Artist .........:  METZ
Title ..........:  METZ
Genre ..........:  Rock
Subgenre .......:  Noise Rock, Post-Hardcore, Punk, Alternative Rock, Grunge
Label ..........:  Sub Pop Records
Language .......:  English

Year ...........:  2012
Street Date ....:  10.05.2012

Source .........:  WEB (FLAC)
Bit Depth ......:  24 Bit
Sample Rate ....:  44.1 kHz
Mode ...........:  Stereo
Size ...........:  344.43 MB
Tracks .........:  10

https://open.qobuz.com/album/0098787101584

Url: https://www.metzztem.com/

Track List:

01.Headache                                                           02:19
02.Get Off                                                            02:22
03.Sad Pricks                                                         02:52
04.Rats                                                               03:05
05.Knife In The Water                                                 02:13
06.Nausea                                                             01:06
07.Wet Blanket                                                        03:54
08.Wasted                                                             04:08
09.The Mule                                                           02:25
10.Negative Space                                                     05:28

29:52

After the Shins hit it big, more and more releases on Sub Pop were
geared toward Americana and acoustic folk. METZ is a different story.
Recalling the early days of the Seattle label when grunge was
thunderous and menacing, this Canadian group's debut is extra heavy.
Recorded over the course of a week by Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck) and
Alexandre Bonenfant in an old barn, METZ's self-titled album revisits
the gut-thumping sludge of early Melvins and the abrasive scrawl of
Jesus Lizard. Alex Edkins, Hayden Menzies, and Chris Slorach bash on
their respective instruments, taking atonal to the extreme point of
sounding like a guitar string being dragged down a chalkboard.
Vocalist/guitarist Alex Edkins alternates from a razor-edged shriek in
"Knife in the Water," to a snide Johnny Rotten shout in "Wet Blanket,"
and the assault of brown notes and harmonics in "The Mule" is sure to
appeal to fans of Big Black or Unsane. It's a violent cacophony.
However, there is a method to the madness. Relentless as the album may
seem, under all the distorted howls there are some true dynamic shifts
that divide songs into proper verse/chorus arrangements. So, you might
get what sounds like a bass being repeatedly thrown to the ground in
place of a guitar solo, but that said, there is structure buried in the
noise. Never plodding, only one song breaks the four minute mark, and
most are around the conventional punk length of two or three minutes.
Because of the heavy distortion, it would be easy to confuse METZ for a
metal band, in the way that you could with Pissed Jeans or Slug Guts,
but really, the Toronto trio is just a ball of heavy genres, lumping
together noise rock, post-punk, hardcore, no wave, or any style that
might punish a pair of eardrums.

(C) Jason Lymangrover /TiVo

Canada's METZ are a return to everything that's good about loud,
ecstatic live music; a frantic nod to Nation of Ulysses, Shellac, The
Pixies, The Jesus Lizard, and Public Image Ltd. at their most vicious,
while carving out some heavy new business. METZ have been around for
over three years, sharing stages with Mission of Burma, Mudhoney,
Oneida, and NoMeansNo. METZ, the band's self-titled and formidable
debut full-length was produced by the band and recorded by Graham Walsh
(Holy Fuck) and Alexandre Bonenfant. Both live and here on this record,
METZ articulate with deafening clarity what we've known for some time:
The world of good music needs a new power trio, and this is it.

44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM - Sub Pop Records Studio Masters

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