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Album Review: Scar The Matyr - Scar The Martyr

Glenn Waller

Formulaic to the point of pedestrian, not even Jordison’s typically water-tight drumming is enough to save Scar The Martyr from sub-par banality.

 

Joey Jordison's (Slipknot) latest exercise in heavy metal hybridisation sees him joining forces with Jed Simon (ex-Strapping Young Lad) and Chris Vrenna (ex-NIN) for Scar The Martyr.

Fans of said bands will find little to celebrate here, however. None of the angst which gave STM members' previous work any grit is to be found on this release and at best it serves as a soundtrack for the lowest common denominator to spark up a glass pipe to.

Formulaic to the point of pedestrian, not even Jordison's typically water-tight drumming is enough to save Scar The Martyr from sub-par banality.