Keelhaul II, by Keelhaul

Keelhaul II

by Keelhaul

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daylen- Go-to homework album; it's so endlessly replayable and satisfying to go through. A rusty grimy journey Favorite track: New Void.

Darknight Keelhaul craft the ultimate riff and conjure up some insane concoction of rock/metal/ hardcore and the result is insane. Keelhaul absolute rock it!! Favorite track: Some Day Some Other Place.

jim_fuego Belting - scuzzy, fuzzy and heavy :) Favorite track: Lackadaisical Chinese Tubesocks.

spiros_metsouggis A diamond in the rough. Very original and creative band, with a unique blend of rock, metal & hardcore elements, impressive chops both on the songwriting and technical departments, and a true skill in crafting fantastic riffs. Favorite track: 360.

jon bolloks J'écoutais ça à20 ans quand je battais ma femme, bourré! Depuis j'ai arrêté les meufs, c'était le bon temps ma gueule

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1.	360 05:30	buy track
2.	Some Day Some Other Place 03:54	buy track
3.	New Void 04:17	buy track
4.	Unwound 00:38	buy track
5.	Practicing 03:31	buy track
6.	39f 05:57	buy track
7.	Lackadaisical Chinese Tubesocks 06:28	buy track
8.	LWM 03:54	buy track

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Imagine if the Melvins got together with Until Your Heart Stops-era Cave-In and cut an album with the members of Neurosis, then maybe you might have something as wholly unique as Cleveland's Keelhaul. Molasses-filled obtuse rhythms, floating angular Cave-In lead guita, and all the succinctness a band such as Neurosis brings to the table generates II, a tractor-pulling semi-truck accident in the making. Taking the tender philosophies of the groove to transcendent levels, the band drips with unmatched sludgy violence. The 45-second grind of "Unwound" is a friction-filled Ford V-12 engine of sublime madness -- thick and gory, just the way we want it. "360" sounds like someone's first day of combat on the Eastern Front of WWII, as percussive bullets drop bodies to the ground, while soldiers scurry through thick slabs of muddy death on route to dive-bomb guitars and screaming generals, demanding glorified sacrifice. As the song gels to a near-standstill, so does the listener's awareness of the violence surrounding them. Then suddenly, the Discharge-inspired crustiness of "Some Day Some Other Place" explodes into disharmonic perspective before taking us into the instrumental dirge, "New Void." Eyehategod, the Melvins, and even touches of Badmotorfinger Soundgarden meet to spin a venomous web of sludgecore glory. Drummer Scharf takes the same approach on "Practicing," a cymbal guided doom missile that crushes dreams and eardrums alike. His loose, cantankerous style firmly places him at the peak of this sometimes overtly sloppy genre. "39f" sounds like a hybrid of a Neurosis version of a leftover Entombed "Clandestine" outtake. Complete with crash vocals, Nicke-styled drumming, esoteric atmosphere, and down-tuned groove-sniffing guitars, the experiment is a full success. Closer "LWM" is a Southern rock jam track (these guys are from Cleveland?) full of enough piss and vinegar to drop a moonshine-swigging mountain man. Pure masterful genius is one way to describe Keelhaul. ~ Jason Hundey

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released March 27, 2001

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