{"id":21686,"date":"2014-06-18T12:38:33","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T12:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-protafield-nemesis\/"},"modified":"2018-03-17T15:10:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:10:47","slug":"album-review-protafield-nemesis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/album-review-protafield-nemesis\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review: Protafield – Nemesis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Protafield<\/strong> are a band with some stories to tell even before they\u2019ve released their debut album \u2018Nemesis\u2019<\/em>. Take for example vocalist Jayce Lewis\u2019s long-standing connection with non-other than Darth Vader. \u201cDave Prowse (actor who played Darth in the original Star Wars trilogy) has been a continuous integral part to my whole career, driving things forward and also finding angles to introduce me to people in the film business interested in music.\u201d Hmm\u2026<\/p>\n

The four-piece from \u201call parts\u201d of the UK also name-drop Fear Factory frontman Burton C Bell as the man who both named and \u2018re-branded\u2019 Protafield<\/strong>. As you\u2019d expect from the connection, their music is industrial metal with all the sampling and distorted vocals that come with it. What is up for debate is what they are really offering the world.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

I recall around ten years ago I\u2019d listen to a lot of this sort of stuff with interest \u2013 whether it be Ministry, Earthtone9, Pitchshifter or even the more commercially viable (and rather hilarious) Static-X. Nine Inch Nails of course will always be considered pioneers within the genre, but Protafield<\/strong> are a long way from that. They do nothing to take the sound forwards from what it was back then \u2013 a mechanical, grinding cacophony over a dance beat.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019ve given \u2018Nemesis\u2019<\/em> a good few listens in a vain attempt to try and plunge its depths, to seek out untapped levels of sophistication that weren\u2019t immediately apparent. But these levels just don\u2019t seem to be forthcoming. Hearing this stuff in the year 2014 just seems ridiculously outdated, like seeing special effects from a 90s film and thinking how poor they look now. They were merely a quirk of their era.<\/p>\n

Lewis\u2019s vocal is a flat, chanting yell that stomps along to the beat (basically just think of Fear Factory \u2013 it\u2019s exactly that, no different). It\u2019s uninspiring and dull. Protafield<\/strong> managed to convince Queen\u2019s Roger Taylor to join in on one number and Gary Numan on another. Neither legend can do anything to save either track, which tells you all you need to know.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s difficult to tell what angle Protafield<\/strong> are going for with their apparent solicitation of the film industry. They\u2019d certainly make a good soundtrack for a sci-fi involving some stompy robots and maybe some Halo-looking dudes shooting some aliens in a future post-apolcalyptic nightmarish landscape.<\/p>\n

But as for something you\u2019d want to listen to on your own, on your headphones, with your friends or in a club\u2026well I cannot for a second fathom why anyone would choose this. Even for the niche element out there to whom this genre is still relevant; I can\u2019t help but think that they would still call this a poor man\u2019s attempt to rival their favourites.<\/p>\n

1\/5<\/p>\n

‘Nemesis’<\/em> by Protafield<\/strong> is out now on Caroline Music<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Protafield<\/strong> links: Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Website<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Alex Phelan (@listen_to_alex<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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