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Planet Fuzz
Generous Maria � Command of the New Rock Review by Matt Frighetto Generous Maria, are a 5 piece hard rock outfit from Gothenburg, Sweden. These guys have done a few things in the past 2 years, in 1999 they recorded a demo titled �Strict Nurse� and then later re released it as a split with Skua on Alone records in 2000. I wasn�t much of a fan of Generous Maria back then, but now my whole perception of this Swedish outfit has changed! �Command of the New Rock� is a complete change to the material they were playing a couple of years back, all songs are well structured and the recordings is produced to perfection. After a few listens you can really hear how this band has moved forward in their song writing, expect loads big chasings riffs, bottom end and some great melodic vocals form �Goran Florstrom�. Generous Maria, remind me of a few bands, bands such as Satellite Circle, Zero charisma and maybe even Gate 9. Generous Maria use some really cool chord progressions in songs like �All Units Out� for example is a song with many twists, mellow to heavy a powerful song which really shows this bands creativity. Another great song is �Bridge out of Time� a killer track which is driven by a fantastic fuzzy �stoner� riff, heavy, slow and doomy. This song has something for any fan of this scene, I particularly like the middle section it�s got some cool effects that build to a monster ending kind of like the ending to �and the circus leaves town� amazing leads and riffs going everywhere a killer track! Fans of Rock and good guitar playing to the likes of even �Atomic Bitchwax� will really get into this record, it�s a giant leap forward for �Generous Maria� and they have proven that they are Lifers in this music scene check this record out it�s a must have in your collection� 9/10 Goran Florstrom � vox Jesper Klarqvist � bass Mats Ohlsson � drums Ulrik Nilsson � guitars Dan Johansson � guitars
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