Death 'N Roll!!!

The new Poison the Well album, Versions, which comes out tomorrow, may be heard here:http://www.myspace.com/poisonthewellI will add my 2 cents in a bit, but here's another review, from Wookabus on theprp.com:http://www.theprp.com/reviews/poisonthewell3.shtmlI usually trust the reviews on PRP, and it's not very often something gets a 5 out of 5. I don't know that I'd give it a perfect score, but I'm definitely digging it on my initial listen.Now, I have to admit that I haven't realy listened to this band much in the past; just cursory spins when I ran a music store, but I'd never bought one and fully absorbed it.I would call this Death 'N Roll. Though I haven't spent any time with the lyrics yet, I can say the music is rock, but with a really nasty swagger that verges into hardcore territory from time to time.In my opinion, Death 'N Roll, kind of started when Entombed (and later, Carcass) abandoned their straight-forward death metal sound, and went for a more mid-tempo and dirtier sound on the Hollowman EP (and followed by the Wolverine Blues album).This style is probably best embodied by Converge and the Hope Conspiracy (and pretty much everything on the Deathwish label). Also, check the Converge side project Doomriders.What you get here is an extremely dirty guitar and vocal sound, often with a southern hardcore groove; and yes, like the PRP review says, there are elements of country here. There are more clean vocals present than I remember them having before as well; imagine if Cave-In had stayed raw instead of moving towards prog-rock, but still managed to keep the new-found melody.This is just my first listen, so take it with a grain of salt, but I do believe I'll be picking this up tomorrow. If you like any of the aforementioned bands, check it out.