iwrestledabearonce

It’s All Happening

Century Media/June 2, 2009

iwrestledabearonce is a funny little band from Shreveport, Louisiana, a place I once lived matter of factly. I’d heard of these fellas (and one lady) a little over a year back from the Bear himself, and back then I was pretty turned off by their techno interludes and wacky keyboard bridges and solos. I first heard of their latest release ‘It’s All Happening’ a couple weeks back right here on BEARSEATPEOPLE.COM!! with the video for ‘You Ain’t No Family’, and what a hootin’ hollerin’ time it was. I immediately enjoyed the brutality of the metal that these musicians created. I was also shocked that such a voice could spawn from a female, I always thought it was a two singer thing goin on (She’s hot too, btw). At the end of the song the metal breaks out into a country-western themed boot scootin’ boogie kinda thing, a horse neigh’s and explosive breakdowns ensue. iwrestledabearonce is thrash meets metal meets speed metal meets techno electronica meets the best thing you’ve heard. It’s not metal all throughout (thankfully almost), the cd dramatically  slows down at times to explore singer Krysta Cameron’s more melodic side accompanied by metallic techno keyboard rhythms. ‘It’s All Happening’ is a fresh approach at the metal scene that pleased me greatly. It’s perfect for techno blasting in your boosted  Toyota Scion at 3 am. [3.5/5]