Snubnose 32 blast out vicious rhythms, heavy anger saturated vocals and growling aggression by the pound on this album. Strong armed words and militant screams strike forth with fury and power as the groups music convulses and thrashes around underneath. Slight Helmet or Biohazard influences can show up due to the bands chunky guitar riff nature, there's even a faint hardcore style element at play and throughout it all a grinding gear turning like rage. Lead singer Jeremy's vocals are extremely combustible and sound authentic as they tear through gritty lyrical patterns slightly reminiscent of perhaps older Orange 9mm as they assault with a more spoken word rather than rappish approach. True with aggression and assertive in nature they grab the listeners senses instantly with their raspy feel and don't smother the mixture as there is a nice focus put to breathing space and instrumental buildups. Guitars are fiery, venomous and scraping with an almost NY metalcore approach as they easily pound and grate the listener with solid progressions and moderate variation. There's a bit of staccato elements that shine through as the riffs trek throughout the lower end of the fretboard jutting out violently with screeching fills and grinding groove. Some innovative sounds are also captured through the usage of effects usually hacked out in the sparse breakdowns, giving the CD more depth. Bass features modest variation, A percussive playing style tuned low that although is not excessive, does deepen the groove of the music that is served up prominently. There's also the occasional downtuned slap and pop and scratchy winding chord progression done with gouging hits, that keeps the subwoofers warm with a balmy lowend vibration. Drums are tuned to a solid slightly loose, yet tight tone, a lot of highhat work shines through in the mix and comes coupled with steady snare improvisation and ferocious kickdrum work, the odd tom roll is let loose, but for the most part the basic elements of drumming are what materialize with smashing cymbals and thunderous crashes syncopated with kick drum hits and tight knit beats interlocking snugly with the bass. Angst and power are served up in spades on this disc, the band dedicates heavy focus to the intensity and force of the music, attacking with relentless riffage and constant verbal assaults backed by an impressively tight drum and bass section. There is however, a tendency for the group to seemingly focus on the song being heavy rather than dynamic or innovative and as such the disc can drone on at times, a bit more moderation and variation perhaps with more drastic progressions or shifts could give the bands music more hook as the sustained heaviness can become slightly repetitive. Still though there's some rich effect crafted textures and interesting breakdowns included on this album, not to mention the fact that listening to it is a very cathartic visceral experience, that although may lack in substance, is extremely pleasing in the sheer volume of savage ferocity exuded. Much like their namesake, Snubnose 32 can blast gaping holes in their listener when fired at close range, but with some more intricate usage of dynamics and melody the band could easily take the listeners head clean off with one shot from their auditory revolver.
(4 / 5)