2008 • Hit the Deck
And now, for something different (finally): some more traditional sludge, the kind that still has that stoner and hardcore punk sound buried in there, the kind that I never really liked all that much. I'm not totally sold on Worker and Parasite, but it does provide some entertainment for what it's worth.
Tafkata is a strange band when it comes to how they write their songs: some take the pure sludge route, others are pure hardcore—take just the first two tracks, for instance. The upside to this is that the album is constantly in a state of flux, keeping the listener somewhat on edge, as it's hard to tell what direction the music will take at any given time. The downside is that the album sounds really disjointed—not to the point where it sounds like two different bands playing different tracks, but more like Tafkata just can't decide what they want to do.
On the other hand, either way you go, they do a good job at it. I prefer their punkier tracks the best, even if they're a bit generic (my own inherent bias, probably), as the sludgier ones don't do anything for me (particularly the incredibly cheesy "Children of the Revolution") and the vocals don't fit with them quite as well. (I'm not a huge fan of the vocals in general, though.) But they do pull out some great riffs now and again—see "Terra" for a good example—but not enough to make the album really special.
So, it's okay. Not something I'm going to be throwing on much in the future, but it was worth a listen.
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