Optimum Wound Profile
"Asphyxia" CD (Fist Fun)
With disk title in mind, I was a little worried to hear an actual acoustic guitar on the first track, but the heartfelt is quickly left for the heart-rending. Not quite my cup of tea, but if the speed-core crunchy guitar, drum machine, and heavily-influenced-by-technology vocals are yours, maybe Optimum Wound Profile is the band the of the year. As for me, I can only hear the word "kill" a few times before I need to see Chow Yun Fat blasting a trail through a tea shop. (ADAM)