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kevin · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:35 am Post subject: SuperGiant - Antares

SuperGiant Antares
By Kevin McHugh [kevin@hellridemusic.com]
Self-Released
July 23, 2008

SuperGiant is unapologetic, balls-to-the-wall blues-based southwestern riff metal, screaming down a midnight desert highway with nothing but fun on its collective mind. Of course, “fun” for these guys involves drinking whiskey out of a hollowed-out skull in the middle of a lysergic daydream with Blue Cheer as the soundtrack, but we can’t all be “normal,” can we?

This is a band bristling with energy, worshipping at the time-honored altar of sex, drugz, n’ rock n’ roll, and their fiendish intensity of vision is your gain. Their total respect for the riff is leavened by an appreciation of the classics in the form of Molly Hatchet, Sabbath, Zeppelin and ‘Cheer, combined with more recent rockers like Fireball Ministry, Tummler, Fu, and underground biker metal like Omegalord and the far-too-unsung Activator. The production is garagey and unpretentious without being lo-fi. The vocals are the focus, and they work best when clean and wreathed in echo. The group seems to prefer to work in ensemble mode, and when they’re at their peak they pound in perfect coordination like the pistons of a ’70 Chevelle set loose on the Bonneville salt flats.

This is passionate stuff, and it gets better as the album progresses, with songs like ‘Sphere Mirror’ and ‘Antares’ presented with a good dose of space rock, assuming an epic quality in which the band shines at their brightest. The only gripe is that this lengthy album might have been split into two shorter ones. This is not to imply that there is any wasted space here, because the songwriting is quite good. It’s just that with two albums instead of one, more – many more – guitar solos could be inserted into the mix to lengthen the tuneage. And that’s a good thing

The lyrics summon you to the open road, where the next consciousness-expanding adventure is coming at you in a matter of seconds. You might as well call “shotgun” and get on board.

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Smithhw · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:41 am Post subject:

Well put!! I'm still waiting to get my copy, but you have made me feel like I need it sooner than planed! I got there EP and it is killer!
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kevin · Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 3:37 am Post subject:

Cheers bro! You won't be disappointed.
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steps · Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:32 am Post subject:

I remember the first time i heard supergiant... Did acid at a party and on the ride home my mate put it on, this epic mighty guitar tone those psychadelic vocals... Never forget it.