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Bobaflex
is an interesting name for an interesting band. The founding members
of the band are a part of the most famous family feud in American
history. Yep, the Hatfields and the McCoys!! And even though there
are only a couple McCoys in the band, you better believe they bring
their war of sorts to your ears while you listen to their new disc
“Apologize For Nothing”. You can understand the wrath
that the Hatfields must have felt! While listening to this disc it
reminded me of an assortment of bands including Disturbed, Sevendust,
Slipknot, Dope and System of a Down, maybe even Clutch. You can definitely
see their influence from nu metal bands. Oddly enough one of my favorite
tracks might be the strangest track on the disc, “Guns Ablazin”.
It reminds me of System of a Down quite a bit. From the playful vocals
to the creative use of the instruments, it screams SOAD. The have
some similarities with hip-hop too, that might turn off some people
into loud music, but for the most part Bobaflex has the intensity
and the balls of a metal band. I guess the only other complaint is
that most tracks are between 2:30 and 3:30 minutes, so if they could
increase the length a little it might not make their songs feel so
brief. Anyhow, just about everything track on the disc is at least
decent and the production is stellar. I can even see some of these
songs on the radio, they seem to have that radio presence. “Apologize
For Nothing” surprised me when I first listened to this album,
nu metal rarely has anything fresh to offer to the masses, Bobaflex
might be what the genre needed. Rating: 83 |
