Equilibrium

Crowbar, Crowbar (90's) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 7, 2000)
• Original Release Date: March 7, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Spitfire
• ASIN: B00004RI68
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #236,882 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Feel the Burning Sun

2. Equilibrium

3. Glass Full of Liquid Pain

4. Command of Myself

5. Down into the Rotting Earth

6. To Touch the Hand of God

7. Uncovering

8. Buried Once Again

9. Things You Can't Understand

10. Euphoria Minus One

11. Dream Weaver

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars prey the lid off your coffin N.O.L.A.!, June 6, 2000

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E. Peltier "doormouse" (North Arlington, New Jersey United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Equilibrium (Audio CD)

Leveraging their mighty weight against the grain of trendy modern metal landscape New Orlean's sons Crowbar return to set a new balance in aggression and domination. Twelve years and six full length releases into a career that has helped define the NOLA scene Crowbar continue redefining toxic grind. Their gritty, doom inspired sludge weilds an overwhelming power, fully matching the thick buyau air from which it was conceived. Crowbar are truly southern swill, laiden with enough inner thunder to match a hurricane and the girth of the mighty Mississippi river which the storm crosses. The dark, humming distortion of the guitars that has been a Crowbar signature is met with new recording and production techniques, building upon the harmonic experimentation of Odd Fellows Rest. The richer textures add additional dimension and depth and further build upon the doomy Crowbar myth. The lyrics continue to be deep and introspecive, a personal purgery of angst by frontman Kirk Windstein. The delivery however, is somewhat more billowing and haunting with the inclusion of harmonic effects and vocal layering. The addition of Sammy Satan Pierre-Duet to the current line-up lends a feverish Acid Bath-esque element to the already titanic sound. Throughout Equiliberium, Crowbar experiment with tempos and vocal structures to break up the monotonaty of the drawl. Each slab served up has its own musical personality ranging from uptempo crust to near gothic grinds. There are some serious corrosive forces at work in the new ellements of Crowbar's sound, stripping away the expectation of a stero-typical doom-metal offering. Crowbar equate heavy with the weight of the primordial ooze and metal with casket nails, so be prepared to have the lid pryed off your coffin by the southern grit and swampy sludge spewed forth by one of metal's heaviest quartets.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Orleans Boys are Back, March 9, 2000

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Barry Navarro (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Equilibrium (Audio CD)

Crowbar has put out an album consistent with their style. It is an extremely hard cd with terrific riffs. If you like the sound of Crowbar and are a true fan you will not be disappointed. They have definitely not left anything to be desired. After listening to this album you will not be searching for any harder music. I do not believe any band compares to their absolute true metal performance unless you throw pantera into the mix. True metal fans will love this one. Just try not to break any personal belongings when listening to this one.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars another good cd from crowbar, July 7, 2000

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Robert C. Goodwin "mooshie 3829" (minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Equilibrium (Audio CD)

equilibruim, the sixth full length from the sludge/doomcore band crowbar is another good example of southern metal. from the opening track i fell the burning sun to the cover of dream weaver the cd is pretty flawless. some tracks sound alike but some are different for crowbar like to touch the hand of god and dream weaver. sammy doesn't do any solos like on odd fellows rest but has some good riffs, good bridges and breakdowns. this isn't really anything new for crowbar but another good cd. fav tracks: i fell the burning sun, buried once again, command of myself, and equilibrium.