Aftertaste

by Helmet

Aftertaste cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 March 1997
  • Label: Interscope
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:42
  • Community rating: 3.64/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: John Stanier, Jane Scarpantoni, Henry Bogdan, Dave Sardy, Page Hamilton, David Sardy

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recording primarily as a three-piece following the departure of guitarist Peter Mengede, Page Hamilton's influential alternative metal act delivered a remarkably crisp, focused swan song for their original run. The album retains their signature, highly syncopated staccato riffing but injects a noticeably stronger sense of melody and bitter, sarcastic lyricism into the heavy, aggressive framework.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, melodic, chugging, syncopated, loud, repetitive, dissonant, noisy, riff-heavy

Tracklist

  1. Pure (3:32)
  2. Renovation (2:55)
  3. Exactly What You Wanted (2:36)
  4. Like I Care (3:19)
  5. Driving Nowhere (4:19)
  6. Birth Defect (2:31)
  7. Broadcast Emotion (2:44)
  8. It's Easy To Get Bored (3:26)
  9. Diet Aftertaste (3:16)
  10. Harmless (2:58)
  11. (High) Visibility (2:41)
  12. Insatiable (2:31)
  13. Crisis King (3:54)

Credits

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