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Blastmat: Theme for a Dying World
Blah. Totally generic
hardcore. This Connecticut foursome mixes a straightahead punk rock stomp with
the bombastic solos and heavily reverbed vocals of metal, while managing to do
absolutely nothing interesting in the process. The original punk bands were
bonded by an aesthetic and a worldview, but musically, they sounded nothing
alike. So its ironic that now you become a punk band by coloring within the
lines. Seriously, there is not an original thought anywhere on this album. I
can guarantee that if your hometowns population is greater than 400, there is a
band in your area that sounds exactly like Blastmat. How could a band with any
kind of artistic drive be content to duplicate every other hardcore band that
has ever existed? This satisfaction with mediocrity touches every aspect of
Theme for Dying World. The drums go thumpa thumpa thumpa thumpa, the
guitar solos go widdle-eee-widdle-ee-widdle-eee-WHEEEEE! and the vocals go
BLAH BLAH BLAH! BLAH BLAH BLAH! The lyrics are generally obsessed with the
evils of organized religion, but are so formulaic and dogmatic that even an
audience sympathetic to their views would have trouble finding any intelligent
points to agree with. The singer could just say, Religion is bad! Religion is
bad! over and over again and still be covering the topic in the same depth. If
you really care about something enough to write eleven songs about it, maybe you
should do some research and go into more detail about what exactly bothers you
about it instead of just lapsing into meaningless sloganeering. Just a tip from
your friendly Left Off the Dial CD reviewer.
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