 | Acid Bath When the Kite String Pops
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| Ranking: #37 for 1994 | |
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| 4.5 superb | I. M. Gay | October 27th 13 |
Acid Bath. The name alone brings imagery of horror and disgust. And the rest of the album completely lives up to those themes. When The Kite String pops is one of the most gripping, terrifying yet real and emotional records I have ever heard, metal or otherwise. Aligning heavy metal prowess and malice with poetic and meaningful lyricism, and a little bit of everything in the vast genre, Acid Bath have crafted an extreme metal masterpiece that will be remembered and adored for ages to come.
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| 4.5 superb | gbowles | August 23rd 08 |
This is a classic metal album spanning all genres of metal. one of the first alt-metal bands that stayed true to the tradition. it's a shame this band only put out two albums
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| 0.0 | jagride | October 11th 14 |
a lot of this reminds me of the kind of corny 90s grunge/metal hybrid you'd hear during a chase scene in sons of anarchy but sometimes they get really sad too ("scream of the butterfly" is every bit as emotional as the title sounds)
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| 4.5 superb | Elmo | November 19th 24 |
gud ablum
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| 2.5 average | gimme a kiss | November 23rd 23 |
the vox suck and rides the metal line but iconic sludge album with the creepiest choice of cover highlight in tranquilized
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| 5.0 classic | Britch2tiger | April 1st 23 |
[SLUDGE METAL] My intro into stoner rock and doom metal has never felt so good to be visceral. Cherry on top knowing this was a band from my home state.
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| 4.5 superb | imyourzer0 | May 26th 22 |
So close to a five for me. This some filthy sludge/death/goth/hardcore shit. Hard to make an album with a collection of the most nasty and memorable riffs of all time, and not make it the ENTIRE focus. Tempos, dynamics, song structure all changes. Dax Riggs is an insanely talented vocalist that I wish more of the metal world or music world as a whole would recognize. Effortless transitions between bloodcurdling screams and grandiose gothic singing. Menacing.
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| 5.0 classic | Chino smoking it up! | July 10th 20 |
This album, in a very unique way, throws in a lot of features from many of my fave bands...seminal as fuck...doomriffing like Sabbath, FilthySludge as Eyehategod, ragey as hardcore should, grunge, nihilistic etc...even more impressive its how classy they throw Death(like) DM on here with audible fret-less bass. Plus the fact you can see bands like SOAD or Slipknot (among many) followed so many of their tunes (and prob their identities) developed here, makes it really intriguing why they have not succeeded. The bassist's death, prob shitty label, and barely legal lyrics perhaps...lost gem, classic. Fave Track - Jezebel.
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| 5.0 classic | RoxSta | June 10th 20 |
The essential dark-tetrad record of radical differentiation, especially the first half.
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| 4.0 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | June 4th 20 |
Suffocating and saturated stuff, as much soaked in punk hardcore as it is relying on doom metal tropes. It's uncommon to encounter such a filthy and evil record, from the John Wayne Gacy painting (he painted it in death row, that sets the mood) to the nauseous lyrics to Dax's vocals, alternating NOLA crooner voices and misanthropic cries. The core sound here is sludgy stoner metal, but Acid Bath incorporates other influences throughout the album to make each song distinguishable: black metal, death metal or psych rock make for a disturbed listen, bordering on insanity. Like every disgusting stuff, there is something fascinating. You can't help but be fully absorbed.
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| 4.5 superb | Michael Davis | April 26th 20 |
Some albums, even bands on the whole are described as incorporating an eclectic mish-mash of
styles, leaving some listeners perplexed and unsure on a precise genre to pigeonhole said album or
band under. This can be a blessing or a curse, with some bands seemingly trying way too hard to be
experimental and "quirky", and some bands truly finding their own unique sound; When The Kite
String Pops is a perfect example of the latter. When The Kite String Pops isn't the most avant-
garde or progressive album you're ever going to hear, but it does an amazing job of combining
multiple styles of metal and rock into one coherent and original long-play. It may be the
reviewers cop-out, but there is more or less something here for everyone. 4.7/5.
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| 4.5 superb | Jared Floryan | January 12th 18 |
While the crusaders for assisted suicide wait, the killer jesters waste no time at all in hunting their prey - and no, I ain't referring to the fools from outer space. As they carry out their tasks, they listen to When the Kite String Pops, which is the first of two full-length albums launched by sludge metal entourage Acid Bath. Their underground fanbase is so significant that it didn't take long for them to achieve cult status, and in spite of the band's short-lived career, they're deemed influential; particularly as far as this album's concerned. After having trekked through Acid Bath's debut in its 69-minute state, I can say whatever recognition these guys earned is justified... 'cuz it kicks serious ass! Commonly associated with the sludge tag, this outfit's sound can be hard to pigeonhole given the members' penchant for playing around with stylistic elements like folk, grind, blues, country, grunge, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. The material making up When the Kite String Pops is highly diverse, but the variety's rarely ever at the expense of consistent pacing or composition skill either. Dax Riggs' emotional range as a man on the mic coupled with his unapologetic, disgusting (if somewhat funny) approach to lyricism helps too, and the unclean production further fuels the chaos present. Basically there's a whole lot to enjoy about what the LP has on display, and if you're feeling filthy, you've come to the right place with this one.
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| 4.5 superb | BloodySabbath28 | November 21st 16 |
This album will make you feel things you wish you couldn't feel. The ultimate extreme metal album from a criminally underrated band.
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| 0.0 | Skyline28 | February 26th 16 |
Sludge and grunge combine in the form of Acid Bath to create one of the most chilling metal albums
ever made. Dax Riggs' morbid lyrics have a uncanny poetry about them crafting beautifully horrific
images in the mind of the listener. The surrounding music is groove laden sludge with the
occasional hint of gothic atmospherics and even psychedelia inspired acoustic blues on tracks like
'Scream Of The Butterfly'. The albums length stops it from achieving classic status in my eyes due
to the weaker second half damaging the overall experience. Regardless 'When the Kite String Pops'
contains some of my all time favourite metal and is an essential for fans of extreme music.
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| 5.0 classic | FlurpSensei | August 15th 15 |
Whoah, where did this come from!? A freshman album from a band fresh out of the gator-infested swamps of Louisiana, WTKSP sets a musical standard of its own while making Acid Bath stand out for a unique sound that is entirely theirs to claim. Deriving from a mishmash of stoner, doom, and death metal sounds, the overall sound of this album, as Dax Riggs put it, is "death rock."
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| 4.5 superb | mkamrass | July 6th 14 |
This is definitely one of the greatest albums of the 90s that I have head. Love it!
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| 3.5 great | TBoneJones23 | January 15th 14 |
The Blue is a very damn good song. Unfortunately none of the other tracks quite live up to it. Still a great album, but pales in comparison to Pagan Terrorism Tactics.
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| 4.5 superb | killians202 | July 15th 11 |
I'm a super hardcore Christian and all that shit, but this album makes me reconsider my invisible deity of choice. Sike!
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| 4.0 excellent | f_u_c_t | June 28th 06 |
I think Acid Bath should be better, well known that is. This would be the first Acid Bath album that i own, and its no dissapointment in any really big ways. The opener "The Blue" is a great opener to a great cd. But not the best tracks. If someones wanting to get into new stuff to play bass to, look no further. As there are many good songs on here for bass, but "Scream Of The Butterfly is the funnest and easiest to learn. It is in fact the slowest song on the album. I wouldn't really know what to classify Acid Bath under. But if I had to I would say Gothic style Metal, something on those lines. These dudes hail from New Orleans, and to my understanding, none of them was injured physically be Katrina earlier this year.
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