AUTOMAG
Hellbound (Wulverine)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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Automag delivers a hard grunge-metal sound that falls somewhere between early Motorhead and Alice in Chains. The music thumps along at a determined pace, the bass and percussion keeping perfect time while the guitar lines scream out at all the appropriate moments. The vocals blend in with the rhythm built by the bass-percussion section, with the whole thing barreling along like a freight train thumping down the railroad tracks. It gets a little repetitive at times, but I get the feeling that if I had a six pack at my desk and a couple more numbers on my volume control to turn this up to, I'd be in headbanger heaven. Lyrically, these songs feature stories like what you'd expect from this style of music, with songs about abusive fathers and alcoholic mothers and breakin' the law, Southern boy style.

© 2004 - Holly Day