Scorpion Child - Scorpion Child (2013) [Japanese Edition]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image & cue & log) | 439 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 223 MB | Scans | 58:04
Genre: Hard Rock / Blues Rock | Country: USA | Label: Nippon Colambia Сo. | COC8-60097
EAC Rip | FLAC (image & cue & log) | 439 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps | 223 MB | Scans | 58:04
Genre: Hard Rock / Blues Rock | Country: USA | Label: Nippon Colambia Сo. | COC8-60097
This eponymous debut from Texan quintet SCORPION CHILD surely ranks among the most head-scratching LPs of 2013, maybe the entire decade thus far.Why? Because it's so damn hard to fathom WHAT heavy metal category to file the band under: trad, retro, stoner, groove - heck, even '80s hair metal springs to mind, at times - like some kind of headbanger morality test, nagging one to distrust that gut feeling insisting everything will actually be just fine in the morning.Which is another way of saying you'll probably need several listens to solve SCORPION CHILD's riddle; but given some effort, you'll be glad you did.Maybe the only thing about the band's sound that becomes clear pretty quickly is that LED ZEPPELIN is by far their biggest influence - it's written all over Aryn Jonathan Black fearless howls, guitarists Christopher Jay Cowart and Tom Frank's bombastic attack, and even the rhythm section's self-propelling grooves, which typically see drummer Shawn Alvear playing behind the beat like his life depends on it.But, rather than contenting themselves with shameless (but easily digestible) ZEP worship, SCORPION CHILD proceeds to pur?e those '70s hard rock teachings through a New Wave of British Heavy Metal blender, mix in (usually) tolerable doses of the aforementioned '80s hair rockers (think BADLANDS, DANGEROUS TOYS, SPREAD EAGLE), and finish things off with assorted '90s stoner rock spices (MONSTER MAGNET, CLUTCH), just to make life things on themselves.Thus we come upon highlights such as LP opener "Kings Highway", which is a bluesy slow-burner, well suited to easing listeners into the program; "The Secret Spot", which sounds like "Too Fast for Love"-period MOTLEY CRUE minus the sleazy bits; "In the Arms of Ecstasy", which worryingly starts like disco before delivering one of the album's catchiest sing-alongs; and "Red Blood (The River Flows)", which proves to be an anthemic power ballad BLUE MURDER might have come up with back in the day, had they only hung around a little while longer.Other tracks like "Antioch", "Paradigm" and early standout "Polygon of Eyes" find SCORPION CHILD muddling the plot even further with somewhat vague and/or impenetrable lyrics, seemingly at odds with their blue-collar musical backing; but it's not like metal heads care that much about lyrics (let's be honest), and, if nothing else, these are bound to confound and turn away any poodle rockers hanging around the backstage door.And still, it's amazing how these diverse, oftentimes contradictory musical touchstones start coming into focus by the third or fourth listen, and assemble themselves into strange but ultimately captivating shapes one might expect of a work by surrealist genius Salvador Dali: not everyone likes it, but almost no one can look away.So likewise, though we expect SCORPION CHILD's first effort to evoke extreme love/hate reactions from those who sample its modern brand of blues-metal ("blues-metal" - that's what they are!), sample it you must.
Tracklist:
01. Kings Highway
02. Polygon Of Eyes
03. The Secret Spot
04. Salvation Slave
05. Liquor
06. Antioch
07. In The Arms Of Ecstasy
08. Paradigm
09. Red Blood (The River Flows)
10. Keep Goin' (bonus' Lucifer's Friend cover)
Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
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Scorpion Child / Scorpion Child
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==== Log checksum C16464E389DC2A1BE3E17BA136C652A9645CAD70CD16448CD5F6B1C16414036E ====
EAC extraction logfile from 2. September 2014, 9:04
Scorpion Child / Scorpion Child
Used drive : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7243S Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 48
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
Selected bitrate : 768 kBit/s
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : Yes
Command line compressor : E:\EAC NEW\Exact Audio Copy\Flac\flac.exe
Additional command line options : -V -8 -T "Date=%year%" -T "Genre=%genre%" %source%
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==== Log checksum C16464E389DC2A1BE3E17BA136C652A9645CAD70CD16448CD5F6B1C16414036E ====
Personnel
Aryn Jonathan Black - Vocals
Shaun Diettrick Avants - Bass
Christopher Jay Cowart - Lead Guitar
Shawn Paul Alvear - Percussion
Tom "The Mole" Frank - Rhythm Guitar
All thanks to Varvaar