don't consider AiC a metal band tbh; although they do have metal influence much like SG did.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yeah they certainly flirt with both grunge and metal, but their recent albums have been more heavy and sludgy, especially Dinosaurs.
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Album Rating: 3.5
"God Am, Over Now, and Again are the best on their s/t, Frogs, Sludge Factory, Grind and So Close are good too. The rest are meh"
nah man. brush away, head creeps and nothin song are nowhere close to filler.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Dom, I'm curious, were you an AiC fan since the time Dirt came out?
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Album Rating: 3.5
of course
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Album Rating: 4.0
I read somewhere that Cantrell has always considered AiC to be a metal band and his biggest influences are all hard rock and metal guitarists rather than punk and alternative guitarists.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Maybe, but Thayil was also influenced by hard rock and metal. Nirvana was more punk influenced though, and as for PJ, well, I pretty much see them as something of a 60's tribute band, if that makes sense.
I also get a metal/hard rock vibe when I listen to Smashing Pumpkins. Although Corgan was heavily touched by shoegaze as well.
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Album Rating: 4.0
That's true. I feel SG was definitely influenced by bands like Sonic Youth though.
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Album Rating: 4.0
It's interesting how subtly you can here indie rock in these grunge/hard rock/metal bands for some reason, especially in Nirvana
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Album Rating: 4.5
AIC are pretty much metal. They had a plethora of influences, I mean, "I Know Somethin' ('Bout You)"
sounds like something taken from RHCP's Mother's Milk for example, and they where born in the grunge
era so they where thrown in that capsule.
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Album Rating: 4.0
But unlike traditional metal bands, they chose to focus on a catharthic,
earthy style, as opposed to the speed brutality, aggression, etc. that's
typically associated with metal. Their lyrics were also personal ones
with which teens could identify, as opposed to the violent, brutal, angry
lyrics metal had become associated with (all generalizations subject to
exception ofc).
Part of the reason why I think I like PJ, SG and AiC more than Nirv is
because they just hit me more psychologically. I just don't connect
with Nirv the same way, but that's just me.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Probably because they where influenced by "early metal" such as Sabbath. Layne's lyrics where not outright angry maybe, but he was very sarcastic.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Yeah, they just put all that emotional bullshit on record, and it worked like a charm.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Some AiC tracks are pretty classically metal. Like We Die Young, Them Bones, Dam That River etc. And Layne's delivery is m/ as fuck.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Can't deny that he and Cantrell sang with passion.
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Album Rating: 4.5
True. And what about Man In The Box? Layne sang that chorus with such passion and subtle anger, maybe. And Love, Hate, Love? Fuck, don't get me started...
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Album Rating: 4.0
There was a time when ever time I was in a bad place I'd drive around blasting Facelift and belting the choruses. Can't think of anything more cathartic.
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Album Rating: 4.0
SH, how long have you been into AiC?
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