 Reviews - Centrifuge - Visions Old, Feelings Cold (Self-Release)
04-22-2004, 12:01 AM
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Centrifuge - Visions Old, Feelings Cold (Self-Release)
by Chris Barnes
January 2, 2003
 I really enjoyed Centrifuge's first outing,Taste of Grey. Six songs of with a Helmet/Prong type of approach; very dark, cold, industrial sounding. Well, it's almost a year later, and things have gotten a whole lot darker and colder with Centrifuge, it appears.
On Visions Old, Feelings Cold, Centrifuge expand a bit into more organic, almost atmospheric textures while still retaining the tight, almost spartan rhythmic approach of the aforementioned bands. The new experimentation with textures gives Visions... an even more menacing, doom feel. It's as if Cable and 5ive had an angry, depressed kid.
The driving force of Centrifuge is it's sense of rhythm... both in Rob Craig's tight, perceive drum work, Todd Fabian's understated bass and Matt Servenack's methodical yet moody guitar work. I've never heard a drum sound so friggin'... doomy... as in the single repetitive bass drum that opens "Shunt".
Because of the epic length of the songs on Visions... the rhythms are allowed to be repetitive and drawn out, bordering on hypnotic. The length of the arrangements also allows Servenack to explore multiple ideas in the context of the same song, really sucking the listener in. This is another one of those albums that made me miss two freeway exits. "Want, Fear, Believe" sucked me right in. I just zoned out in a dark bliss... pretty captivating stuff.
Centrifuge may just be the next big thing - they embrace doom elements, ambient and experimental elements as well as appeal to those that just dig all around "heavy". Best of all, they do it with some exceptionally original songwriting . There's something here for almost every volume-head.
 Purchase Visions Old, Feelings Cold at the Hellride Music Super Store
Visit the Centrifuge website at http://centrifugemusic.tripod.com
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