Often, when a band models their sound after another group who
\nhas enjoyed some level of success, the end result is one that is
\nnot as satisfying as the original. And what is sad about this is
\nthat the newer band usually had enough strength to stand on their
\nown.<\/p>\n
Take Human Disorder, for example. One listen to their disc
\nUgly Modern Aggression<\/i>, and you’d almost swear that you were
\nlistening to Pantera – only they’re not as good as Pantera. For a
\nband that underwent a transformation while recording this album, it
\nalmost sounds like we’re listening to a work in progress, and that
\nshouldn’t be what a debut disc should sound like.<\/p>\n
The band – lead vocalist Scott Bowen, lead vocalist\/guitarist
\nJay Taillefer, guitarist Tim Letkemann, bassist Keith Gillam and
\ndrummer Joe Lavergne – seems like they’re earnest enough, pounding
\naway on their instruments with vigor and screaming as if their
\nvocal chords were caught in a paper shredder. Sometimes, on cuts
\nlike the title track and “Head On,” this approach works well.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately for Human Disorder, after a while, the listener
\nmight find themselves saying, “Been there, done that.” Tracks like
\n“No Prisoner,” Puzzled” and “Crash” all tend to run into each
\nother, failing to distinguish themselves to the listener. Even
\ntracks that do make themselves stand out, like “Everybody Fuck,”
\nare garbled terribly with vocals that are shouted at maximum
\nvolume. Sorry, gang, that doesn’t always work.<\/p>\n
And, yes, often it feels like you’re listening to a poor man’s
\nPantera. The guitar crunch is there, the drum work is there, and
\nthe tongue-on-sandpaper guttural screams are there. But what Human
\nDisorder fails to do often enough is to take the sound and mold it
\ninto its own unique flavor. Granted, they’re a young band who have
\nrecently taken the more intense road. But if they’re going to want
\nto keep the attention of the listeners, they’re going to need to
\nadjust their music and songwriting until they have turned the sound
\ninto their own.<\/p>\n
Human Disorder is still a band that is discovering who they are;
\nit’s too bad that
\nUgly Modern Aggression<\/i> documents that slow process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7562],"rating":[11204],"class_list":["post-39358","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-human-disorder","rating-rating-c-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39358","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39358"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}