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  • Audio CD (1 Jun 1992)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Interscope/East West
  • ASIN: B000025SKB
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 43,984 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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3. Give It
4. Unsung
5. Turned Out
6. He Feels Bad
7. Better
8. You Borrowed
9. FBLA II
10. Role Model

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In the early 1990s, Helmet was touted as the Next Big Thing. An unlikely bunch to be hailed as such, the clean-cut New York City-based quartet--led by classically trained Oregon transplant Page Hamilton--created such a massive buzz in the underground that the ensuing bidding war (won by Interscope)is regarded as legendary in the music industry.
On its major-label debut, Helmet threw out convention, and, in doingso, reshaped the face of alternative rock. Taking cues frompost-punk influences like Big Black, Helmet deconstructed songs to their very essences, eliminating guitar solos, drum fills, and anything else even remotely extraneous. The result was a furious bombardment of solid three-note riffage, unpredictable time signatures, abrupt drum breaks, and tense jazz-influenced harmonies. Focused and precise, MEANTIME screams with unprecedented immediacy and confidence. Although therecord wasn't quite the mainstream success it was slated tobe, MEANTIME helped to define the sub-genre of alternative metal and inspired legions to follow Helmet's lead. The band's legacy can be heard in the music of Deftones, Linkin Park, Korn, and countless others.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Their best, and it's a classic, 4 Mar 2006
By Michael Owen (London) - See all my reviews
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This was Helmet's second release on a big label, and their first big album - it made me an instant fan.

As any other reviewer will say, Helmet were one of the first bands to use drop-D tuning and the stop and go rhythm-based metal that inspired a number of seriously inferior nu-metal bands in the late nineties. It's a shame that this is true, because while Helmet did start that off, there simply isn't any comparison between your typical nu-metal band and Helmet. Intelligent lyrics, a "raw" production sound, aggressive, crunchy riffs, and hoarse screaming from jazz-trained Hamilton make this album a memorable one. If anything, I'd count this as having more to do with Pantera than any mediocre nu-metal group.

It's hard to find this in the UK, but you can get it shipped from the states, and if you like the nu-metal sound but didn't like the dopey lyrics and the turntables, you should check out this album.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Heavy, Clinical, New Yorks Finest, 12 Mar 2004
By P. Robson "bertiemasson" (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Meantime (Audio CD)
I first heard this album shortly after it's release in 1992, and to be honest had never heard of the band. I had heard recordings from other early Amphetamine Reptile based bands before this and had not thought much of them. However on purchasing this and listening for the first time, it was no wonder they were given a contract by US giants Interscope records. The Album contains 10 3min tracks of what i like to call 'clinical' rock/metal - and could be called the grandfather of numetal. The tracks are very tight with the guitars & drums playing off each other all the way. Singer / guitarist Page Hamilton being jazz trained, he uses this to the max with some crunching riffs and even weirder lyrics - but it all seems to fit. The follow up Betty, played on the weird card even more - for the genuine Helmet experience buy this album. A true classic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Hugely influential hardcore, 8 Dec 2003
This review is from: Meantime (Audio CD)
From the moment 'In the Meantime' comes crashing out of your speakers, it is clear you are onto a winner. To the casual listener, it is a raw, stripped-down slab of root aggression, topped off by unrelenting shouted vocals. Those who listen closely, though, will find that, built around the fantastic staccato guitar work that makes up the framework for the song, is a whole range of underlying noise and riffs that come in from different tangents.

It is not only the opening track where this attention to detail is evident. It is a recurring theme throughout, and is what really elevates Helmet to their near-legendary status as one the pioneers of the hardcore genre. Well, that and the masterful riffs that songwriter and frontman Page Hamilton is able to churn out with such conviction.

The hardcore genre has since reached new heights and extremes, and has spawned many sub-genres. However, Helmet still have so much skill and passion behind their own music that 'Meantime' acts as far more than merely a foundation or stepping stone to modern hardcore, but remains a classic in its own right. The band have now split, but 'Meantime' catches them at their very best.

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