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Three years and one lead-singer change after its debut album, Christian metal band Norma Jean returned with O GOD, THE AFTERMATH, a pile-driving slice of boundary-pushing heaviness that finds the Atlanta, Georgia combo's talents undiminished. ... Full DescriptionReplacement throat-shredder Cory Brandon's guttural growls are deeper and even more intense than those of his predecessor, Joshua Scogin. In addition, the new guy adds a welcome bit of melodic singing to the mix. The time between records also seems to have been spent expanding the group's instrumental palette, as many songs feature a more experimental edge. While BLESS THE MARTYR AND KISS THE CHILD's Metallica/Pantera-style speed riffs are maintained (particularly on "Absentimental"), the band finds an increased taste for dissonance and complicated polyrhythms, as evidenced by the jagged start/stops on "Dilemmachine" and the strident lead guitar tritones of "Pretendeavor." A gut-wrenching album by any measure, O GOD, THE AFTERMATH shows that faith can be expressed in a myriad of challenging ways.
Norma Jean (Metal): Chris, Daniel, Jake, Scottie, Cory.Alternative Press (p.128) - 4 out of 5 - "[A]mbitiously progressive and noisy....Time signatures jerk and convulse; guitar riffs slide off the fretboard and cut against the beat..." Hide Description O God, The Aftermath Music Norma Jean O God, The Aftermath Songs O God, The Aftermath Music O God, The Aftermath Music Review Average Rating: (3.7 out of 5 stars)    List All Reviews amazing beyonf belief Omg this is WAS their best CD but their new CD is coming out and that is 10 times better. Also, anyone who thinks O' God The Aftermath sucks ima beat the FRIKIN CRAP OUTTA YOU so you suck if you hate it. Well you have to buy this CD its amzing!!!!!!!!!!! Submitted by prizum (Jacksonville, FL) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful.
okay i guess well i guess it was good, not much hard-core stuff Submitted by arelys1 (fort myers) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Masterpiece! this album was beyond belief. i put this on my living room, danced to all the tracks and broke everything that was in sight. that's how good it was! Submitted by normajean228 (Baldwin Park, CA, USA) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Almost too much to handle When I read the bad reviews below this one, I don't really understand where they are coming from. Of course two albums are not going to sound the same, that's how bands fade away. If anything, NJ has completely stepped up and made this a musical downpore of what the harcore scene is supposed to be like. I can't get enough of this album. Submitted by Matthew (Iwakuni, Japan) Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
Instant Classic Quite simply one of the most important albums to ever come out of the young 'metalcore' genre.
Fusing atonal production with ingenious riffs that would make Suffocation plug their ears, the band almost completely disavows any semblance of melodic structure in this album. The result is a pure raw dissonant assault that frees itself from established language allowing the listener to experience and interperate the sound on all levels of his consciousness.
The riffs bait and switch around the norms in a free flowing song structure that cascades down into temporary pools of understandability before releasing itself into another avalanche; the music only building up seldomly for the express purpose of relinquishing an even more devastating aural cacophony.
At a few times the structure sounds vaguely reminiscent in philosophical theory of classic blackmetallists like Burzum or Darkthrone, most notably on track 7. The repetitious guitar laboriously yet powerfully bemoans its own existence as the frantic vocals frenetically spew forth from a desperate vocalist.
Although this introspective respite is but one safe haven of near-doom in an album whose unfiltered raw passion can only be described in terms of watching a slow motion nuclear detonation above a WW2 Japanese city.
Like the culmination of all that never began nor ended in the preceding 45 minutes, the final riff impersonally crunches on into infinity overtaking the final last screams of human voice.
This album purposefully chooses to elevate itself to become a true a classic for all metal musicians to enjoy at the expense of the genre’s traditional base, the musically uneducated teenybopper hardcore kiddies.
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$14.15 This second release from Mark Graham & Orville Johnson aka The Kings of Mongrel Folk continues their tradition of genre surfing, mind bending, and tradition tweaking. Superb playing, soulful singing and inventive and humorous songwriting make this another must have disc for fans of that singular style of music called Mongrel Folk!!From Sing Out!The Kings of Mongrel Folk (Graham & Johnson) are back with a 12 song collection (plus a hidden live surprise) that continues in the tradition of clever songs, well-played. When the duo gets together the music leans toward country and blues, but it doesn't stop there. The combination of Graham, known for his well-crafted, offbeat songs, harmonica and clarinet playing, and Johnson, known for his Dobro and slide guitar work, creates a hybrid of music that can only be defined as, well, mongrel folk.Perusing thru Still Goin' Strong you will find a smattering of bluegrass, klezmer, gospel, traditional and country blues, and even something that sounds like Johnny Cash wandering into a science fiction convention. If any of this makes you curious I encourage you to gain an audience with the Kings. A good place to start is with this latest recording.From Victory Music ReviewBefore you listen to a tune the cover will get you grinning on this, another outing from well known Puget Sound mongrel folkies Mark Graham and Orville Johnson. A pitifully hulking man on crutches, his home in flames in the background, glares from beneath his bandaged head determined to carry on, hence the title. The title song features a getting-thru-it-all lyric fused with humor and powered musically by Tim O'Brien's guest fiddling and Graham's harmonica. The material here is not as fall down funny as some of Graham's earlier stuff like Oedipus Rex, but Corn Kingdom Come isn't bad, with its punny tribute to bootlegging and , who knows, Robert Mitchum? Johnson's Always Something is a delightful dead ringer for a Jimmie Rodgers tune. The musicianship as usual is first rate with bits of klezmer, old-timey, blues and New Orleans in the mix. Their voices harmonize well. Especially on the wry After the Fall. The production is excellent, allowing plenty of space for the various slide ...
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