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Tantric - The End Begins

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Hugo Ferreira – Vocals
Joe Pessia – Guitar
Erik Leonhardt – Bass
Marcus Ratzenboeck – Violin
Kevin Miller – Drums

 

            What happens when a band loses all but one member, changes labels and waits a few months past the 4 year make before a new album comes about, well just ask Hugo Ferreira of Tantric. The new album The End Begins hit stores on April 22nd; 2 days shy of the 4 year and 2 month mark since the sophomore release After We Go. The album begins with the track “Regret” which is a simple sounding, yet sophisticated simi-dark track. It does offer up a great vocals and guitar riffs/solos. Next on the listing is the first single “Down and Out.” It’s a radio freely exploration with the use of a Violin throughout the track and actually begins the whole adventure. Track three will be a special treat to Candlebox fans as Kevin Martin is featured on it. The track also features another key ingredient of a piano. It is a practically perfect track with masterful mixture of vocals of the two that goes with the music to create a flowing masterpiece. “Love Song” has a completely different feel to it as it adds a bit of a funky flare to it. It also has a superb line in the track that says “I hope you’re really happy and you choke on it.” It just oozes that fuck you, I hate you attitude to it and I love it! Tantric offers up a softer side on “Wishing” as “Something Better” stays along those lines and emphasizes raw vocals and violin play. Lucky track seven, “Lucky One” is more of a harder rock track with super sweet violin play in the beginning that seems to switch to the guitar play throughout the track, for the most part. Next is the title track “End Begins” is just that; the title track. “Monopoly” is another hard rock track that has fast vocals and the same guitar over and over again in the chorus. It does offer up a rugged sound and a very nice bridge too. “Why Don’t You” is an acoustic lead track with layers of lead and backing vocals that are perfectly placed. The album concludes with the track “Lay.” It’s a step back into time if you will; with the sounds of old school Tantric at their best, a very solid ending to a solid album. There a very few things that were not likable on the album, but it’s an album that will take a few listens to appreciate the solidness of it and trust me when I say that. My initial run through was not very kind, but thankful the next couple of times changed my mind.    

 

Rating:  8 out of 10

My favorite tracks:

Down and Out, The One, and Monopoly

 

Track List:

1.      Regret

2.      Down and Out

3.      The One

4.      Love Song

5.      Wishing

6.      Something Better

7.      Lucky One

8.      End Begins

9.      Monopoly

10.  Why Don’t You

11.  Lay

 

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