The Inbreed

Consenting Goat (Three sheeps in the wind)

(c)(p)1997

Review by Neil St.Laurent

Thanks to the band for the CD

Inbreed arose in 1995 from familiar names in the Austin scene, Wizards Promise and Hades' Gate, with their relase of "Back To The Underground", a release that keeps them close to their underground roots. The recent release "Consenting Goat" is a continuation of the effort to self-produce their brand of metal.

Approaching the recording as an underground release, in their words, seems to have left its mark on the recording. Noteably there is a very raw sound (not as in a live sound, but just raw), but unfortunately there are also a few problems with the mixing and/or engineering. Certain elements are either over-emphasized, or hidden, by mismatched levels in the production. Without any doubt however, the overall quality of the recording is good and has no overly significant hindrances to the music.

Although the guitars are subject to heavy muting, they don't always produce a crunchy sound, instead they keep themselves relatively light and cleaner than a lot. Layered onto the broken rhythms (i.e. without a clean flowing sound) often comes a few soloing techniques and soothing melodies; combinations that keep the music original and not overly abrasive. Quite a large collection of riffs and variations are used, which keep the sound very active and far from mundane, but at times, fortunately few, the riffs just don't blend as well as hoped. This could lend back to a raw sounding production, as the sound is overall somewhat disorganized, but unless your used to only highly produced albums, this isn't in itself bad, and indeed was what the band was hoping for in a raw / underground production.

For an independant release, "Consenting Goat" presents a favourable metal sound with an impressive ability to be original in the highly populated genre. Possibly comparable as a lighter kind of Pantera, it wouldn't be entirely fair not to say the music is identifiable as itself. While not for everybody, the music of Inbreed will definitely appeal to many.

Inbreed is:
Jason Dickinson - Bass, Vocals
Bryan Smith - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Frank Hensley - Drums, Backing Vocals

Contact:
The Inbreed
c/o Jason Dickinson
PO Box 920
Salado TX 76571
USA

Voice: +1.254.948.5214
Email: bsinbreed@aol.com

Send $10 (US) for "Consenting Goat" or "Back To The Underground" CD
Available also from Delinquent Records

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