EP Review – Subtract – Winning Hearts & Minds

Shiny yet dirty, like unpolished chrome – a clean sound but with a blunt, dirty, bloody edge. Impressive show by all members, an excellently produced piece of work, balancing all instruments nicely. All tracks around 4 mins long, just long enough I reckon.

There is a serious amount of talent here, for me this is the perfect metal sound, rapid, full, just intelligible gravelly vox, no-one leaving anything to spare. Imaginative CD liner, nice to see something new.

Track 1 – Dirty Paradise – slowly building instrumentals, fast-paced & full-bodied. Gravelly vocals. Dripping with bass and neat little gax bends. Cool intro track, promises a lot for the rest of the album.

Track 2 – Hell – Heavier vox now & deeper bass riffs (if that’s possible). Sweet headbanging track. Epic gax solo around the middle.

Track 3 – Land – keeps the tempo going and steps it up a little more. Bringing the gax back in a bit more and throwing around the short dropping riffs. Power chord heaven!

Track 4 – Fearless Leader – short hitting riffs and solid bass booting down the front door – tweaky & bendy riffs give it a spicy flavour.

Track 5 – Committed – less chaotic to begin with, continues on with deep bass and epic gax action – loving these power riffs and classic axe solos.

Track 6 – Cashing In – short powerful bulldog bites of riffs hook you in, epic and powerful rhythm possesses you, axe chops you up, and vox feasts on the remains. A really powerful track that leaves me wanting more. Rapid and epic, a staunch final track. Fade out at 40 secs to go … only to fade back in at full bore with 10 secs to go. Awesome.

Mine heart & mind are belong to Subtract.
CEO Mong