Misuse - "Made EP"

(self released, 2005)

Although I am pretty much sure that if you mention bands like Set Fire To Flames, Red Sparowes, Pelican, (Secret Order Of) Tusk and the likes all the Misuse members will look at you like you 're speaking the martian language, this band is somewhat playing a breed along those lines.
On the other hand I am also pretty much sure that almost every member will accept the Tool influence and furthermore will be really happy to hear that. You can easily make a band sigh in ecstasy if you drop some words like – "I can hear some Tool in your music". But oh well, I won't go raving about this band again and I know that many of you out there will dispute this fact but you are wrong and I am right. Period. So, what we have here is instrumental heavy post-rock with some metal guitar riffs thrown in the mix (A second guitar is recently added to the line-up and there are thoughts for a third one - I say GO for it). Furious and exact drumming that just gets a little too carried away at parts although you can easily hear that it’s the leading part among them all. By that I mean that momentum is a good thing but you have to be strong to tame it… they are really great on the hard parts and really mellow on the atmospheric ones, its just that, maybe, they need to work a bit more on their compositions. Tracks with length more that 10 minutes can be a little 'frustrating' for those who are not trained enough, but on the other hand who cares for them, right? And don’t get me wrong here, that's exactly my kind of thing and I'm just loving it. Even made it in my playlist for this month. It’s just that I foresee great potential in this band and from now on I will be very strict in my judgement. Nothing is buried in the final result and the overall sound is just right. Stories without words are there, all you need to catch them is the right ears and feelings. May the force be with you.
This new wave of Greek bands that became known to us through the Spinalonga compilation can only make us be very optimistic about things to come. One can almost remember the future!

www.spinalonga.net/bands/misuse.htm

Rate: 10/13

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