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The New Professionals: Rules For IndustrialSlammitude And Groovination
Boiler
Mayhem Records, 1998
REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 05/05/1998
Boiler is a group that revels in the fact they are difficult tocategorize. One minute, they sound like Rage Against The Machine,the next minute, they're pumping out some pretty chunky metal. Forthe casual listener, the combination might seem to be too much totake.
Ah, but that's the case only if you stop while reading the bio.In fact, Boiler's debut release, The New Professionals (I'm truncating the title), is prettydamn good, putting forth what could be the next voice in heavymetal.
Oh, it's a bit difficult, at first. On the opening track"Superseed," it's very difficult to decipher bassist/vocalist WillPrice, because he's so far buried in the mix. Fortunately, this isan isolated incident; the remainder of the album is both heavy andcatchy, something I've not been able to say about many heavy metalalbums - even the ones I love.
Guitarist Marc Mays uses his instrument to its limits, squeezingcrunchy riff after crunchy riff out of his axe without submittingto flashy solos. In this case, Mays's style works the best; I don'tthink The New Professionals would have been as successful hadthere been stylish solos on this one. Drummer J. Harman knows howto work his kit, and does so masterfully. And Price weighs in onthe positive side with solid vocals/grunts/screams (knowing when touse each style) and a solid bass backbone.
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