But Luti-Kriss stands a good chance of improving by leaps and bounds over future releases. The members in the pictures in the booklet and on the back liner look like they couldn’t be older than twenty. That gives them plenty of time to grow and improve.
After the opening track of noise is the first musical track, “Black Smith.” This is a great song with a rhythmic approach and a chorus that jumps out of control and runs through fields of razorblades and flytraps. And many of the other songs on the album are the same way. The songs pedal from heavy, rhythmic, and organized to slightly untamed and unwieldy. If those latter tendencies could be removed, the band would be so much the better for it.
The third track, “The ‘Anni Hilat’ Ion,” is another good song, as is most of the album’s first half. Don’t expect to be able to understand a word Josh, the vocalist, screams though. There aren’t really any breaks from his vocal barrage. “The ‘Anni Hilat’ Ion” is a well flowing piece of fast pace, utterly bellowed lyrics, and a welcome lack of palm mutes.
The fourth track, “Light Blue Collar,” is one-quarter Living Sacrifice, one-quarter Zao, one-quarter Emboydment, and one-quarter original. The lyrics are minimal, but they’re powerful all the same, spiritual, and honest. Luti-Kriss isn’t afraid to follow in the footsteps of other Christian metal bands that have decided to write lyrics that are nearly horrific in their imagery, yet spiritual and inspirational.
“Patiently Philadelphia,” the next track, is arguably the best on the album and should be the single sent to whatever radio stations that play music of this ferocity. Its strength is in its verse, which is impossible to listen to and not at least shake a leg. Someone crown Luti-Kriss with the most danceable metal tune of the year.
The album has a few more impressive songs, namely “Petty Larson” and “For Shadows.”
Luti-Kriss’s Throwing Myself is definitely worth the sticker price. It probably won’t become the most played Christian metal CD in your collection, but it won’t collect dust either. Check it out and give it a listen. If you’re a fan of Zao or early Emboydment, you’re very likely to fall for Luti-Kriss.
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