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Artist |
Thumb |
| Title |
3 |
| Label |
Victory |
| Reviewer |
Richard Proplesch |
| Rating |
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German groovecore vets from '98s Warped Tour muddied the
overseas gene pool by introducing the heavy Euro scene
to hip hop metal, only to return the favor with "3" by
cramming it back down our throats stinkin' of sauerkraut
and scorching sonics. Fronted by skateboard potentate
Claus Grabke, Thumb's Deutsch-bred delivery depends more
on solid Bonhamish 4/4 rock drumming, metalhead guitar
noise and banshee yawlping than downtuned crunch or
scattershot rapping. Although not as jagged as their
American counterparts, the pent-up tensions of "Down
Like Me" and "Fade Away" are so striking that the real
question lingers why the hard and heavy stateside
consortium hasn't already been swayed in this direction.
Want to know what Incubus, Cold and Linkin Park fans
will be listening to next year?
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