Empty Promises - Music

Stressball Were Formed In The Early '90s And Consisted Of Vocalist Steven Gaille Guitarist Lennon Laviolette Bassist Eddie Dupuy And Drummer Joseph Fazzio. Building Their Unusual Sound From A Number Of Heavy Metal And Hardcore Influences The Group Released A Single Eponymous Album In 1994 Before Fading Into Oblivion. On Their Perplexing 1994 Self-Titled Debut Southern Originals Stressball Manage To Defy Most Expectations Of What More Heavy Metal Should Be Or At Least What It Usually Is Fast-Paced Overwhelming And LOUD. Instead Unnaturally Subdued Heavies Like "Dust " "Colum " And "Empty Promises" Casually Contradicted These Seemingly Inexorable Maxims With Patient Slow-Burning Intensity. Like Pantera Playing At Half The Volume And Half The Speed Double Kick Drums And All Stressball Cook Up A Mysterious Gumbo Of Sound That Combines Elements Culled From Death Metal Hardcore Punk And Southern Sludge. read less