METZ – Canadian Noise Challenging Crusaders Flabbergast With 5th Album ‘UP ON GRAVITY HILL’
Rad new longplayers
23 April 2024
Canadian noise-challenging crusaders METZ have their
5th LP, titled UP ON GRAVITY HELL out. Order-info here.
Press info: For those who believe in the power of the rock band to exemplify the
highest resonance of human connection, there is much on ‘Up On Gravity Hill’ to lift
the spirit, a puzzle worth repeated listening to unlock or just to get lost in again and
again. Lyrically, Up On Gravity Hill pulls no punches: this is a record about death the
way all art is ultimately about death, yet it crackles with life and intensity.
Alex Edkins (voice/guitar/lyrics) : “We’re at the point now where we feel really strong as
a band and as musicians, and there is no second guessing our collective instincts. Allowing ourselves to branch out and work with other musicians has been a blessing and also continues to remind us that what we have, our musical bond, is very rare and really special. The lyrical content is more heart-on-sleeve than I’ve ever allowed myself to do. I tried to be direct with my words, this record felt like a big step.”
TUTV: ‘Up On Gravity Hill’ blows your mind, your psyche, and your ears
for 34 thunderous minutes of razor blade wall-of-sound exorcism. Vintage
chainsaw voltage (No Reservation/Love Comes Crashing, Entwined (Street Light
Buzz), Never Still Again and the ace anti-advertising ballyhoo sledgehammer
’99’), a mean drum/bass machine throughout, and Edkins‘ mixed emotions
cry outs combine for a rough helter-skelter ride.
No arty farty BS for them, no special effects. All cylinders, all burners. It’s only
on the gripping mid-tempo closing reflection that the trio slow down a bit but
still make your stereo tremble. A great ending to another great record.
Flabbergasting achievement.
Metz rule big time.
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