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Rock
Release Date: 03/06/2007
If you're looking for some nice, tidily packaged, Pro Tools smoothed over
rock, then you've come to the wrong place, buster. But if it's greasy, high cholesterol
heavy metal that you crave, then a heaping helping of
Alabama Thunderpussy's 2007 release,
Open Fire, should certainly hit the spot. Although often lumped in with the
stoner rock genre,
Alabama Thunderpussy packs much more metallic muscle than the average stoner band -- and this sonic wallop remains intact on
Open Fire, despite the departure of longtime vocalist
Johnny Throckmorton. New singer
Kyle Thomas is one heck of a hollerer though (in the
Pepper Keenan/
John Garcia mold), so as a result, the group's trademark Sab-esque
metal sound remains very much intact -- especially on such standouts as
"The Cleansing" and
"The Beggar." Retro
heavy metal completely devoid of gimmicks is the name of the game here -- and what a treat it is to hear it in this day and age.
~Greg Prato, All Music Guide
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