Mechanical Hand

HORSE the Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 20, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B000AA4IQW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,917 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars super mario goes hardcore... sort of, March 10, 2006

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Metalgazer (Salisbury, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mechanical Hand (Audio CD)

haha, silliness. but refreshing. some of the hardcore elements are too familiar but they break the mold with their obvious love affair with low-tech synth. this will be every hardcore geek's favorite band, until the imitators follow. then it will be up to HORSE to ditch the hardcore for metal or perhaps industrial? we'll see. his vocals are terrible, but in a good way. no excess cheese like you would get from a band like trivium. maybe for fans of BTBAM, Giles, Poison the Well, MELVINS, Cornelius, Thrice, Fantomas, Dillinger Escape Plan, Aphex Twin, deftones, Tricky, Thursday... i dunno. they're kinda weird

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More or Less, June 4, 2006

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Norm Loman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mechanical Hand (Audio CD)

Out of the 13 tracks, 10 are quite amazing, but three seemed forgettable. The album kept shifting between really ingeneous sections and lame predictable riffs. As a whole, the Album doesn't seem as memorable or new as their earlier work, but there are definatley some songs on the CD that stand out, such as "Taken by Vultures", "Birdo", and "Soaring Quails".

If you are already a fan of Horse the Band, give this album a try. It is on this album that the band really emphasizes their metal influences, and polishes their songwriting a bit. Otherwise, if you are new to the band, try getting R. Borlax or something else. "The Mechanical Hand" just doesn't have the consistency nor the comprehensivness that is displayed on that album, and thus, does not serve as a good introduction to their work.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When I thought all ideas had been done, January 30, 2006

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Wade H. Rice III "An Addicted Music Listener" (Alexandria, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mechanical Hand (Audio CD)

This band's sound is very unique. The vocalist has a great voice, and I think is underrated by many. The idea of this band musically is playing a heavy metalcore breakdown and putting a killer video game style keyboard part on top of it. Yes the best way to describe it would be nintendocore. I love the combination, a great sound and a truely interesting band to listen to, especially if you like different music. Sample it up though before you buy it, I think listening to the songs is the best way to get an idea of what I'm saying because I don't think that their sound can really be described.