Wednesday, October 14, 2009

!T.O.O.H.! - Rad A Trest (2005)

Damn you Earache. You really messed up by causing !T.O.O.H.! those financial problems and you ended up destroying the band and now they are no more. Which is too bad, since !T.O.O.H.! went out with a HUGE bang and this might even be the best release of 2006 (it was released in January over here in America). There's still a lot of great stuff coming out this year, but it will be extremely tough to top this release. This stuff truly isn't the norm, with out-of-this-world vocals by Humanoid and insane guitar riffs, topped with tight drumming by other Veselý brother Schizoid and audible bass (Freedom is a great bass player and was a worthy addition). It's a great combination and prevents the songs from getting old because there's something new and fresh everytime. The riffs are all incredible and unique. They seem to find that perfect spot in death metal where the leads are awesome and feel melodic without losing their brutality or turning into melo-death. Track 1, Al-Amín (Aneb Jak Vycákat Jelito), is a great example of this. After the spoken word and inhuman growls, we get treated with some amazing riffs throughout the entire song. Others that prove this well are Rád A Trest and Analýza Záhnìdy. !T.O.O.H.! also do an excellent job of layering guitar solos over riffs to create orgasms through music. This is the benefit you have when you have two guitarists, and both Humanoid and Wokis are excellent guitarists. It sounds flawless, especially when they pull off bass solos as well. The solos are never long, but they still kick ass (songs like Kálí come to mind). Some of my all-time favorite moments on the CD: The "chorus" on Konec Kontinentálního Kontejneru is great. The simple ambient type parts at the end of Abu-Hassan and Rád A Trest. The changes in the crazy vocals from high to some low parts that fit perfectly. The riff build up at 1:36 on Rád A Trest before going into this beautiful at 1:55. It blows me away. And finally, the final song Kálí. WOW! What a way to end a band. Not going out with a whimper like most bands that end up disbanding. The riffs are all breathtaking; they're brutal and melodic in a perfect way. The vocals are damn great just like in every other track. All instruments are played at a high intensity. The song builds up and up until finally it reaches 3:03 and Humanoid lets out a final yell of a single Czech word before the greatest riff ever comes in. THE GREATEST EVER. Dead serious. What a fucking climax. The riff repeats until the end of the song, and there would be no better way to end your career then this. I've listened to this song over 30 times since I've had the CD. The guitar solo at 3:21 is one of the best I've ever heard. It's so heartfelt and fits along with the riff perfectly. Then a bass solo comes in for a little while and just totally slays! It doesn't get much better. Then the guitar comes back along with it and finally ends up soloing until going into its own riff at 4:22 until the end of the song. Simply beautiful and the biggest climax I've ever heard, it's simply beyond words, much like the whole CD itself. Highly recommended, along with the rest of !T.O.O.H.!'s discography. Goodbye !T.O.O.H.!, you'll be forever missed.
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