The video for ‘So Long’, the opening track on HELMET's seventh album, ‘Seeing Eye Dog’, released back in September 2010 through Work Song Records, was directed and edited by Eddie Granillo. Listen to three songs off the album and download some of the HELMET's songs for free here (HELMET's official) - by submitting your email address first – and buy the CD there as well.
Declared as one of the band's most uncompromising and ambitious releases - embodying the classic and utterly unique HELMET sound and pushing it into regions the band has never before explored - ‘Seeing Eye Dog’ is essentially self-released record:
“I just felt completely free to do whatever I wanted to do,” [explained frontman Page Hamilton] “It was really fun to make this record because I just felt this… freedom. This album is human and honest. People have always commented that we sound like our albums live, and our recording approach has a lot to do with that. Humans playing music will always be better than chop-shop rock.”
“In HELMET's twenty years, over a dozen musicians backed up Page Hamilton and with the exception of Chris Traynor, who played bass for HELMET's previous two albums, ‘Seeing Eye Dog’ boasts another new lineup. Yet, with every shift, it seems Hamilton distances himself from the band's golden years in the early '90s. Now with guitarist Dan Beeman and drummer Kyle Stevenson, the group sounds heavier and angrier. Those looking to hear the classic sound clash of alt-metal and post-punk that gave the band roots should stick with the first three records. Even so, in this new incarnation, when HELMET sidesteps the typical drop-D modern rock that makes up the majority of ‘Seeing Eye Dog’, there are some interesting twists.” [Thusly revieweth the album AllMusic's Jason Lymangrover – more here]
HELMET was founded in 1989 by vocalist and guitarist Page Hamilton. With Hamilton being its only constant member, the band has released seven studio albums and two compilations to date. Known as a “thinking person heavy metal band” (something having to do with simple T-shirts, jeans, and sneakers, along with short haircuts, as I was lucky enough to learn today), HELMET achieved mainstream success with 1992's release ‘Meantime’, an effort produced entirely by the band, which sold over 1,000,000 copies worldwide. Noisecreep conducted an interview with HELMET's main man Page Hamilton back in March 2010, in which the new album was discussed - click here if interested to read more.
HELMET features: Page Hamilton – guitar and vocals, Dan Beeman – guitar, Chris Traynor - bass and Kyle Stevenson - drums
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