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Macrocosmica - Art of the Black Earth March/April 2003 live review by Stuart McHugh Metal Gurus Macrocosmica, Motherwell Soundgarden @ Starka, Tues. 20th Feb. We're
gathered here tonight brethren to celebrate the art of the black earth,
as the Macrocosmica release their album of the same name. And, we presume,
to engage in some light sacrifice and other-worldly kinda fun and games....
Macrocosmica also have product to shift - but having traded souls with
Satan long ago all they have left is music. Thankfully there's plenty
of this. The world is well served for dumb metal at present, with the
likes of the Datsuns honing their ACDC tribute act and a host of imitators
leaping on their over-subscribed bandwagon. But as you'd expect from
a band who boasts ex-members of Teenage Fanclub and Bangtwister, and
hell, even the older incarnation of the 'Cosmica, hooks are something
they're quite capable of. In fact it's a battle between tunes and full-blooded
rock - "V For Vendetta" has a mere 10 seconds of respite until
it blasts into an ear-splitting frenzy replete with big screaming chorus.
The pace veers between grungy metal with epic riffs and the more upbeat,
if not jaunty, for "Triskaidekaphobia" - fear of the number
thirteen - which rattles along at a headlong pace before counting up
to thirteen and the inevitable shuddering climax. Now, with the metal
revival from the U.S. and Antipodes having caught up with them, Macrocosmica
can finally show the world a thing or two and cast these shallow pretenders
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