Album Review: Bloodsimple “Red Harvest”
October 12, 2009 by Tamara, FromTheCrowd.com Contributor
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By Tamra, FromTheCrowd.com Contributor
Bloodsimple biography starts out by saying “Let’s face it, life isn’t pretty.” Bloodsimple an American Metal group formed in 2002 definitely lives by that through their music. Red harvest is their second album released under Warner Bros record that came out in 2007. Red harvest follows their album A Cruel World. The group consists of Tim Williams (vocals), Mike Kennedy (guitar) Nick Rowe (Guitar), and Kyle Sanders (Bass). The group has three songs that have charted in the top 40 off of their two albums. Red Harvest, their latest album, is full of harsh vocals, spoken words, and a lot of mediocre randomness.
I was not a fan of the majority of Red Harvest as it was subpar in my opinion. Red Harvest lyrically content is of killing, temptations, and the usually darkness of heavy metal. The first track on the album ‘Ride with Me’, reminds me of twisted version of Tenacious D song Tribute. Red Harvest begins with telling a story over the guitar chords setting the scene for the album. His screaming vocals seem forced, and the solo’s that should sound like an outrageous freestyle feel rehearsed. The album does not have a flow; where themes begin they are not finished throughout the album. In tracks 2 ‘Red Harvest’ and track 3 ‘Dark Helmet’ the songs end with random sound effects that are not heard in any other tracks again until track 8 ‘Whiskey and Hell Bound’. ‘Whiskey and Hell Bound’ begins with another random sound effect of an airplane following a bomb introducing the intense riffs. Some tracks implement spoken word well while others tracks like ‘Dead Man Walking’ and ‘Suck it up’ try to have catchy hooks.
Overall the album had potential but each song ended with a boring snore and a distant memory of what I was listening to. Not one of the ripping guitar strings complemented by the bass stuck with me. I give this album 2 and ½ stars
