Or the repetitive chorus from the title track:Īs you can see, dredg weren’t exactly the best lyricists at this early stage of their career, and with lines such as “my gain is your loss, your loss is my gain” it shows big-time. The album is chock full of bad rhyming, repetitive choruses, and clichéd pissed off lyrics. While the musicianship is of a high level however, the lyrics I’m afraid to say are terrible. Vocalist Gavin Hayes shows off some impressive screams and decent attempts at rapping, while the rest of the band provide a great angst-filled backdrop of distorted, detuned riffs and hyperactive drumming.
This stlye continues through the whole of the E.P the opening track, Juggernaut, being a personal highlight with its breakdowns and small ambient sections infused with the traditional ‘nu-metal’ sound and for the most part the band plays this style pretty well. Just listen to the title track, with it’s crunchy chords, funky bass, and rapped/screamed vocals you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a b-side off of System of a Down’s debut, 3 years before that album was released. This is their first release, a 4-track E.P known as Conscious that has a decidedly bass-heavy tone more akin to System of a Down or Korn than the band’s current incarnation.
Anyone who’s listened to dredg’s recent albums would find it hard to believe that they were once a fledging nu-metal act caught up amongst the influx of similar bands in the 90’s.
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