MEMORY
DRIVEN
'Animus'
(I
Hate Records)
Some
doom coming out of Oklahoma via Sweden with I Hate Records. This is
my first experience with Memory Driven. 'Animus' is a pretty diverse
record and I would say not as accessible or as immediate as many of
the bands on this label. It will probably take a few listens to
really grasp what all is going on here. The more I listen to it
though the less inclined I am to the doom tag that comes with the
label reputation and is around the band. A reputation that I think in
large part owes to the main creative force being Dennis Cornelius,
who has been in bands like Place Of Skulls, Revelation, Doom Stone
etc… But to be honest a lot of this record both musically and
vocally probably has more to do with the early 90s grunge sound than
it does with doom rock. Both musically and vocally I can hear some
Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam and that type of music. I mean do not get
me wrong these guys are great musicians and have some really
interesting things going on in the music and I really can dig some of
it. Maybe it just was so much of the opposite of what I was expecting
that I just had a hard time really getting into 'Animus'. I really do
not care much for the vocals either. I would say if you like some of
the better stuff from the grunge days mixed with some doom rock type
tendencies then you would most likely like Memory Driven. However for
me it was just not my cup of tea, I gave it a good shot and listened
to the record 4 or 5 times looking for stuff I liked. But ultimately
the things I did not care for about Memory Driven outweighed that
which I liked.
(Dale Roy)
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