(album/ UNDERGROOVE RECORDS)
Of all bands to thunder out of Kent (?), this quartet has to be most exhilarating and harsh.
Fronted by Jamie Floate, who served Earthtone 9�s influential cause for a while, Cubic Space Division leave no time for hesitation.
The dark Emo-pherics of opening track �Red Shift� tantalize to a deadly degree before exploding in your face, and these guys are pretty hardcore right the way through the album, though there are some incredible moments of chilled-out bliss as on Bohemian Groove�s tender intro & sexy soundscape, and on �Camber.�
But when they�re heavy, they ain�t heavy � they�re heavier!! Well, they are on �Per Se� as the dual vox engross the raspingly rough with the smooth(er) to give SOAD a thump in the metal intensity stakes.
So they can be as violently confrontational as a pissed John McEnroe just woefully denied Tournament point at Wimbledon AND as poignant as childhood photos seem on one�s deathbed. But that�s not all, with the Gothically moody �Silhouette� following the album highlight �A Plane Without Surface,� the latter being the most melodic track, and by sheer coincidence the most soulfully uplifting that�s anthemic in a pop-rock vein. Hell, in this instance CSD could even steal Nickelback�s thunder.
Still, they sound to more enjoy metal at its loudest with the vocals spat out 20-to-the-dozen and the guitars cranked to the max tank. In turns churning passionate music both brutal and beautiful, they would be perfect tour-buddies for South Yorkshire hardcore metal-shrieks Purple Sticky Punch.
Arggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4/5 (Steve Rudd)
Release Date: November 10th 2003.
www.cubicspacedivision.com
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