{"id":38464,"date":"2005-08-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-08-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/in-distortion-we-trust\/"},"modified":"2005-08-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-08-02T00:00:00","slug":"in-distortion-we-trust","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/in-distortion-we-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"In Distortion We Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of the more established hard rock bands from Stockholm,
\nlike the Hellacopters,
\nmay think that rock n’ roll is
\nactually dead<\/a>. Thank God there is a new guard positioned to
\nchallenge them on such a defeatist attitude.<\/p>\n

\nIn Distortion We Trust<\/i> not only serves as a middle finger
\nsalute to such a missive but also doubles as the album title for
\nanother Stockholm band’s riff-heavy debut album. The band
\nresponsible for this is Crucified Barbara, a quartet of females
\nthat intriguingly bear little comparison to any other current
\nfemale band of significance.<\/p>\n

In some ways,
\nIn Distortion We Trust<\/i> is also a textbook metal album, given
\nthe adrenaline-fueled passion behind vocalist Mia Coldheart’s
\nwailed lyrics, as well as Klara Force’s axework. The title track is
\na prime example of this claim, as Coldheart shares lead vocals with
\nguest vocalist Aurora Parmacek, who gives a few death metal growls
\nof the song title several times towards the end of the track —
\nsymbolic since Sweden is generally credited as the birthplace of
\ndeath metal.<\/p>\n

Further proving the chops and ability of the band are the keen
\nlayering of fretwork patterns timed to the coordinated backline
\nprocession of bassist Ida Evileye and drummer Nicki Wicked. This is
\nevident on the first single, “Losing The Game,” which hit number
\neight on the Swedish rock charts six weeks before the album was
\nreleased.<\/p>\n

The second single from the album, “Rock n’ Roll Bachelor,” is a
\nbit more lacking in the fretwork department and is largely
\nreminiscent of the old Joan Jett anthems where Jett sings over
\nsimple chord arrangements. I’m not sure this would be my choice for
\nthe second single personally; “Play Me Hard” and “My Heart Is
\nBlack” are more complete pieces, more melodic and featuring more
\ninteresting hook structures. Additionally, the lyrics to both these
\nalternatives can be taken a little more seriously than those found
\nin “Rock n’ Roll Bachelor.”<\/p>\n

Seems to me that it would always be easier to beat a line like
\n“Check him out, you can have him \/ Cause he’s nothing but a tight
\nblue jeans ass to me.” I personally get more of a charge in hearing
\n“Life is a bitch and so am I you see \/ I dedicate my love to a
\nFlying-V” found in “My Heart Is Black.”<\/p>\n

Earlier I mentioned this album had a textbook metal feel,
\nmeaning there’s an overall shredding guitar element (presumably
\nfrom those Flying-V’s) that gives
\nIn Distortion We Trust<\/i> more of an old school metal sound.
\nFrom my perspective, this dynamic is most appealing as it offers
\nmusicianship complexities that are absent in most of the
\ncontemporary metal I hear today.<\/p>\n

\nIn Distortion We Trust<\/i> is a hard rock\/metal album that most
\naccurately defines the climate of hard rock in today’s terms
\ndespite what others might say. Trust me. No, wait. Trust Crucified
\nBarbara.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":27125,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7186],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-38464","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-crucified-barbara","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38464","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\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/38464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=38464"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=38464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}