Album Review

Butcher Babies - GoliathButcher Babies – Goliath

The debut album ‘Goliath’ from the Butcher Babies has been a long time coming but it is finally here and due for release in a couple of days on Century Media Records, the band formed back in 2010 and since then have spent a lot of the time of the road making a name for themselves and have gained a reputation of playing live shows in hardly any clothes covered in fake blood and generally just rocking out.

I will admit that I have never listened to the music of the Butcher Babies until now and my god they mean serious business and all you need to do is listen to the craziness which graces the album opening track ‘I Smell A Massacre’ the insane instrumental work and dual vocals which see’s a mixture of sings and screams come crashing towards you is proper bonkers yet it works so well and opens the album with an almighty bang.

‘Magnolia Blvd’ is just as fast paced and bonkers as the opening track and features so much going on at once that I am sure it will leave your head in a slight spin as you take in the machine gun style instrumental work and once again the duel vocals from Carla Harvey and Heidi Shepherd are huge and comes across like a massive battle.

‘C8H18 (Gasoline) is a big scream-a-long affair which packs an almighty punch. ‘Grim Sleeper’ starts off in a real mellow way but seconds later the song explodes into mayhem as the brutal sounds of the Butcher Babies really shine out loud. The album title track ‘Goliath’ has some of the best instrumental work featured. Whilst the album closer ‘Axe Wound’ starts off with acoustic guitar sounds before going down a shock rock route full of screams, chants and heavy metal goodness.

The great thing about the Butcher Babies are that they are split into two parts you have Jason Klein on bass, Henry Flury on guitar and Chrissy Warner on drums who bring out the amazingly brutal instrumental work throughout the album where things do seriously get heavy and technical in places and then you have Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey on vocals who are a double act not to be messed with as Heidi Shepherd is one ballsy front lady who seriously knows how to scream whilst Carla Harvey provides the more clean cut singing and as a whole the five piece really have mastered the art of creating big in your face aggressive music which is equally as pleasing on the ears.

With ‘Goliath’ the Butcher Babies have put out one hell of an brutal album and now they can fully concentrate on taking the metal scene by storm, if you need some full on aggressive music in your life then I am sure that the Butcher Babies will provide the perfect soundtrack here with ‘Goliath’ as it is a full on 42 music ear bashing listen.

4/5

Review by Trigger

 Band Members

Heidi Shepherd
Carla Harvey
Henry Flury
Jason Klein
Chrissy Warner
 Track Listing

1. I Smell A Massacre
2. Magnolia Blvd.
3. C8H18 (Gasoline)
4. Grim Sleeper
5. Goliath
6. In Denial
7. Give Me Reason
8. The Mirror Never Lies
9. Dead Poet
10. The Deathsurround
11. Axe Wound

 Band Related Links
Butcher Babies Facebook
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?