CD REVIEW Hytest

Band : Hytest
Album title : Dishing Out The Good Times
Label : Impedance Records
Distributor : Sonic Rendezvous
Release date : 04/06/2010
Review : CD

Something of a surprise from the down under garage stoner punk scene, Hytest mix some notable ferociousness of their own into the typical formula. The sound of Dishing Out The Good Times is not too far from the usual standards as far as songwriting goes, but the venomous vocals and vicious attitude add a genuine touch to the music, being sometimes reminiscent of Mondo Generator, The Hard-ons, Motorhead and Mudhoney with a similar rough quality. In addition to this hint of passionate influences, the music is at least semi-creative; decent riffing at a decent pace, fortunately with good enough production values. Although these generally non-lengthy tracks do not necessarily possess truly memorable characteristics, the album on the whole provides a fair dose of intense bashing - while it may sound like a complete cliché, you could actually choose a lot worse than this.

77/100

Cosmicmasseur.