Forging Steel & Laying Stone

Akimbo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 24, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Alternative Tentacles
• ASIN: B000CCBBMM
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #216,679 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hey, it's pretty good., April 14, 2006

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vitaminfan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forging Steel & Laying Stone (Audio CD)

I think this is a great metalcore/hardcore/what-have-you CD. I don't usually write Amazon reviews, but I thought it was a shame to have the rating for this messed up by ONE GUY who bought the wrong thing.

That said, this CD isn't mindblowing, but if you like this kind of music I think you'd be happy to have it. It's different enough, it sounds good, and the song titles and lyrics are pretty cool. A+!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars well if it's YOUR mistake, then why is it a bad CD?, March 29, 2006

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Alexei Bespalov "JustLikeAkimbo" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Forging Steel & Laying Stone (Audio CD)

I can see how someone looking for Funk Jazz can not necessarily like this CD. This CD is not even "death metal" as the reviewer described. Akimbo is a hardcore band fron Seattle. This CD is their first release on a national label. It's a mix of loud technical riffage, lots of distortion, hardcore, and influence from classic atmospheric/experimental bands like The Who and Sabbath. Sounds similar to Coalesce, Botch, Converge, etc. However, to me, this band has a unique sound that makes it stand out from other bands. This is their best CD to date, except for maybe Elephantine.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars over bloated genre, February 23, 2006

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Kirk J. Schneider (denver, co United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Forging Steel & Laying Stone (Audio CD)

this genre of music has too many bands sniffing each others
butts to find out what they should do next, i do find
akimbo the cream of the crop of this type of music.
more musical than most with songs differing from each other,
an oddity if you ask me when i hear this stuff.
highly recommended to people that like chaos with their
music, mastodon fans will love it!