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█████▌ artist.....: Iron Monkey ▐█████
█████ album.......: 9-13 █████
█████ year.........: 2017 █████
▐████ genre........: Metal ████▌
████▌ label........: Relapse ▐████
████ grabber.....: Eac ████
▀███ encoder....: Lame 3.98r V0 ███▀
████ quality...: 286/44,1khz/Joint Stereo ████
▌ ███▄ rip date.: 10.25.2017 ▄███ ▐
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█ 01.Crown of Electrodes 04:21 █
█ 02.Omegamangler 04:49 █
█ 03.9-13 05:37 █
█ 04.Toadcrucifier/R.I.P.P.E.R 05:31 █
█ 05.Destroyer 04:16 █
█ 06.Mortarhex 03:31 █
█ 07.The Rope 04:47 █
█ 08.Doomsday Impulse Multiplier 05:11 █
█ 09.Moreland St. Hammervortex 09:47 █
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█ size: 98,06 MB total: 47:50 █
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█ Sterling though it is, Iron Monkey has a █
█ name circulated mostly through lore. Its █
█ 1996 EP and 1998 full-length, honestly, came █
█ out when a fair number of metal fans were █
█ children. Of those consciously watching █
█ sludge metal at the time, scores of acts █
█ have since surpassed Iron Monkey and its █
█ sparse output. Yet the notoriety of the band █
█ has lingered. Its brash and unfiltered metal █
█ through the lungs of vocalist Johnny Morrow █
█ was, for many, that blending of punk and █
█ metal that ensembles like Crass or 45 Grave █
█ were for fans in respective decades █
█ previous. Not that the UK crew gained those █
█ levels of recognition, or are anywhere the █
█ same, but you get the idea: something with █
█ an appeal that set it apart from others. █
█ After Iron Monkey faded with the untimely █
█ death of Morrow in 2002, you could assume █
█ the boys from Nottingham would be little █
█ more than a faded memory or trivia at a punk █
█ club's quiz night. █
█ █
█ Not so fast. █
█ █
█ Following a nearly 20-year break hastened by █
█ the death of its lead singer, Iron Monkey █
█ return to take up the accolades the group █
█ never received in its heyday. Implausible █
█ though that comeback might be its new █
█ release, "9-13," rolls up to make a claim █
█ for the throne. █
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█ Returns like this can be a controversial █
█ business at times. Here, founding members █
█ Jim Rushby, on guitars and vocal duties, and █
█ bassist Steve Watson are back in place, but █
█ original drummer Justin Greaves has bowed █
█ out. The new Iron Monkey has opted to go it █
█ as a trio, replacing Greaves with Scott █
█ Briggs, one of the former drummers of █
█ Bristol hardcore legends Chaos UK. No █
█ Greaves and no original singer may prompt █
█ some gnashing of teeth from the outset. Yet █
█ having Bushby and Watson, who were █
█ nevertheless architects of the band's grimy █
█ sludge metal clatter, may keep you curious █
█ enough to give "9-13" your full attention. █
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█ With the opener, "Crown of Electrodes," you █
█ are left with the clear impression that Iron █
█ Monkey is rejoining us largely as a punk █
█ act. No bones about it that there's plenty █
█ of sludge and grind in this corybantic █
█ gruel. Still, in what could be Briggs' █
█ influence or a new direction decades on, █
█ there is irrefutably a hardcore tension in █
█ the All Pigs Must Die vein here. Some might █
█ criticize Iron Monkey for this or the █
█ vocals, which tend to be an echo of Morrow. █
█ However, all things change and, to tell the █
█ truth, this may be the first real █
█ introduction to Iron Monkey a lot of people █
█ have had. You can judge this on the strength █
█ of "9-13" alone and step away gratified. █
█ █
█ There are a few near missteps. █
█ "Toadcrucifier - R.I.P.PER" opens with 30 █
█ seconds of pointless guitar feedback û █
█ although feedback starting "The Rope" is █
█ equally unlistenable. Fortunately enough, █
█ Iron Monkey makes up for it by delivering a █
█ crushing cut that pours on the aggression. █
█ The title selection before it uses the same █
█ feedback affectation, but similarly the trio █
█ redeems itself by serving up a whip tight █
█ track of metal-infused punk. In fact, the █
█ guitar feedback bit is used on several more █
█ songs; it can be cute for the new high █
█ school metal band, but gives "9-13" an 'out █
█ of ideas' vibe that is unnecessary. In fact, █
█ Iron Monkey's layoff has not left members █
█ bereft of passion or ideas. The group feels █
█ potent and ready to meet both new fans and █
█ skeptics. You just wish these small things █
█ did not detract from such a dexterous and █
█ forceful performance. █
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█ "9-13" offers plenty for veteran fans, such █
█ as "Doomsday Impulse Multiplier," a █
█ shredding sludge attack and the closing, █
█ "Moreland St. Hammervortex," which is a █
█ violent rejoinder of why Iron Monkey got its █
█ reputation as a doom/sludge vanguard. All █
█ these years later, Iron Monkey remains █
█ gritty and uncompromising. Predictions for a █
█ return were invariably high. "9-13" does not █
█ blow those expectations out of the water. █
█ Nor does Iron Monkey disappoint. For that, █
█ there's much to smile about. █
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Files
| Path | Size |
|---|---|
| 00-iron_monkey-9-13-cd-2017.m3u | 210 B |
| 00-iron_monkey-9-13-cd-2017.nfo | 15,37 KB |
| 00-iron_monkey-9-13-cd-2017.sfv | 300 B |
| 01-crown_of_electrodes.mp3 | 8,78 MB |
| 02-omegamangler.mp3 | 9,68 MB |
| 03-9-13.mp3 | 11,37 MB |
| 04-toadcrucifier-r.i.p.p.e.r.mp3 | 11,33 MB |
| 05-destroyer.mp3 | 8,89 MB |
| 06-mortarhex.mp3 | 7,40 MB |
| 07-the_rope.mp3 | 10,05 MB |
| 08-doomsday_impulse_multiplier.mp3 | 10,64 MB |
| 09-moreland_st._hammervortex.mp3 | 19,93 MB |