Dying For a Living

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艺人: Red Line Chemistry
语种: 英语
厂牌: Bulldog Productions, LLC
发行时间: 2010年08月10日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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When I think of Kansas City, Missouri the first things that come to mind are the lowly, downtrodden MLB farm system known as the Kansas City Royals, the Kansas City Chiefs (sporting some of the ugliest ketchup and mustard uniforms in the NFL – just sayin’) and the home of that horribly frightening musical atrocity known as David Cook (yes, the American Idol winner). Well Kansas City, hold your head high because those dark days may soon be behind you with the ray of light known as Red Line Chemistry. This impressive quintet have just released their new album titled Dying For A Living to the heavy rock and radio metal masses.

Dying For A Living‘s opener “Vicious Cycles” serves as a perfect introduction to Red Line Chemistry. After a dark, airy and atmospheric intro, the band kicks you square in the teeth with ripping guitars, punchy bass and completely rockin’ drums. Red Line Chemistry have a very cool and unique sound that meshes the styles of Alice In Chains, Seether, Stone Temple Pilots (Core-era), Metallica (Load and Re-load-era) and Puddle Of Mudd all together, while still having their own identity. Vocalist Brett Ditgen is an absolute vocal beast with a fantastic range that fits the band’s charismatic style perfectly. Ditgen’s vox are clean and smooth yet still have enough grit to garner some blood in the pit. Fusing the talents of Dax Riggs (Acid Bath, Agents Of Oblivion, etc.), both Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains) and Layne Staley (Alice In Chains) at the same time, Wes Scantlin (Puddle Of Mudd) and Joey Duenas (Unloco), Ditgen still finds his own and really commands each and every song.

For me, some of the real standouts on the album are “Knock Down Drag Out”, “Dumb Luck”, “Fire Rising”, “Deja Vu” and “Plastic Masquerade” (among others). “Knock Down Drag Out” features torrid Priestess style riffs courtesy of axemen Andy Breit and Dave Fyten. Ditgen’s vocals are super slick as he tears through the verses, then hits the mammoth choruses faultlessly. The albums first single and video is for “Dumb Luck” and what a great track it is. Red Line Chemistry really channel both Alice In Chains and Puddle Of Mudd not only musically but vocally as well on this one. Lyrically, it’s a dreary song that really captivates the listeners attention with every line. From the first note of “Fire Rising”, I immediately thought of Metallica and their dark, brooding style on both the Load and Re-load albums. It’s a really cool track that is loaded with deep rooted emotion and a hope for better tomorrow. “Deja Vu” is straight up and stripped down rock at its very best. Puddle Of Mudd-esque guitar chops, Tom Brown’s booming bass and Mike Mazzarese’s intricate skins work make for an extremely easy and entertaining listen for anyone who likes to just kick back, relax and totally rock out. After a short interlude, “Plastic Masquerade” kicks in with choppy melodic six strings, thumping bass lines and ultra bleak lyrics about people who had it all, just to lose it due to their own stupidity and misfortune.

Dying For A Living does have a few songs that left me scratching my head to say the least. “Johnny Come Alive” is a strange mix of Motley Crue and some honky tonkin’, good old boy country music. After listening to this album enough to make my ears bleed, I still get to this song and just simply think, “Um…okay?” “Greed” is actually a pretty good song at its core, but once again caught me a tad off guard. It’s loaded with Buckcherry meets Papa Roach (Metamorphosis-era) style riffs and big sing along choruses, but with the pacing of the record, it would’ve seemed a much better fit somewhere in the middle of the album. Now we get to the mother of all extremely out of place songs titled “Ultragigantor.” All in all, it’s a cool song that is filled to the brim with Gravity Kills and The Hunger-style danceable beats, raging guitar blasts and interesting vocal work. For what it is, it’s a killer track…but talk about the elephant in the room. Wow!

Besides a few small things, I can’t say anything really negative about this album. If you’re into well crafted, guitar driven and extremely ear catching songs that will reverberate in your cranium for months on end, then you’ve found what you’re looking for. Red Line Chemistry’s debut Dying For A Living is nothing short of a fantastic piece of in-your-face rock mastery.

Dying For a Living

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