Mutation (Ginger Wildheart) - II - Error 500

Genre - Hard Rock / Metal / Experimental / Extreme / Alternative
Label - Pledge Music (exclusive at moment)

Track listing:

01 - Bracken
02 - Utopia Syndrome
03 - White Leg
04 - Protein
05 - Mutations
06 - Computer, This Is Not What I...
07 - Sun Of White Leg
08 - Relentless Confliction
09 - Innocents In Morte
10 - Benzo Fury

What can I say? Pure unadulterated intensity, I think that that is the only way to truly describe this album, which is the sixth albums worth of material released by Ginger in the matter of nine months, unbelievable!
Where as Mutation I, The Frankenstien Effect was pretty much Gingers baby, with him going into the studio with the song structures melodies and ideas firmly in mind, Error 500 is much more of a coroberative effort, with the multitude of musicians involved lending their input and the resulting album has to be heard to be believed. Intense does not really describe this album, there's riffs, lots of them, great vocals, intense to say the least, and some great songs that really do make this one hell of an album. Gingers original plan was to release both The Frankenstien Effect and Error 500 to those that had pledged, and then get them to vote on which tracks should make it onto the commercially released album, but this has proved a little tricky with many, Ginger included, saying that they believed that Error 500 should be released as it is and not broken up or diluted in any way. This is one hell of an album, and probably as extreme has Ginger can get, definetly its a million miles away from his previous solo or even Wildheart releases. Error 500 even makes The Frankenstien Effect sound like a Bon Jovi record!
I really can not find the right words to describe this album, but can honestly reconmend it as possibly the most frontier challenging album since The Wiuldhearts released Endless Nameless back in 1997.

A great album well worth checking out if you are brave enough, and just check out the credits below to see just who appears on this monster of an album!

Rating 10/10





Ginger Wildheart - Mutation (II) - Error 500

Song Credits:

Produced, Engineered And Mixed By Kevin Vanbergen (Except Track 10)
Track 10 Produced by Tom Bellamy & Paul Mullen.
Executive Producer Kevin Vanbergen
Mixed By Kevin Vanbergen

Recorded @ The Chairworks Studio & FX Yourspace
Mixed @ The Attic
Mastered By Dick Beetham @ 360 Mastering
Chairworks Studios Credits:
Assistant Engineers: James Mottershead, Bob Cooper
Pro Tools Engineer: James Mottershead
Runners: Harry & Andy

1: Bracken:
DRUMS: Denzil
BASS: Jon Poole & Shane Embury
GTR: Ginger, Rob Stephens, Paul Astick
LV: Ginger
BV: Ginger
Rich Jones
Kevin Vanbergen
Tom Bellamy
Denzil
Craig Temple
Simon Wright
Givvi Flynn
Jake Adams
Daisy Vanbergen

2: Utopia Syndrome:
DRUMS: Denzil
BASS: Jon Poole & Shane Embury
GTR: Ginger, Rob Stephens, Paul Astick
LV: Ginger, Craig Temple,
Dave “Catfish” Corbett (Hick vocal)
BV: Ginger
Rich Jones
Craig Temple
Harriet Bevan
Dave Kerr
Givvi Flynn
Paul Astick

3: White Leg:
DRUMS: Denzil
BASS: Jon Poole & Shane Embury
GTR: Ginger
KEYS: Jon Poole
LV: Ginger, Paul Astick, Jon Poole
BV: Ginger
Rich Jones
Harriet Bevan
Dave Kerr
Givvi Flynn
Paul Astick
Luke Dunnell
Tom Bellamy
The Boys From Black Moth!

4: Protein:
DRUMS: Denzil
BASS: Jon Poole & Shane Embury
GTR: Ginger, Rob Stephens, Kevin Vanbergen
LV: Ginger
BV: Paul Astick
Harriet Bevan
Ginger
Rich Jones
Givvi Flynn
Jon Poole

5: Mutation:
DRUMS: Denzil
BASS: Shane Embury
GTR: Ginger, Jon Poole, Tom Bellamy
PROGRAMMING & KEYS: Tom Bellamy & Paul Mullen
NOISECALL: Merzbow
LV: Mark E Smith
BV: Tom Bellamy
Paul Mullen
Luke Dunnell
Ginger
Givvi Flynn

6: Computer, This is not what i …
DRUMS: Denzil
BASS: Jon Poole & Shane Embury
GTR: Ginger, Shane, Jon Poole
LV: Ginger
BV: Ginger
Givvi Flynn
Paul Astick
Rich Jones
Harriet Bevan

7: Sun of White Leg:
DRUMS: Denzil
BASS: Jon Poole & Shane Embury
GTR: Ginger, Rob Stephens, Jon Poole
Keys: Jon Poole
LV: Ginger, Paul Astick, John Mackenzie, Jon Poole
BV: Ginger
John Poole

8: Relentless Confliction:
DRUMS: Denzil, Ginger & Paul Astick
BASS: Jon Poole & Shane Embury
GTR: Ginger, Rob Stephens, Paul Astick
LV: Mark E Smith
BV: Ginger
John Poole
Chris Catalyst
Simon Wright

9: Innocentes in Mortes
DRUMS: Denzil,
BASS: Jon Poole & Shane Embury
GTR: Ginger, Rob Stephens, Paul Astick
LV: Luke Dunnell
BV: Ginger
Paul Astick
Paul Mullen
Givvi Flynn
Rich Jones
John Mackenzie
Luke Dunnell

10: Benzo Fury
Programmed and Performed By: Tom Bellamy, Paul Mullen & Denzil
PROGRAMMING & KEYS: Tom Bellamy
GTR & BASS: Paul Mullen
LV: Paul Mullen
BV: Denzil
Paul Mullen

Pulled Apart By Horses - Tough Love (2012)

Genre - Post Hardcore / Hard Rock / Alt-Rock

Track listing -

01 – V.E.N.O.M.
02 – Wolf Hand
03 – Shake Off the Curse
04 – Epic Myth
05 – Some Mothers
06 – Night of the Living (I’m Scared of People)
07 – Wildfire, Smoke & Doom
08 – Bromance Ain’t Dead
09 – Give Me a Reason
10 – Degeneration Game
11 – Everything Dipped In Gold

Leeds based rockers, Pulled Apart By Horses unleash their second album upon the world, and boy its a great album!
Filld with high energy raw power, the songs have a very punk edge to them, but there is more to them than that, you can hear the Black Sabbath, Led Zepplin and Motorhead influences working along side this punk rawness, and unlike the bulk of the other "post hardcore" bands that Ive come across, these guys really do know how to write a bloody good song! Just check out Wolf Hand, Epic Myth or even the stunning opener VENOM! This is what I think sets Pulled Apart By Horses aside from many of the peers, yes there is plenty of angst and agression in their sound, but its tempered with the perfect ballance of melody and even dare I say thoughtful lyrics!
Night Of The Living almost has a proggy New Wave feel to it, its a great song, and just one of the many.
When you first hear the album it kind of bowls you over, its sheer power and attitude, but give it another listen or two and the songs start to relveal themselves to you all the more.
Tough Love is the perfect follow up to the bands 2010 debut, heavy and uncompromising, yet filled with well crafted songs, in fact a great second album!


Rating 9/10