Struck By Lightning - Serpents

BAND: Stuck By Lightning - Myspace
ALBUM: Serpents (2009)
LABEL: Translation Loss Records
RATING: 8/10
FAVORITE TRACK: Becoming Earth
SIMILAR: Mastodon, High On Fire, Disfear
REVIEWER: Zach Roesch





Columbus natives, Struck by Lightning, come with no hidden agendas or strings attached. If you want fast and heavy music, you’ve come to the right place. Drawing influence from early Mastodon and High on Fire, the band’s musical chops are not beating a new path. However, they are certainly tearing that path to shreds. With a mix of sludgy and intelligent guitar riffing, their punk infused anthems make listeners want to sing along.

The debut album is an amazing start; something not many bands can say. This is most likely due to singer/guitarist Greg Lahm’s presence. As a previous member of fellow Translation Loss band, Mouth of the Architect, musical success is nothing new. It is also obvious where Struck by Lightning got their sludgy side; seeing as Mouth of the Architect is the new wave of slowed down metal.

The only down-side to this amazing album is its lack of depth. Pretty much all of the tracks give the same feel. They only venture into new fields in a couple tracks (Becoming Earth/Collection of Teeth). Everything else is fairly similar. If Struck by Lightning could somehow find a way to keep their full-force metal driving and change things up every now and then, they would accomplish a perfect 10.

Bottom Line: Struck by Lightning have showed what they are made of. Their debut album “Serpents” is a huge first step. The album drives with its d-beat anthems and sludgy choruses. However, if they could find a way to make things more interesting, they will strike musical gold.

Track Listing:
01. Silent and Still
02. Nothing Sacred
03. The Watchful Eye
04. Supercell
05. Widowmaker
06. Tightening the Noose
07. Becoming Earth
08. Bottomless Pit
09. Collection of Teeth
10. False Hope
11. The Herd

Back To School!

Hey Capital, how's it going? Well I hope good. So it's the second week of school and I'm wondering if the rest of you out there are busy or stressed out yet. Are you? good because I am. While it's very exciting to be back at school with all my sisters and friends it's not very nice to be this stressed out already. :(

Formal Recruitment officially starts this week and I couldn't be more excited for it! My big isn't in the sorority currently and seeing as she is Sr. Rush, Kaitlin who is Jr. Rush has stepped up. I offered to help her out and this explains my busy life. It's unfortunate to be this busy but it's also really cool to be on the other side of things this year for recruitment.

In addition to rush, classes are already starting to get ridiculous as well. Seriously, is it really that necessary to learn five different ways to tally up votes for an election result. I personally don't plan on going into a field that requires that. But nonetheless, there I sit in Batelle every tuesday and thursday hitting myself in the head with a pen.

Even though I am extremely busy and I'm sure lots of you are feeling that second semester pressure to either continue to do well or to bring up your GPA, I hope that you're doing well or at least doing your best. If you have free time or any interest at all you should check out Greek Life Kickoff Night this wednesday night starting at seven pm in schneider lounge. Or if you can't make it out pickup a registration sheet in front of the Student Activities Office and turn it in by thursday at 10 am. Thanks Capital, Enjoy your week!