Black Metallic

Catherine Wheel | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album Ferment

Product Details

• Original Release Date: June 9, 1992
• Release Date: June 9, 1992
• Label: Island Def Jam
• Copyright: (C) 1992 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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• Duration: 7:19 minutes
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• ASIN: B001NYO7ME
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,089 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Track in a bottle, April 14, 2009

By 

S. M. DeVries "DJ Misfit" (Aurora, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Metallic (MP3 Download)

This is one of those great flashback tunes from the British shoegazer movement of the early/mid 1990's. Great wash of sound, simple hooks, chorus, theme. I hate to use the word "perfection" but Black Metallic captures the mood so well from that era, it's hard not to put it on a pedestal.

One departure this song holds from most shoegazer rock was the fact that you could actually hear and understand Rob's lyrics. Most of the stuff from that era (Lush, Slowdive) had vocals pretty far back in the mix; as if the sound of the track was more important than the words. This isn't a bad thing, but was a common trait of most tunes that fell into that subgenre.

Great tune, and a great example of the era.