RECONCEIVE

Since no one seems to want to do a review on THIS Quite Room CD then I thought, "I have it, and it's really good,......OK, they deserve a good review and I'm just the person for the job". This CD is Sonic nightmare for your speakers, especially the low end, and that's a good thing yes-sirry bob. Right off the bat. 1st song, 1st beat. The drum sound is killer, nice chunky guitar. the key's are a wall of sound themselves. Yawza, These guy's sound amazing......and the song hasn't even kicked in yet. When it finally does (after an amazing crescendo) the guitar's double their pace, double kick drums mercilessly pound you're your speakers low end and the vocals enter with a vengeance. Vocally Pete Jewell is in the same league as James Hetfield from Metallica only more guttural, focused and he has a larger range ta boot . Not to much grunting and NO death vocals but at times they get reeeeeeeal close.. This guy's got some serious pipes. Pete did not sing on their 1st CD. As a matter of fact 3 out of 6 member's have been replaced (voc. Drum, bass). Like I said, The sound is fargin' awesome. The CD was produced and mixed by Kirby Orrick. (he also did the 1st CD )Who obviously knows his stuff. The Quite Room is a much heavier band this time around.all around. In sound, vocals and songwriting. The drummer is so precise. He's the perfect prog. metal drummer. Like Mark Zonder of Fates Warning, new drummer Graeme Wood sounds almost futuristic in the way he plays, and the way the drums themselves sound. The kicks are just the balls!! In the Quite Room, the keyboards and guitars are given equal billing as far as how well they can be heard. As far as the songs go, their mostly of the pissed off/doom and despair motif. So, if the idea of James Hetfield singing some serious prog metal sounds good to you then this band will blow you away. PS. For anyone who cares (like I do)....There's a ton of time signature changes and other such clever stuff throughout this heavy, heavy CD.