Artist: C-187
Album: COLLISION (CD)

Year: 2007
Media type: CD

Man oh man, the ATHEIST/PESTILENCE/CYNIC contingent is going to flip its collective lid upon hearing about new super group C-187 (and have most likely done so already). Debut album "Collision" marks the reappearance of PESTILENCE legend and C-187 guitarist Patrick Mameli, who is joined by bassist Tony Choy (CYNIC, PESTILENCE, ATHEIST), drummer Sean Reinert (DEATH, CYNIC), and vocalist Tony Jelencovich (B-THONG, TRANSPORT LEAGUE, MNEMIC, M.A.N.). As such, most will not be completely surprised at what is heard on the album. However, that is not an indication of "Collision" simply being a release that mimics the style heard on albums like "Focus" or "Testimony of the Ancients".

While the music is definitely heavy and metallic (kind of like how one would define the heaviness of an act like MESHUGGAH), it is by no means a tech-death album. The riffs and rhythms are angular with plenty of stop-start time signature trickery and Jelencovich's harsh (yet not death metal) barking cadences (once again, in both cases, like the Swedish kings mentioned earlier). Tossed into the mix are periodic jazz segments with Choy and Mameli jamming off of one another (right, no big surprise either), and the occasional tripped out fusion section. "Homicide", "Sidewalk Chalk", and "Knee Deep In" all contain examples of the blend, but then again, so do several other tracks.

TRACKLIST:

01. Collision
02. Cruisin' 4 A Bruisin'
03. Roadblock (D.O.A)
04. Drugged And Mugged
05. Stalker
06. Murda
07. Homicide
08. P.C.P. (Murda In Ma Head)
09. Rip Deal
10. Sidewalk Chalk
11. Knee Deep In
12. Life Is Dead
13. Strapped With Heat
14. New Territory