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Drain - Freaks of Nature (1999)

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Drain - Freaks of Nature (1999)

Drain - Freaks of Nature (1999)
Hard rock, Heavy Metal | EAC rip | WV: IMG+CUE+LOG -> 338 MB | mp3@VBR V0 (286avg) -> 122 MB
43:02 min | scans (105MB, png) | 3% recovery | UL & FF | MVG Records 3984-27719-2

AMG biography by by Eduardo Rivadavia:
The all-female hard rock/heavy metal band Drain S.T.H. was formed in 1993 in Stockholm, Sweden (hence the S.T.H., added to avoid confusion with a similarly named American band), and featured singer Maria Sjöholm, guitarist Flavia Canel, bassist Anna Kjellberg, and drummer/vocalist Martina Axén. Displaying an unabashed worship of Alice in Chains, their independent 1996 debut, Horror Wrestling, was dominated by uncompromising grinds of slow, down-tuned guitars, which were then topped with Sjöholm and Axén's beautifully chilling vocal harmonies. Coupled with the band's impressive live performances and supermodel looks, this soon drew the attention of Mercury Records subsidiary The Enclave, which repackaged and re-released the album worldwide two years later with an additional three tracks (including a quarter-speed remake of Motörhead's "Ace of Spades"). The far more accessible follow-up, 1999's Freaks of Nature, managed to shed much of the band's excessive Alice in Chains influences of old and flirted with traces of programmed percussion and even rap, thereby forging a more distinctive sonic identity. But despite extensive touring both in Europe and America (including a lengthy jaunt with that year's Ozzfest) and attaining decent radio airplay in support, Drain S.T.H. never managed to break out of the metal underground, perhaps because they were simply too drop-dead gorgeous to be taken seriously by the notoriously chauvinistic metal masses. A major restructuring at Mercury Records later that year spelled the final disaster for Drain S.T.H., who were dropped in early 2000 and subsequently decided to call it a day. Following the group's breakup, singer Sjöholm became Mrs. Tony Iommi, amazingly enough, while the remaining three members continued to work together under the new name Superfix (though guitarist Canel remains a "silent partner" due to contractual issues).
AMG review by Steve Huey:
Drain S.T.H. take a major step forward on Freaks of Nature, a more consistent record than their debut. The melodies of their grungy, detuned, slightly electronic-tinged metal songs still have a deliberate, sinister feel, but the band demonstrates a greater mastery of songcraft, rendering those melodies consistently memorable and outdoing most of their contemporaries in that department. As such, the occasional dull riff isn't quite so conspicuous, since the songs don't rely entirely on the guitars for their melodic hooks. The production, too, is generally quite good, if a little slick; the only glaring misstep is an awkward pseudo-rap bit in "Simon Says." Freaks of Nature is that rare bird in the mid- to late '90s: a heavy metal record that manages to meet the decade's new standard for heaviness while at the same time relying on high-caliber songwriting to put the music across, instead of gimmicky production or cartoonishly excessive aggression. Overall, it's refreshingly well done.(4.5/5)
Tracklist:
01 Enter My Mind (03:15)
02 Alive (03:37)
03 Simon Says (04:09)
04 I Wish… (04:40)
05 Black (04:08)
06 Crave (04:24)
07 The Bubble Song (03:28)
08 Right Through You (04:04)
09 Leech (04:14)
10 Get Inside (03:23)
11 I Will Follow (03:40)

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011

EAC extraction logfile from 30. March 2013, 22:37

Drain S.T.H. / Freaks of Nature

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