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Track Listings
| 1. Asthmatic |
| 2. The Height of Callousness |
| 3. Synthetic |
| 4. New Disease |
| 5. (Can't Be) Fixed |
| 6. Cyanide 2600 |
| 7. Play God |
| 8. Malnutrition |
| 9. Seamless |
| 10. Negative Space |
| 11. Transparent |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Look beyond the headline-grabbing shock-rockers and public enemies that populate the thriving sphere of nu-metal, and there is an often-fascinating legion of young pretenders desperately eager to set the agenda. Spineshank, however, appear to have forgotten that it takes a little more than misanthropic attitude and clunkily applied samplers to spar with an Antichrist Superstar. Sure, The Height Of Callousness is deeply trendy, clenching the shouty industrial hip-hop template for all it's worth, and even hooking in sometime Rage Against The Machine producer GGGarth to work the controls--but with the likes of "New Disease" and, hmm, "Cyanide 2600" offering precious little content between their substantial clichés and self-deluded futurism, this is an album that just begs to be consigned to a pigeonhole. When this stuff works--see the electrified taboo pantomime of Static X's Wisconsin Death Trip, or the none-more-black gothic mass of NIN's The Downward Spiral--it's always because there's a splendidly contrary charisma acting as ringmaster to the whole bleak circus. Here? Well, let's just say that all this negativity isn't making any positives; by following the nu-metal rule book to the letter, Spineshank have rendered themselves entirely pointless. --Louis Pattison
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Spineshank has an ax to grind; hopefully it won't end up inyour face. Sepultura and Fear Factory are the touchstones here, and the best of both bands is appropriated: cookie monster vocals are present and correct, the drums pound (in the case of "Cyanide 2600", there's a palpable jungle influence that's effective in the extreme), and energy and angst levels are turned up to 11.
"Never wanted this life because it's meaningless", they chant, in a strangely infectious way on "Seamless", leaving the casual listener wondering how longthey can keep this level of torment up. Ripping through songs such as the title track and "Asthmatic", with lyrics thatcastigate enemies both real and imagined, the band sounds powerful and focused throughout--just be glad it's not you they're focused on.
Look beyond the headline-grabbing shock-rockers and public enemies that populate the thriving sphere of nu-metal, and there is an often-fascinating legion of young pretenders desperately eager to set the agenda. Spineshank, however, appear to have forgotten that it takes a little more than misanthropic attitude and clunkily applied samplers to spar with an Antichrist Superstar. Sure, The Height Of Callousness is deeply trendy, clenching the shouty industrial hip-hop template for all it's worth, and even hooking in sometime Rage Against The Machine producer GGGarth to work the controls--but with the likes of "New Disease" and, hmm, "Cyanide 2600" offering precious little content between their substantial clichés and self-deluded futurism, this is an album that just begs to be consigned to a pigeonhole. When this stuff works--see the electrified taboo pantomime of Static X's Wisconsin Death Trip, or the none-more-black gothic mass of NIN's The Downward Spiral--it's always because there's a splendidly contrary charisma acting as ringmaster to the whole bleak circus. Here? Well, let's just say that all this negativity isn't making any positives; by following the nu-metal rule book to the letter, Spineshank have rendered themselves entirely pointless. --Louis Pattison
Description
Spineshank has an ax to grind; hopefully it won't end up inyour face. Sepultura and Fear Factory are the touchstones here, and the best of both bands is appropriated: cookie monster vocals are present and correct, the drums pound (in the case of "Cyanide 2600", there's a palpable jungle influence that's effective in the extreme), and energy and angst levels are turned up to 11.
"Never wanted this life because it's meaningless", they chant, in a strangely infectious way on "Seamless", leaving the casual listener wondering how longthey can keep this level of torment up. Ripping through songs such as the title track and "Asthmatic", with lyrics thatcastigate enemies both real and imagined, the band sounds powerful and focused throughout--just be glad it's not you they're focused on.
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