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ZRFTS · 06-10-2015, 01:14 PM

Stereolithic Riffalocalypse

At this point in time, music has become a form of entertainment. Innovation is rare and few in this genre so when a hard rock band comes out from India (which is rare and unexpected), you definately expect them to innovate and well... Put up a chair it's going to be hard to explain.

For the first few tracks, Shepherd displays a mix of hard rock/metal/melodic songs that for the first 3 tracks, actually sounds good. These people have actual talent and professionalism that is rare for a self-distributed release; they know how to do effects, they know how to make it sound a certain way and well... it's melodic.

I can remember for three tracks a certain melody that you can find from India; they do a great job in that they sound hard while accessible at the same time. Out of the three, I think "Turdspeak" has to be the best song because it has that distinctiveness to it. One has to imagine if there was an album of melodic metal hard rock... This could of revitalized the genre and given life to it.

After Track 3; it becomes... uninteresting. It's not tough to listen to nor is it exciting, it's just by the numbers. You've heard this before in bands before and due to my limited band knowledge I can't list the bands but I will say they sound like Def Leppard. I felt uninterested during songs with super creative titles like "Black Cock of Armageddon" and "Wretch Salad" mainly because they are too confident in themselves and don't feel the need to innovate. It's like we're on their 20th album or something.

I will give them credit, it sounds amazingly professional and polished. There are literally no flaws to it. They went to a studio, they got a producer and they did everything well; in fact they're one of the go to bands to study if you want to know how the process works. They're just a couple of people from India so to see them do Hard Rock in contrast from the rest of the musical scene in India. These people have serious talent which I give props to.

However, talent does not excuse the by-the-numbersness of this album. Should you pay $10 for this album. I don't know... That's really up to you and whatever you want to do to support hard-rock. I think by listening to this album, I found out why other genres have gotten so popular; because they want to listen to interesting sounds. There are so many things you can do with electronics but there aren't many things you can do with guitars... They're on the right track but is there a way we can nudge them in the right direction.

6.5/10

By the way, week's up. Someone should nominate a new album.

06-10-2015, 01:14 PM	#10 (permalink)
ZRFTS Groupie Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 39	Stereolithic Riffalocalypse At this point in time, music has become a form of entertainment. Innovation is rare and few in this genre so when a hard rock band comes out from India (which is rare and unexpected), you definately expect them to innovate and well... Put up a chair it's going to be hard to explain. For the first few tracks, Shepherd displays a mix of hard rock/metal/melodic songs that for the first 3 tracks, actually sounds good. These people have actual talent and professionalism that is rare for a self-distributed release; they know how to do effects, they know how to make it sound a certain way and well... it's melodic. I can remember for three tracks a certain melody that you can find from India; they do a great job in that they sound hard while accessible at the same time. Out of the three, I think "Turdspeak" has to be the best song because it has that distinctiveness to it. One has to imagine if there was an album of melodic metal hard rock... This could of revitalized the genre and given life to it. After Track 3; it becomes... uninteresting. It's not tough to listen to nor is it exciting, it's just by the numbers. You've heard this before in bands before and due to my limited band knowledge I can't list the bands but I will say they sound like Def Leppard. I felt uninterested during songs with super creative titles like "Black Cock of Armageddon" and "Wretch Salad" mainly because they are too confident in themselves and don't feel the need to innovate. It's like we're on their 20th album or something. I will give them credit, it sounds amazingly professional and polished. There are literally no flaws to it. They went to a studio, they got a producer and they did everything well; in fact they're one of the go to bands to study if you want to know how the process works. They're just a couple of people from India so to see them do Hard Rock in contrast from the rest of the musical scene in India. These people have serious talent which I give props to. However, talent does not excuse the by-the-numbersness of this album. Should you pay $10 for this album. I don't know... That's really up to you and whatever you want to do to support hard-rock. I think by listening to this album, I found out why other genres have gotten so popular; because they want to listen to interesting sounds. There are so many things you can do with electronics but there aren't many things you can do with guitars... They're on the right track but is there a way we can nudge them in the right direction. 6.5/10 By the way, week's up. Someone should nominate a new album.