DoHM
(self-released)
The Lakewood beast called DoHM has been hard at work sharpening its
metal claws. Since 2007’s Watch the Rivers Run Red, a
post-grunge experiment with inconsistent results, the five-piece has
retrofitted its nü-metal sound with gnarly new talons. Its latest
venture features songs such as “Time to Walk the Line” and “Rags to
Riches” which emphasize Max Dixon and Conor Heldorfer’s metal guitar
work, as well as Brian Pritchard’s lead-fisted drum blows and Brian
Noll’s death growls. The sound is similar to the hybrid alt-metal of
System of a Down or the Deftones, and shapeshifts from melodic guitar
grooves to a maelstrom of heavy drums and crackling choruses. Pritchard
is the band’s ringleader and main writer, while Noll spits and howls
like a feral Chris Cornell. — Keith Gribbins
DoHM performs with Purse Snatcher and Theory in Perfect at 9:30
p.m. Saturday, June 27, at House of Blues Cambridge Room (308 Euclid
Ave., 216.523.2583, houseofblues.com/cleveland).
Tickets: $10-$12.
The Dimeras
(Central Command Center)
Cleveland punk is steeped in a jagged history of booze, drugs and
fast living; the music always sounds like the players were walking a
hazy road into oblivion. The Dimeras continue to stumble as if they
were pulled over on Prospect at 4 a.m. Even the format of their first
release — the third cassette release on upstart Central Command
Center — is old-school. “Boobie Trap” immediately kicks the lead
out with rough garage-punk boogie that picks up where legendary Clevo
rippers the TKOs left off. Featuring sleazy rudimentary guitar work,
breakneck drums and a snotty howl, it’s the perfect entrée to
enjoy with that Pabst tall can. The distortion is fuzzy enough to fit
right in with the best stuff tunes from the In the Red catalog. —
Matthew Chernus
This article appears in Jun 24-30, 2009.
Yeah, DoHM!!!!!!! The show on Saturday is gonna kick ass.
The reviewer might want to fix the article name though…
“DoHM and the Dimeras gets graded” DOES they? 😛