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| Meantime | 
 enlarge | Artist: Helmet
Label: Fontana Interscope
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 13941
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 92162
UPC: 606949216221
EAN: 0606949216221
ASIN: B000001Y5F
Release Date: June 23, 1992
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 Helmet - 'Meantime' (Interscope) March 19, 2005
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
'Meantime' is Helmet's sophomore release.About as good as their first CD,'Strap It On'.I know one fan that says after hearing this disc,you'll understand as to who heavily influenced Prong's Tommy Victor.I've always considered Helmet to be alternative metal.Key tracks would be the disc's single/video "In The Meantime","Unsung",the heavy-duty "Better","Turned Out" and "FBLA II".Line-up:Page Hamilton-guitar&vocals,Chris Traynor-guitar,Harry Bogdan-bass and John Stanier-drums.Might appeal to fans of Clutch,Therapy?,Melvins and Faith No More.
 Buy this album, buy this album, buy this album May 30, 2000
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The best album I've heard in 10 years. For some reason, I don't get tired of listening to it. This is not the ear candy that you hear from the "hardcore" bands on the radio. The more effort you put into listening to this record, the more you get out of it. One thing that makes this cd and the band unique is that they think about how to end a song. Where most bands fade into endings, Helmet uses the last 20 seconds to build intensity to extremely satifying closeouts. This is just one of about 1000 nuances that make Helmet a cut above.
10 years old and it STILL blows them all away. . . . August 16, 2000
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Meantime took the raw power of "Strap It On", cleaned it up and still put forth one of the most brutal albums to ever have success in the mainstream. It's influence on 90's heavy rock is non-paralleled, even to this day. Every song exudes power from beginning to end, even the off-time songs. Page Hamilton once said that "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin is one of his favorite songs because you can feel the band's might in every note being played. Helmet re-create that feeling here, from the title track's one-chord revolving staccato to the jaw-dropping heaviness of "Turned Out". The scathing vocals serve the blistering riffing well here, as the singing in later albums weakens the music.
 Some great tunes, a bit repetitive. October 18, 2002
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Helmet caught everyone's attention with their monster song "Unsung" in 92. I saw the video on MTV's Headbanger's Ball and used to sit in rapt attention every week hoping that Rickie would play it. Just so I could hear that wall of guitar sound...the beautiful reverberation of the snare head and the pounding of the kick drum....ah. That was heaven. I purchased the album and immediately liked some of the songs, especially "In the Meantime". While this disc was a trendsetter, some of it just sounds blah and repetitive. Most of the other tracks do not standout or contain anything terribly interesting. That said, Helmet knew how to rock. They had a tight sound that was delivered no-holds-barred. I appreciate their enthusiasm and delivery, however, at this point in their career they had yet to become GREAT songwriters with the exception of the above mentioned tracks. So if you see this disc lying around and have not heard it give it a try, maybe it will be your thing. You are sure to like at least some of the tunes a lot.
Great album but let me set a few things straight May 1, 2003
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
First of all contrary to what one reviewer said Helmet were not just rich kids who started a band one day. Guitarist/singer Page Hamilton was trained in jazz and played with Glenn Branca's Guitar Symphony and the Band of Susans. Bassist Henry Bogden is a classicaly trained bassist who also plays guitar, drums and lap steel. Drummer John Stainer is a veteren of the Florida death metal scene so obiviously he knows his way around the kit. Just because the songs are simple doesn't mean that they know nothing about their instruments. If you are going to give the history of the band at least do your homework.Back to the music Helmet is a band that doesn't try to dazzle you with thier technical abilities but that doesn't mean they are non-existant. The repetition in some of their riffs are built to create tension and not because they have no idea of what
to do. They songs finally break open usually thanks to the solo which are meant not to utilize every note on the fretboard million notes some Helmet solos only contain about four notes, but they are more about the sounds he can make out of those four notes. This is a very influential album. Many of the bands out there today would not be anywhere if not for thier copy of Meantime.
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