{"id":33998,"date":"2015-04-25T20:05:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-26T01:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=33998"},"modified":"2015-09-02T11:45:12","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T16:45:12","slug":"metz-metz-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2015\/04\/25\/metz-metz-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Metz: Metz II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-33999\" src=\"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/METZ_opt-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"METZ_opt\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/METZ_opt.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/METZ_opt-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/METZ_opt-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The rawness of Metz is surely not realized until seeing them live, but that doesn&#8217;t make Metz II any less brutal. The combination of screeching guitar riffs drowned in feedback, driving basslines, thunderous drumming, and relentless punk vocals make for an sensory overload of a band, and this album may be them at their best so far.<\/p>\n<p>Listening to the non-stop aggression of Metz II conjures up thoughts of Nirvana&#8217;s first album &#8212; pure anger evoked through ear-splitting noise that raises the blood pressure like no other force can.<\/p>\n<p>Metz may not be Nirvana, but damn if they don&#8217;t have the same spirit. The album flies by rather quickly as the songs all lie under the 5 minute mark, but the momentum never skips a beat as each song thrashes by, leaving the listener in a dizzying haze. Metz is one of the loudest (see: best) post-punk noise-rock bands around today, and after hearing this album, it looks like they&#8217;re only getting louder.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Nirvana, The Jesus Lizard, Fugazi,<br \/>\nRecommended Tracks: 3, 10, 1, 7, ALL OF THEM (except 6)<br \/>\nDo Not Play: 6<br \/>\nWritten by Mason Wheatley on 04\/24\/2015 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absolutely ferocious noise-rock reminiscent of Seattle at its ugliest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3231,"featured_media":33999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[181],"tags":[1676,3034],"class_list":["post-33998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rock-rotation","tag-ii","tag-metz"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/METZ_opt.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3231"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}