 X-HEADZ
Dirty Pounding Gasoline
Locomotive Records 2004
www.shitheadz.de
What's the 4-1-1?
I can’t wait for the ‘did you know’ section to type this;
overseas, the X-Heads are called The Shitheads. The X-Headz
were formed by Guido, Oliver and Mark in 1992. During the first years their
sound was more
hardcore-metal-like, until (in 2000) Christoph, the new vocalist,
and
Andreas on lead guitars joined the band. Since then the sound of
the X-Headz has
turned into a more straightforward rock and metal-direction.
Dirty Pounding Gasoline is their debut album.
Genre
Metal / hard rock
The Good
Heavy riffage kick off “Powertool”. It sounds a little like Sevendust
due to the deep, soulful but edgy vocals. “Nitro” kicks the tempo
up a notch to drive the title. Be wary of this one in the car. You’ll
be dropping the pedal before you know it. A dark, ominous riff introduces “Return
of the Demons”, but it’s soon replaced by a catchy rhythm section.
This track could easily set the tone to a modern day horror flick. The best
track on the CD is by far the title track “Dirty Pounding Gasoline”.
The wicked opening bass line clues you in to the fury that’s around
the corner. “The Seven” has a balls-to-the-wall chugga-chugga
riff that overlaps raw, angry vocals. There’s some great bluesy soloing
here. The X-Headz throw a ballad into the mix with “Burning”.
The track flows with a nice single note picking effect, and then cuts to
some pounding rhythms and back again.
The Bad
The radio friendly track “Supersonic” is neither super nor sonic;
and I find that quite ironic. Speaking of which, how can you have an “Outro” with
no intro? The first song sounds like every song that follows it. Seems to
be a trend with Locomotive Records.
The Verdict
I thought that The X-Headz were some sort of extreme sports themed band.
The cover has a dirt bike rider surrounded by flames. That was until I
read what their name in Germany is, so now I’m confused. Dirty Pounding
Gasoline is still a powerful hard rock CD.
Did you know?
See the 4-1-1.
Rating:  out
of 5
--George Dionne
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