Search - Accident Experiment :: United We Fear

Must have hard rock album

S. Ellison | Byron Center, MI United States | 05/11/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is an amazing band. Pete Stewart is a truly gifted singer, and Marcus on guitar is awesome. I have loved Pete Stewart ever since his days with Grammatrain, and now that he has gone another direction his music has gotten even better. It's by no means what today's "traditional" hard rock is, and that is what makes them so good. Sick Love Letter is probably my favorite song right now, and this band is not going to go away. In years to come you will be hearing a lot about The Accident Experiment, so go check them out, you won't be dissapointed."

Read me: In the near future - big things...

Dick Sunrise | Jupiter, 3.15mi NE of Big Red Spot | 07/03/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"You heard it from a Dick first: The Accident Experiment will be the Metallica of the 21st Century. By the time 2008 runs to a close, these guys will be HUGE in the genre of heavy music.



I'd say believe me or not, and rate this review if it was helpful, but the truth is, no one will read this for at least a year, or until these guys gain some momentum and all the kiddies look back at their back catolog.



Even if my prediction doesn't hold true, you know these guys will become as big as POD did. It'll start as underground, great music with stellar guitar creativity, like POD did with Brown, and POD LIVE, etc. and build from there. Face it. Mr. Curiel's playing is just TOO GOOD to ignore (even if it is a dissapointment that his new band doesn't have as positive and spiritual of a messsage).



Peace out, viewers of the future!"

This is no Accident.

S. Alix | NYC | 02/10/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The names Pete Stewart and Marcos may mean nothing to you but they soon will. Both have an interesting history in the music industry and this project is the result of many frustrations and limitations they've faced along the way. You can hear it all in the lyrics and the scope of the record. It's definetly ambitious and this a good thing or a bad thing depending on your tastes. The album starts and ends on some pretty memorable moments, Mind Death Machine being the stand out track, but the middle is kind of where things start to get muddled. Songs like "Holy magic man" is just a collection of tired anti-conformist themes that every band seems to be sporting these days and the bland barre chords don't back it up enough to make it an interesting track.



The drumming is esquisite and the guitar works seems to repeat itself every now and than, the picking by Marcos is nice but a few variations every now and than wouldn't hurt. The band mixes the aura of Tool with the harsher relm of Sound Garden to create a sound that still needs more refinement and consistency. The mellow songs are a great break in between harder tracks but than those too begin to sound just like the others. It was sad to see "For You" not make it onto this album since it was hands down the best song on the "Arena" EP.



Pete Stewart brings back the alternative/grunge type of lead singer instead of all these little high whiney singers of the emo age. It's gritty, loud, and can shake your ear drums till they pop. The lyrics range from contrived to mind shattering. Just like the music it just feels that Pete needs to find his niche and than just sharpen it to a fine point. He criticizes religion and touches on all sorts of ambiguous subject matters. What tries to be meaningful sometimes comes off as too vague to really register with the listener. But he often succeeds more than he fails especially when he sings to a far off love in "So Far Away" or when he's taking down the establishment in "Mind Death Machine."



If I had to sum up this band in one word it would be, Potential, because they are soaked in it. They need to take the best moments from this record and step it up to stand out and truly break the mold. They definetly have the guts to do something different and they need to remove the "new-metal" crutches and let the alternative rock fly. I was very satisfied with this record and they are definetly a band to keep an eye on. You don't know them now, but you soon will."