Robot Hive/Exodus Review (Robot Hive/exodus - Clutch)

Member Name: Dangalf

Product:	Robot Hive/exodus - Clutch
Date:	06/08/08 (13 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Riff-laden blues rock at its finest.

Disadvantages: Not quite as good as 2004's 'Blast Tyrant'.

Of all the albums recorded in the 21st Century, Clutch's Robot Hive/Exodus (2005) is possibly one of the only albums that I can listen to all of the way through. Riffmeister Neil Fallon and his gang of bluesy cohorts have created an album of what can only be described as Sheer Groove.

The reason why it is so listenable is mainly because no song sounds the same - there are no 10-minute plods through as many blues riffs as they can think of, just mostly sub 5-minute groovefests with well thought-out structures and unusual time signatures usually unheard of in blues-rock.

Compared to previous Clutch records, nothing has changed. Fallon still churns out peculiar lyrics (none more so in 'Burning Beard' and 'Circus Maximus') and chugging riffs, but in regards to Clutch, that is no bad thing at all. The old adage goes 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it', Clutch most certainly ain't broke, and if Robot Hive/Exodus is anything to go by, they certainly don't need fixing.

Summary: An excellent blues-rock album from a very underrated band.