Love Me Butch
Enter Posthuman
© 2001 Posse Records
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Sick of white boys ranting?
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- 1 The Protector
- 2 Never Ending Tunnel
- 3 Public Enemy
- 4 It's Over In Space
- 5 Just Started
- 6 Asian Rock Anthem
- 7 1000 Words
- 8 Six
- 9 Not The One
- 10 Of All Our Love & Hate
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New age metal is defined simply as "playing whatever the hell you like", according to Love Me Butch drummer Winder Singh. Love Me Butch- Winder, guitarist Wing Meng, bassist Kevin Kong and singer Syarul Reza- and their natural dynamic is all about this challenge: coming up with the best possible hard rock blend within their resources and talent.
They write with passion and often bend over backwards, and thus rarely resort to winging it: they're concise and uncompromising in metal mode (Not the One); calm and purposeful when mellow; adventurous and abandoned when experimenting (Just Started). And the music is flowery only when necessary (It's Over in Space), Six, 1000 Words).
Enter Posthuman explodes out of its ambiguous shell with the brimming new metal of its first single. The start-stop vehemence of the 'The Protector', during the rapped verse clues us in on just how much emphasis the band's rhythm section (bassist Kevin Kong and skin-basher Winder Singh) places on tightness.
The album's cover theme renders itself on a vibe most akin to Chinese opera and Japanese kabuki culture. Accordingly, there's a whole song on the record dedicated in honor of such Eastern eccentricities, and it's aptly title, 'Asian Rock Anthem', but 'Never Ending Tunnel' is the true spine-tingling gem, and chances upon that rare second of sparkling, hands-to-the-sky Love Me Butch splendor.
What must be a favourite bit of singing by star-in-the-making vocalist Syarul Reza must be in the chorus of the swelling '1000 Words'. It's at the same time cathartic, bittersweet and admirably restrained, perhaps for the sake of musical competence. Somehow, musicality manages to find its way into such raging clutter- the singer sneaks in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it scat somewhere in there.
On the last song on Enter Posthuman, (Of All Our Love & Hate) the record reaches its complete beauty, as Syarul's butterscotch voice rockets off from his sweet spot and into freakishly high altitudes at the end of the song. One thing that surfaces through Syarul's brazen and balanced screaming and the rest of the band's musical spirit and tenacity is special. Love Me Butch revel in style and substance, something that can't be said (frustratingly) about many other rock bands, anywhere.
High on rock, low in fat: this is something of a template-setter.
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author: hEaDhUnTeRbOyyeahHh....love me butch songs really great!!i love their songs.u all better listen and buy their album.support our local band!!are love me butch an emo-core band?niway LOVE ME BUTCH RAWKS!!!
BELIEVE WITH THE NEW POP.........
author: butchcrewEnter posthuman is one of the album that could be a benchmark for the so-called 'nu-metal'.It gives a new version of metal sound with a blend of melodic and growl vocal.The sing-a-long melody can make you forget that are a bunch of 'cruel' guys...and please check out their second album..THIS IS THE NEW POP..cheers
Asian rock really rocks!! Check them out and you'll know why.
author: JamesThis album is really different from the rest of the rock CDs available. I can't really say they're nu-metal cos they're not. Straight in-yer-face heavy rock anthems!! The vocals are really good. The melodies are kinda like Corey Taylor from SlipKnot. Lot's of catchy tunes. I think the band is really dedicated to music and hence this album is a reflection of their art. Must hear!!
- author: -- John Scalzi, Writer/Editor, IndieCrit
I won't lie -- I picked this one up because of its tagline on CDBaby: "Sick of white boys ranting? How about some Asian nu-metal for a change?" Well, yes! Why the hell not! Stupid white people, ranting all time. Give some Malaysians a chance! Mind you, I wasn't expecting anything good -- I've heard a fair amount of Asian attempts at balls-out rock and roll over my life, and I've found that much of it is like the English you find on the T-shirts of hip Japanese teenagers, which is to say that the words individually make sense, but you put it all together and it's really an alien tongue (I expect to see a Japanese shirt with the words "A+ Edith the Vegetable 100%" real soon now). Also, now that I think about it, "Love Me Butch" is another distressingly ambiguous band title, and I have to wonder if the boys in the band are aware of the connotations such a phrase has over on this side of the Pacific. However, color me pleasantly surprised. Enter Posthuman is credibly rock-filled, with a good mix of pumped-up metal pieces, alternating with tuneful, more introspective pieces. The entire CD moves along at a really nice clip, never bogging down; you can put the CD on Track One and then let it play all the way through, which, frankly, is something that you can do less and less these days. Vocalist and lyricist Syarul Reza's English is imperfect, but compare the lyrics to, say, any random Oasis lyric you might care to quote and see which of the two actually makes more sense. Reza's also got a nice range, growling and snarling on one end and singing sustained high notes on key on the other (and often in the same song, like "It's Over in Space"). All in all, a good, meaty album, irrespective of country of origin. If you like your nu-metal, and you are sick of ranting white guys, give it an ear. Even if you're not sick of ranting white guys, it'll still be worth checking out.
Extracted from TONE MAGAZINE NOV 2001 issue
author: Izuan Shah (tone Magazine)Crank up the volume and let this monstrous song blast you to pieces. This blends the harder parts of New York hardcore riffage with Syarul's Brandon Boyd/ Chino Moreno vocal mutations. solid and hard, thumpin'and rockin''- Enter Posthuman will mark a new dawn in local(Malaysia) music production.
Home - Grown Music
author: Jad Mahidin (the Malay Mail)Turn the volume to maximum to get the full benefit and enjoy the trip Love Me Butch takes you on. Even if you're not a fan of this type of music, don't be surprised if you find yourself nodding your head and snapping your fingers to the beat, as the tunes are pretty catchy and infectious.