11/19/2006
Tracklist
01. The Folding Road
02. Chapels
03. From The Aisle
04. Dead Mountain Mouth
05. White Walls
06. Badlands
07. Greek Beds
08. Asleep On The Forest Floor
09. Warm Woods
10. Lake Of Virgins
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“Cloak Of Love EP” – their debut for Crucial Blast Records – was well received by most critics, but debunkers claimed that GENGHIS TRON’s music was simply Grind pasted between Electronica. Their full-length, I’m pleased to say, is not as susceptible to that particular criticism because much of their latest blends the two rather than forcing them to alternate, and I have yet to hear a trio such as this craft a disc as exciting as “Dead Mountain Mouth.” Still, while I’m a fan, I also must stress that this isn’t for the everyman.
Like I implied, GENGHIS TRON aren’t going to make everybody happy. If anything, though, people will flock to this form of spastic, chaotic divisive music just for curiosity’s sake, and much of “Dead Mountain Mouth” is legally insane – dense beyond comprehension and/or as dissonant as a 20-car pileup. Nevertheless, when the tempo’s not flying past at breakneck speed, the compositions can be dissected with relative ease. At three or four minutes a pop, the 10-track album is, in the very least, an improvement over “Cloak Of Love EP” in the time department, providing these New Yorkers are to your liking in the first place. Whereas opening number “The Folding Road” is a clusterfuck of Grind, Electronica, samples, and harsh vocals, the recognizable keyboard melodies nearly bridge the gap between the EP and the LP. “Chapels” radiates familiarity, too, due in part to the lulls and outright blasting, the latter heightened by the screaming. Unlike the others, however, “From The Aisle” touches on the nebulous NEUROSIS-core subgenre, although the end of “Greek Beds” could pass for Nintendo-laden MESHUGGAH. Perhaps the easiest, most clear way to explain GENGHIS TRON to someone who’s never heard them is tell him/her to imagine the range of dreams and nightmares the average person will have over the course of a year, condense them into one CD, and then just be prepared for the onslaught. There’s nothing quite like it, in spite of the offerings by other groups that tread on similar ground.
So, overall, the promise lurking in the shadows of “Cloak Of Love EP” revealed itself fully on “Dead Mountain Mouth.” GENGHIS TRON aren’t capable of satisfying every Metal fan – especially the diehard individuals who align themselves with specific subgenres like Black or Death and rarely venture outside – but they are nothing less than interesting. This surely isn’t an every day listen for me, though I’m proud to have it in my collection for those times when I long to be the Mad Hatter on a heroin binge at a gathering with Hunter S. Thompson, Godzilla, Andy Dick, Satan, Jack the Ripper, Kirk Cameron, and Madonna. Sound outlandish? Compared to GT it ain’t.
TheMetalObserver
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