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At the mountaintop of heavy metal clich?s (and quite a mountain it is) sits the mighty ?Formed from the ashes of.? It is the ultimate, beating out the many variations on ?shred? and any use of ?brutal? you can imagine. Imagine any (every) local band press release: ?Formed from the ashes of Three Bands You Never Heard, New Band X is totally shredding brutal?? and so forth. Happens all the time. So when you see it in the next paragraph, please feel free to wink back.
Formed from the ashes of Unida, Indio, CA, desert trio House of Broken Promises make their debut offering in the meaty riffs of Using the Useless (Small Stone), combining accessibility with desert fuzz and a raucous catchiness. At the helm is righteously-bearded guitarist Arthur Seay, and bassist Eddie Pasciencia‘s vocal delivery reminds of one-time Unida frontman John Garcia but comes on unhinged and confrontational where the former Kyuss/current Hermano singer was more controlled. The commonality is largely in using the gut as the launch point for their voices.
Seay?s guitar sounds downright huge from the start of ?Blister? and remains so for the rest of Using the Useless, but fortunately the bass of Plasciencia and Mike Cancino?s drumming are equally massive, so although the songs are clearly based around the riffs, the rhythm section mounts a considerable presence. Both Seay and Cancino contribute vocals as well. Hand-claps, gang shouts and a low in the mix female orgasm permeate ?Obey the Snake,? in the first demonstration of House of Broken Promises? commercial tendencies, which pop up again later on ?Torn,? where the central riff follows a progression similar to Corrosion of Conformity?s ?Shake Like You? while the vocals take a turn in the direction of Skid Row?s ?18 and Life.? If this song doesn?t end up in a video game somewhere, there?s no justice in the universe.
Though the ground covered lyrically is largely typical of the stoner breadth — see ?Physco Plex,? ?Buried Away? and ?Walk on By? — that Seay as a songwriter would tend toward rigid verse/chorus structures isn?t necessarily surprising. The influences House of Broken Promises are straightforward and Seay?s time working as a guitar tech for Slipknot is bound to have an effect on his drive one way or the other. Not to say the band is n?-metal in any way, shape or form, just that if the landscape of radio rock saw fit to include stoner bands, these guys would already be huge. And although a metalcore-style breakdown shows up in ?Torn,? it soon gives way to the riff-fest already in progress.
After their Death in Pretty Wrapping four-song demo and their split 7? with Germany?s Duster 69 — not to mention the Unida link for Seay, Plasciencia and Cancino — expectations for Using the Useless were tall, but House of Broken Promises deliver almost entirely across the board with lock-up-yer-daughters cojones rock bent on leaving tire marks and bruises to remember them by. It ain?t artsy, ambient or progressive, but for steak and potatoes stoner metal, the trio seem to have brought enough testosterone for everyone to enjoy.
(By Pat ‘Riot’ Whitaker, Lead Journalist/Writer, RiffRelevant.com)
Eight torturous, long years after the release of their full-length album ‘Using The Useless’, the Indio, CA. hard rock trio House Of Broken Promises return with new music.
Well, SOME new music, but hey, some is better than none in my book, especially when it comes to this particular band.
Having just dropped on October 6th, from Heavy Psych Sounds, the trio of Arthur Seay (Unida, ApeSh!t), bassist / vocalist Joe Mora (HDR, Street Drugs DTLA, The Adicts) and drummer Mike Cancino (Unida, Lynch Mob), deliver the “Twisted” EP. What an altogether twisted take on things this sucker is, too!
Consisting of two unreleased tracks, two incredible cover songs, two demo-quality numbers and one live song from ’09, “Twisted” is as much a sonic statement as it is a title. As a huge HoBP fan myself, I immediately notice some major differences between this new offering and past material.
Where the older stuff was more polished and perhaps more groove oriented, such is not the case here at all… and it is a wonderful thing.
The differences are most notable right out of the gate with the unhinged EP title cut, “Twisted“. Its meld of choppy guitar riffs and furious drumming exude an almost punk rock-like feel at points. A high-fueled blues number that will have you breaking a sweat before it is over, but it barely hints at what is about to come.
“Toranado” is a high-energy barnstormer that tears ass right off the line with breakneck paces and dizzying time signatures. It pulls out all the stops and goes careening like some amphetamine-powered pinball, hitting everything in sight. All while the vocals and the inhumanly hurried “shut the fuck up!” choruses are infectious as all get-out.
Now, the two covers tackled here are pure genius, with the first a classic rock radio staple known and loved by all, Billy Squier’s “The Stroke“. Of course, the House-mates put their own energized spin on it, keeping the levels pegged in the red and never letting up. Props on the fret-roasting solos contained within it, too.
Second up is a song from Black Sabbath’s seminal ‘Heaven And Hell’ album, “Lady Evil” and I’m so glad things don’t stray too far off from the original here. Granted, we can each admit that, with all due respect, there was only one Ronnie James Dio and no one’s gonna touch him in the vocal department. That said, everything else about this reinterpretation is superb.
What remains are two demo-quality songs, the haunting “Panzaram“, a darkly hued, doomier song and “Straight Jacket“. The latter differs from the typical fare this band usually seems to transmit. Together, each provides an intriguing glimpse into the band’s underlying diversity.
That glimpse, I can only guess, is to what may be some of the possible musical direction of the long-awaited sophomore full-length from House Of Broken Promises, “The New Dystopia“. It remains to be seen and heard, of course.
House Of Broken Promises Using The Useless Rar Files
“Twisted” also includes a live version of the popular “The Hurt (Paid My Dues)” from the ‘Using The Useless’ début. All in all, this hold-over outing known as “Twisted” is a more than adequate venture, one providing fans with an inclusive oversight into the band’s past, present and future.
It is a definite MUST for both fans of House Of Broken Promises or those of stoner-fied heavy rock either one. You can check it out for yourself via the Bandcamp embed of the full EP below.
