Maylene & The Sons...
S/T
I’m not a scenester. Nor am I a fan of professional football...anymore. Covering a Super Bowl with the press corps will spoil that appetite. Hordes of corporate swine wade through the din of reporters, following the power monger of the moment like rats behind the Pied Piper. Besides the distaste of being a blue collar reporter in the adult OC party of the year, I’ve somehow grown to dislike excellence and domination. After 3 Super Bowls in four years, I’m finding myself rooting for whoever is lining up against the New England Patriots.
The music scene in America is slightly similar. Of all the labels peddling hard-edged music with a faith perspective, Tooth & Nail towers above them all – repeat champions in evaluating and signing the right talent and attitude, keeping the music and vibe authentic in a way that pleases true music lovers. Ain’t much to complain about there. T&N is a great label, run with a Belichick-like precision and ability to adapt to game-time changes, yet I find myself rooting for the underdog label when they do it right. That label of the moment is one Mono Vs. Stereo, who score their latest big find with Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster.
This band gets it. From Ma Barker’s "they can have my gun when they pry it out of my cold, dead fingers" attitude to the biting, string-bending penchant for attitude over precision performance. The slugging-it-out mean riffage of Pantera in their heyday (Dime, R.I.P.) and the "take no prisoners" spittem attack of Glen Danzig at his nastiest... Who knew Dallas Taylor (ex-Underoath) had it in him?
Remember your history, kids: the Whitecross debut album, the first time you saw the Crucified, the Re-birth of Living Sacrifice, Scrolls, Human Sacrifice, The Blamed’s Give Us Barrabas. This is one such great moment. [Mono Vs. Stereo] kern county kid, the
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Comments
By Austin
Dallas Taylor is an awesome singer, he has some definate range. Amazing. I haven't heard the whole album, but I've heard some songs on myspace and everything. Can't wait for the full album.
By Matt Gregg
Thumping bass hits and marvelous pick squels have stolen my heart and I dont' want it back!
By Pete
This review kinda blows.....you pretty much say NOTHING about the actual music on the cd.
By Ben
You need to have the RATING along with the review here. Its a great cd, give it 4
By Aaron
This is a great album for any hardcore fan.Dallas Taylor's voice has improved and changed alot since he was with Underoath.And I agree with Ben, we need
a rating with the review.I'd give it a
4 as well.
By Dave
Is this supposed to be a metal, hardcore, or emocore band? Do they have Pantera-like guitar solos or just the typical scream-core band? This review doesn't really say much about what kinda music they play...
By Nathan
YEEEEHHAAAAA
By Caley
if you listened to the band, then maybe you would ACTUALLY KNOW what type of music they are
DUH
x3
By bobby
dallas is an amazing singer fo sho
By Ross
you guys are all dumb,maylene is me favorite band,them and the chariot.and they are both at cornerstone this year.woohoo.not the gay cornerstone florida,the real one in illinois.my fav maylene song is bang the witch is dead.
By Martin
Dallas Taylor is too [bleep] good. But, underoath was FAR better dans maylene, since he left the group, the two got worse. Underoath i now a [bleep] emo band, and Dallas is not using his full potentiel.
By chuck
woah dude. quite the contary, dude. both have done nothing but improve. maylene is just a different style than underoath, not different. both of the bands have made considerable changes, and dude, the language
By David Arthur
i just saw matsod at cornerstone.
they are insane.
guitar metal to the max.
a must see for any fan of metal or southern rock.
SOUTHERNCORE
that is the new sound that maylene is producing.
many other bands are taking this and using it as well.
it is for sure the newest and most original styles out there
