Review: Need – Siamese God (2009)

Greece’s Need have released their second full length, Siamese God, and it certainly shows promise. Containing a band full of members that clearly know what their doing, Need are looking to make a statement, however, is talent alone enough to make a statement true?

On one hand Need represents a fast paced, well orchestrated progressive metal band, but on the other, they are weighed down by nu-metal intentions, and I don’t get it at all. Why break what could have been an extremely talented band with rays of sunshine throughout the entirety of Siamese God by reducing it to a genre that is deservedly in its throes of death? I know it all weighs down to matter of taste, and I can’t deny that Need goes above and beyond the level of talent required to succeed in the realm of nu metal, which is why Siamese God is such a disappointment; there is so much promise on this record, but it is all bogged down by simplistic down tuned crap that completely masks the talent contained therein.

EH…

Similar Artists: Taproot, Slipknot, 36 Crazyfists, Meshuggah, Diecast

1.    Rainy Pieces Of Hell
2.    Soon
3.    Lie Before You Sleep
4.    Flesh Machines
5.    Siamese God
6.    In Between
7.    War/ning
8.    C.M.R.
9.    The Lesson

Jon V. – Vocals
Ravaya  – Guitar
K.K. – Bass
Pete – Drums
Anthony Hatzis – Keyboards

Venerate Industries

http://www.myspace.com/needmetal

Review by CODY