The Los Angeles metal scene used to mean Dokken, Ratt, Motley
\nCrue, Poison, Van Halen and a slew of other bands that made their
\nmark in the 80s. When Seattle hit, many automatically considered
\nthe scene “dead” as record executives clawed at bands that sounded
\nclose to Nirvana and Soundgarden and Pearl Jam. In retrospect, that
\nmove made sense. Just as when Ratt broke out with “Round And Round”
\nand established the LA sound, executives saw dollar signs in their
\neyes. You can’t really blame them.<\/p>\n
But you also can’t help but wonder what became of the scene.
\nSure, the scene has made some national waves with Korn, Fear
\nFactory, and Rage Against The Machine, among others. But what about
\nother bands, not yet on Ozzfest? What conditon is the scene in?<\/p>\n
Having only been to LA in 1983 (on a family vacation when I was
\n12), I can’t reasonably say anything about the LA metal scene with
\nany degree of certainty. I live in Iowa, after all.<\/p>\n
That disclaimer written, the hottest LA metal band has to be
\nKillingfield, whose
\nYear Of The Zero’s<\/i> release is a very bright inferno of hope
\nthat the scene will, one day, be back to the focus of this nation
\nwhen it comes to metal music.<\/p>\n
After you purchase this CD, skip ahead to track 10, “What It
\nIs.” After a 1:49 soft introduction, the band launches into an
\naggressive rant with drummer Brendan locking in tightly with
\nbassist Chan and guitarist Bebe. Vocalist Phil sounds closest to
\nPhil Anselmo in this track with a gruff, down your throat
\ndelivery.<\/p>\n
After you’ve survived that onslaught, go ahead and return to
\n“Full Throttle,” the lead-off track. Upon a mid-tempo guitar riff,
\nBrendan and Chan lock in while vocalist Phil sounds similar to a
\nChino\/Deftones sound. The beautiful aspect of this song is that it
\nbreathes. It is not too fast which would rush the musicians into
\ndelivering their parts; nor is it too slow which would bore the
\nlistener. It is perfect.<\/p>\n
As is the rest of this CD. There is not a single dud among the
\n11 tracks. It’s obvious the band is comfortable with its material.
\nIt’s obvious the music rocks. It’s obvious I just gave you a new
\nitem for your post-holiday wish list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":25758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6533],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-36964","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-killingfield","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36964"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}