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Ever since The Horrors came on the scene in 2005
their have been a massive flutter of bands attempting
to create the same style of music as The Horrors,
now a few bands have managed to do this well and
totally kick The Horrors arse sound wise as to be
fair, The Horrors might of been one of the first
bands to create this random gothic garage punk sound
but by no means does that mean they had killer songs
because that’s what The Horrors lacked, on
paper their music sounds a good idea but on record
it was lacking and quite simply boring, now it makes
you wonder why Dolium have gone for the same style
of sound especially when their poor attempt makes
The Horrors sound like kings of the music genre.
Don’t get me wrong, Dolium aren’t
all bad they have some great song titles on their
'El Vampiro Attack!' EP such as 'You've Got Holes!',
'(She Can't) Stake My Heart', 'Oh Lord, I See
No Reflection' and the best named track 'Coughin'
In The Coffin', but the sad thing is the music
really doesn’t back up the song titles,
it’s all good that they have well thought
about song titles but they mean absolutely nothing
and are going to get no where when they are not
backed up with good music.
Take the first track off the EP for example,
it’s called 'You've Got Holes!' sounds like
some dark gothic vampire title and yeah musically
it is quite a dark offering but it’s frontman
Reece Adamo's vocals which are completely drowny
and quite unlistenable after a few minutes and
the only thing that really does stand out is the
drumming which is quite fast and constant sounding
spot on.
'(She Can't) Stake My Heart', slightly has more
going for it, the vocals are more accessible,
they are quite repetitive but in a good way with
Reece Adamo singing 'She Can't Stake My Heart'
over and over again, the guitars and drumming
give the song a hectic assault of punk rock in
such a noisy way. The other two songs on the EP
don’t get any better to be honest.
There are some intrusting moments on 'El Vampiro
Attack!' such as the awesome frantic drumming
and the punk rock edge the band have brought to
their sound but this isn’t enough to warrant
buying the EP, I am pretty sure that this EP won’t
be spinning around in my cd player again anytime
soon.
2/5
Review by Trigger |
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1. You've Got Holes
2. (She Can't) Stake My Heart
3. Oh Lord, I See No Reflection
4. Coughin In The Coffin |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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