{"id":2432,"date":"2007-07-01T21:29:21","date_gmt":"2007-07-02T02:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.themetalden.com\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2009-05-31T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T13:45:00","slug":"rocket-review-exemptions-the-rabbit-hole-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=2432","title":{"rendered":"ROCKET REVIEW: EXEMPTION&#8217;s &#8220;The Rabbit Hole&#8221; (CD)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"g\" src=\"http:\/\/s189.photobucket.com\/albums\/z89\/themetalden2007\/ex.jpg\" alt=\"g\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Hot Sauce<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Tiempo Cura. Tiempo Mata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Helion Ardor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Honey Glazed Lucifer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Chunderpuss<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Josephina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Holy Hand Grenade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8. Bear foot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9. Swing Darling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10. 36 Dead Hookers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11. Pissing On The Third Rail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a music industry so dominated by &#8216;who you know&#8217; or &#8216;how much you&#8217;re  willing to pay&#8217; to get your band ahead of the rest just for that slim as hell  chance at all-out &#8216;rock n roll glory&#8217;, it&#8217;s so goddamn refreshing to hear  something so well produced by three young dudes who aren&#8217;t even old enough to  drink legally. Exemption is the closest thing I have ever heard to Led Zeppelin,  Cream and Soundgarden tied into one in all my years of music listening. And so I  ask myself, &#8220;How can they not even be twenty-one and be this good?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With Tom on vocals, bass &amp; piano,\u00a0Nicky on guitars, anchored down by Ray  on drums, accordion and Ocarina, the album&#8217;s opener &#8216;Hot Sauce&#8217; sounds like  something Kurt Cobain,\u00a0Jimmy Page\u00a0and Ginger Baker may have produced in their  own side project.\u00a0The spine-breaking riff\u00a0used in the latter part\u00a0of the  song\u00a0with Tom&#8217;s prophetic desperate screams makes you think that quite possibly  you&#8217;ve stumbled onto the bastard children of The Beatles.<\/p>\n<p>Track numero deuce &#8216;Tiempo Cura, Tiempo Mata&#8217; has that old Van Halen charm in  its solidly grooving, eclectic opener that goes into a full face-kicking jam. We  are only\u00a0met with more retro feel with\u00a0track three&#8217;s sprawling Hendrix-esque  &#8220;Hellion Ardor&#8221; and then spun around one-hundred eighty degrees with the  thrashing &#8216;Honey Glazed Lucifer&#8217;. With rich, Helmet-sounding vocals and\u00a0an  inspired, speeding drum assault, it&#8217;s almost scary to think how good these  youngsters would sound if they actually were allowed into a pro studio with a  name producer attached to their uncanny songwriting prowess.<\/p>\n<p>The next set of tracks &#8216;Chunderpuss&#8217;, &#8216;Josephina&#8217; and &#8216;Holy Hand Grenade&#8217;  give you more than you bargained for with more blues\/metal fused into the  landscape then one can imagine for only a three piece group, bordering on the  likes of sonic bravado that even Jack White himself would beam proudly at.  Rounding out with the distorted and hyper-fuzzed out &#8216;Bear Foot&#8217; and &#8216;Swing  Darling&#8217;, it&#8217;s safe to say that this band is not catering to the formulaic rules  that most heavy music acts adhere too and that&#8217;s why I think they are  so\u00a0compelling.<\/p>\n<p>Visit Exemption on MySpace<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/exemption\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/exemption<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But The Album On CDBaby:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cdbaby.com\/cd\/exemption\">http:\/\/cdbaby.com\/cd\/exemption<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Hot Sauce 2. Tiempo Cura. Tiempo Mata 3. Helion Ardor 4. 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