HOLY SH*T, BLACK TIDE ARE STILL AROUND?

Having not heard a peep outta the Black Tide camp since they played Mayhem in 2008 — where vocalist/guitarist Gabriel Garcia gave us pretty much the worst interview in the history of MetalSucks — I kind of assumed that band was dunzo. And I don’t think it would have surprised anyone if they were — for one thing, the group did not turn out to be the grand-slam record sellers some industry peeps had hoped they’d be, and for another, they were like all of eight years old, so if they grew up and decided they liked hip-hop or country better than metal, or that they didn’t wanna be musicians at all, well, that would have been perfectly understandable.

But no! Black Tide are apparently alive and well. They have a new song, “Bury Me,” and, thanks to the hum-drum pace of this slow news day, I have listened to and am now going to write about said new song.

The song sucks. Perhaps as a so-called “professional” it would behoove me to write a more in-depth analysis, but, really, the bottom line is that this is pop metal amateur hour. The production is too slick, the hook isn’t memorable, and there’s nothing about it to set Black Tide apart from a million other bands… like Sanctity. Remember Sanctity? Yeah, that band’s career went real far. I dunno why, but that’s who Black Tide remind me of.

ANYWAY, go here if you wanna listen to the track. You have to log-in through Facebook, but, mercifully, you do not have to tell the world you “like” the band, or subscribe to their mailing list, or whatever the fuck.

-AR