Relationship Of Command - At The Drive-In Reviews

Not many metal bands have British music magazine NME eating out of their hands - At the Drive-In certainly did when they released 'The Relationship of Command'. High profile appearances on such programmes as 'Later with Jools Holland' increased their visability levels, and all of a sudden, one of the least unlikely bands had a mainstream buzz ...  Read the complete review

There are very few bands that have such an impact on me that I head straight out after hearing a song for the first time to hunt down their album. That is however the effect that At The Drive In had on me. I was off work ill and came across "One Armed Scissor" on an NME compilation disk and within 20 minutes I was on the way to Bracknell ...  Read the complete review

People at my college in London are going on about all these different bands making strong headway in this, the UK's "Year of Rock" (according to the music press). Bands such as Papa Roach, Linkin Park and (shudder) the abysmal Limp Bizkit, have seen an immense increase in popularity and recognition among alternative and mainstream ...  Read the complete review

In the year 2001, the world is sadly lacking any guitar bands who are inspirational or even creating music worth listening to, and visionary hip-hop and r'n'b producers are making the future of music every day. On one hand you have your Coldplays and Travis type bands, which are pleasant enough, but my God are they dull and on the other ...  Read the complete review

This album was a nice refreshing break from the mainstream on the radio! Yeah, okay, so it's a little obvious these guys might be influenced by something like Rage Against the Machine (I think they even toured with them?) but it's good stuff for your ears! The way they suddenly burst into a loud and chaotic mess of lyrics really grabs your ...  Read the complete review

HOLY S#?! is what I said after listening to this album for the first time . I borrowed this album from a friend having never heard of at the drive in before and I was completely blown away by the sheer quality of this album . I was bouncing around my room going mad by the end of the first track , and by the end of the album I had completely ...  Read the complete review

This has to be one of the best if not the best album of 2000. Even though the music is mainly guitar based and the vocals are often shouted rather than sung, it isn't anything like what you would expect from the year that bought us albums from such 'alternative bands' like Limp Bizkit, Deftones and Papa Roach. Here the songs actually ...  Read the complete review

From the explosive 'Arc Arsenal' to the anthemic 'Catacombs' this album is an unrelenting attack on your ears. The band can change the pace easily and it all works. This is intelligent rock for the 21st century and At the drive-in are its newly crowned rulers. This is the most rocking, intelligent, passionate album since ...  Read the complete review

At the drive-in are one of the most exciting bands out there at the minute. Widely tipped to be huge, if you have had the pleasure of seeing them live, you will know the type of passion and energy they put into their music. They are a refreshing change in an industry that seems to be losing a lot of its personality and drive. ...  Read the complete review

Afro clad At the Drive-in are dubbed as the most exciting live band since Nirvana. They are apparently very dynamic on stage. This is definitely carried into this album. With Ross Robinson, producer of Slipknot’s last album producing for ATD-I, this album is refreshingly original standing out in a crowd of substandard nu-metal that ...  Read the complete review

You've never heard anything like this band they are one of the best things that could have happened to rock music in a long time. They've been around a relatively short time but already their being compared to the likes of Nirvana simply because of the sheer energy and excitement their bringing in the scene at the moment. Although they ...  Read the complete review