The Distillers - Coral Fang (CD)

Distillers explode onto the scene with Coral Fang

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Oct 31, 2003 | 10 out of 11 found this Coral Fang review helpful

Pros: The music is high energy, intense, and unique

Cons: No lyrics included in CD

The Destillers explode onto the scene with Coral Fang. It is their 3rd album, but their first mainstream release. Newly signed by Reprise/WB Records, they have taken their already outstanding energy and developed it beautifully. From the first song... "Drain the Blood" your are jarred awake by the vocal range of Brody Dalle, their singer and outstanding guitar work by herself and Tony Bradley. Ryan Sinn's bass is skillfully rendered (he was formerly a lead guitarist, all punctuated by great drum work by Andy Granelli. They combine the best aspects of alternative rock, punk and death metal/speed metal. She has explosive vocals and they back up every lyric with perfectly harmonious instrumentation. They come together as a group like a hurricane forms, with spiralling energy that carries throughout the album ending up with a primarily instrumental 12 minute jam session at the end called "Deathsex". In the body of the album you have the most keenly rendered and catchy song called "Hall of Mirrors" and a toned-down radio-friendly balladlike song called "The Hunger" that proves that even the intense hard-edged style they have is by no means the limit of their skill. Overall I found this album unique, exciting, and well-crafted. I give it top ranking.Mitch Lowenstein Read more Less