{"product_id":"saint-vitus-the-walking-dead-12","title":"Saint Vitus - The Walking Dead 12\"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PbTrz56nows?si=uGJgV0QfMW7SVhJI\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" frameborder=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSaint Vitus - The Walking Dead 12\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"On the closing edge of the Reagers era of that looming throwback to depressively slow rock gone metallic Saint Vitus is this rather intense fit of angst in “The Walking Dead”. While the name in itself might suggest a slow trudging excursion into early 70s hopelessness as exemplified in the first Wino album “Born To Late”, this is still pretty well intertwined with the mixture of fast paced punk and dark, post-60s rock that was “Hallow’s Victim”. Although this combination might seem contradictory according to current understandings of what so-called traditional doom metal should be about, one should take into account that there is no such thing as a tradition until it is actually set into practice, and usually said traditions represent only part of the original design.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile the signature aesthetic that is associated with this band has been consistently maintained throughout the SST era, this album probably represents the most concentrated dose of what this band was about at that time. The first two songs on here are indicative of the parallels between them and their frequent tour and label mates Black Flag, moving fast and furious with a few methodical rock based riffs, and a really bass and middle heavy guitar tone. “White Stallions” is more of a strict, percussive speed metal song while “Darkness” is more chaotic and drum heavy, but both songs ooze with that latent punk spirit that was heard on “Hallow’s Victim”. But on the other side of things is the towering anvil of slow moving minimalism “The Walking Dead”, which goes between being dark and psychedelic to being dark and menacing, like the decaying body of a hippie zombie back from the grave.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe divide between the two very distinct eras of SST era Vitus is on full display here, perhaps even more so in that of the two full lengths that came before this EP. Not only stylistically, but in how everything is approached. Chandler’s guitar soloing is not quite as noise based, though still quite heavy on the post-Hendrix mayhem, and Scott Reagers is at his nastiest vocally. Essentially what you get in Wino’s predecessor is something of a middle ground between a really gritty 60s vocalist and a messy late 70s punk shouter, though often his shouts can get a little gratuitous and even grating to the ears of anyone who prefers Wino. It’s not quite as enticing as the debut LP, and it is somewhat derivative of that of the second full length, but those who travel in old, blues based doom directions will want to check this out.\" - Hells Unicorn \/ Metal Archives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SST Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45044690583844,"sku":"","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2606\/0952\/products\/svtwd.jpg?v=1681399498","url":"https:\/\/www.stickfiguremailorder.com\/products\/saint-vitus-the-walking-dead-12","provider":"Stickfigure Mailorder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}