Caustic Method-The Virus

The cover of the album makes you wonder what the hell is this person in the mask staring at? It's somewhere dark. A light emits onto this mask covered with a hood. You get the feeling this person is up to no good. A vague watchful eye is possibly seen staring through the album cover, from the mask. The look of fear in that lone visible eye is realized. You begin to see that a virus has consumed the outside world, that it is all over the mask of this stranger. This person knows the world is fucked, and that the infection has spread.

Track 1. Virus- This album begins with a crazed utter assault of METAL. The vocals seem like a creepy whisper and then a switch to an in your face scream, that would make normal human eyeballs explode, with insane passion. Deliciously tight drums with a bass line that thunders with fuzzy glory it sneaks around in the mix quite well. The guitar riffs are quite punchy, if your not careful they'll knock you down. Aggressive groove here. The song is short, but heavy and to the point quite good.

Track 2. Left to Die Alone- And the intro just REACHES deep with you with a throat piercing PURE METAL RIFF... hell fucking YES. Instant groove of face smashing metal. They are not fucking around. Great vocal melodies, love how they move well with the vocals. Animal like roars, not overdone though. I am liking the transition to clean vocals as well, along with what seems to be a dubbed in vocal. Sweet fucking guitar riffs. Tight drums, though they feel like atomic bombs that have gone off, quite powerful. Rough, aggressive dangerous in your face metal.

Track 3. The Lone Star Tragedy-Inaudible yet craze filled words plant the seeds of a thought that consists of pure madness. A low trudging riff along with the rhythm section of the bass and drums create a dynamic essence. The guitar, after a while becomes drenched in melody. Creating a thrill and sensation of actual horrific tragedy within the frames of the music. Loving the crazy mad man vocals. They have a 'flavor' and feel all their own digging the individualistic vocal echo's in the mix, it's not overused though, sounds like a call to arms.

Track 4. Integrity Fail- A low beat resembling a dying heart is heard. It seems to well.. die. A horrid roar reaches across a universe resulting in complete destruction. Its aim is to pull you in ever so quickly, and it does. Guitar riffs, have a chug affect that brings about quite a catchy lick. This music feels like a ride into battle, as is your preparing for bloodshed. Can't really tell what's being said but the vocals are bad ass, full on roars of passion and melody. Tight drums, that are quite powerful. Everything feels brutal, technical and locked in.

Track 5. S.D.V.- A faster paced, INSTANTLY heavy and catchy tune snatches your mind into place. Your ready for the massive explosion of awesome metal. The vocals at a point jump back to their clean feel, which is a good change. I like the crazed roars but hey change is good. Excellent guitar riff syncopation. Good head banging shit. Dark and brutal Caustic Method's territory. This song is more of a rapid nature filled beast. A kick ass thrill ride of aggression and pure fantastical wasteland fun, if the world ended tomorrow, this would be in my ipod.

Track 6. Six Feet- A couple instant knocks of utterly amazing skull shattering metal, begin this beast. It feels like a promise of death coming your way.Crunchy, heavy as fuck. Tasty riffs and tight grooving parts, like a perfectly oiled machine, one that WILL tear your head off, shit down your neck and walk away without a care in the world. The ever impressive brutal vocals that seem to have three levels, brutal roars, cleans, and the middle which is a wet rasp driven scream. Interesting guitar riffs enter the fray guiding you back to this groove that will drag you down to the ground in pain, but BEGGING for more.

Track 7. Which Way The River Run- An insane, soul maddening drum beat begins it. A crunch filled heavy as hell guitar riff rips it WIDE OPEN. Those mad man vocals, like a bad ass from hell, scream across the track into another universe, like a soul without a care. He screams like a pissed demon into the night. These pounce and jump across the frame work of your mind gathering your interest and stealing your thoughts. Oh FUCK YES... sweet bass line. Love how that rumbles up in the mix like a monster ready to pounce. It's good how the riffs alternate here, keeping it quite interesting. Very eclectic groove here. They mean to, and they stress that they don't care. I love the conveyance in their music. The vocals I can actually make out the lyrics awesome. Have not been able to do that through the album a lot, but great here.

Track 8. Fool Me Once- A heavy galloping riff smashes this song through to its spine, revealing it to the world completely whole. The song has an instant catchy feel. The vocals seem to be in their mid level range of awesome, somewhere between clean and roars. Interesting groove here. The song slows down a bit the cymbals crash as the melody circumvents things if just for a moment. Things get very aggressive here, the vocalist reaches that higher level of roaring. Good stuff.

Track 9. Bottle of Scotch- A scorching riff begins this battle of the bottle. The track has a moment at the beginning where it seems to stumble, and almost mumble but it sets up an all out kick to the throat. Digging the main riff hooks here. The vocals seem to have softened up a big becoming more clean and then they transition back to something more raspy. Sweet fucking guitar solo.

Track 10- Anti- Hero- The song starts in an instant groove, quite catchy. It has some stop and go syncopation action, but things quickly escalate into something much more interesting, instead of the song just being like a non stop conversation. Sweet bass solo, love it. The song beats on with a truly amazing riff compiled groove. The album ends up on the crash of a cymbal. It echos the track into complete oblivion, if only for a moment. Great material here, though sometimes it seemed like a completely raw and crazed ear fuck of metal distortion. At times I wish the vocals would have been clearer, only thing I noticed, really liked all this music otherwise.

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