I had first seen Scribe in a GIR gig a few years back. Whenever I see them, they turn out to be the most entertaining band of the night, even though I am not a big fan of the genre they play. They have soo much fun on-stage and Vishwesh's quirky voices keeps everyone interested. They are truly a unique band. Mixing bollywood elements with metal is not something which a metal band typically does or something which appeals to the average "Bollywood hating" metal head . But these guys pull it off big time.
Anyways coming back to the review, Scribe hits the mark with this awesome collection of songs. Vishwesh's vocals (voices) are insane and soo are the million guitar riffs on this album. I swear Prashant and Akshay are riff machines. They belt out one monster riff after the next.
The album starts with a slow instrumental called Seeds but then it gives way to this monstrous opening to RSVP. Vishwesh wastes no time in getting in with his crazy vocals. Each song on this album has some really tasty bits thrown in between; this one has it briefly at 0:50 and then again at 2:34 and 3:24. You have to control yourself from jumping around listening to 'em.
After RSVP comes the uniquely titled - I love you Pav Bhaji. Talk about fun song titles. This one is a rollercoaster. It has insane tight rhythm sections. The riff at 0:46 would get stuck in your head till eternity. The tasty bits are at 1:32 when Vishwesh starts chattering away on how to make Pav Bhaji. Ohh man..its soo awesome and soo damn funny esp. when he ends it with "Butter. Nimbu. Kanda. La!" The riff immediately after that, till the end with the chorus would surely make the crowds go insane!
Up next is Street Archana and Vice Versha, which for me, is the best song in the album. When I heard the insane opening riff, I couldn't help myself humming the tune for the next week. And everyone around was like - "what the f*ck are you humming!?" The chorus is a nice melodic section with very nice clean vocals. The tasty bits are right at the beginning at 0:00. That riff has soo much .. (uhh..how do I put it) ...cha-pow!! (I swear that's all I could come up with after thinking on it for 5 minutes). Oohh and did I mention it has lyrics from Street Fighter? Vishwesh throws in Hadoken and Shoryuken! in between the verses. These guys are crazy!
M Power begins where Street Archana left off. It has these awesome stop start sections, and the song structure is soo beautiful. It has nice mix of melodic as well as these face melting heavy riffs. The tasty bits are at 1:48 where the band goes insane and at 3:03 continuing till the end. Awesome guitars and kick ass drumming.
Up next is a fun, friendly Dum hai toh aage aa! The song is fast and the chorus is fun with the ta-ta-tada in the background! Most of the song is sung with clean vocals...pretty rock and roll! The tasty bit is at 1:28 when the solo starts. Awesome stuff. It also has a nice music video.
After a brief instrumental (which I found irritating) comes the title track Mark of Teja - the Andaz Apna Apna influenced instrumental! I swear when I heard that bit from Andaz Apna Apna (one of my fav movies) at 0:32, I was laughing my as* off! And suddenly the album title made sense to me. Remember those epic lines? - "Main Teja hoon...mark idhar hai!" Ohh man...anyways, this is one of the best instrumentals ever - very heavy, with an awesome, awesome structure (yes...2 awesomes!). It has a million riffs one after the other laced intricately to provide a nice, kind of a progressive "djent" sound. This is again my fav song on the album (what?...a guy cant have 2 favourite songs in an album??!). There are tons of tasty bits starting from the intro at 0:00 to the Andaz Apna Apna tune at 0:32. Further the tastiest bit is at 2:33 and its THE best part. There's another one at 3:03 where they do the extended Andaz Apna Apna thing. Awesome song!
Up next is DemonPra (the song names..I tell you!..I am smiling as I am writing this). Another neck snapping song with almost(?) rap style vocals. Vishwesh's talent of voices comes alive at 1:50. The tasty bit is the riff at 0:38. I just love that riff right there. It would make you jump whenever you listen to it.
Kamla's back starts off slowly before the heavy rhythm section takes over. This song is pretty melodic and has these quiet clean sections thrown in.
"Gunda banneke liye, danger dikhna mangta!"...I swear, thats how the next song, Dracula 1234 starts. I mean, who would not sit up and take notice with that opener. Dracula has all the elements of a Scribe song elevated to the next level...growls, clean bits, quirky voices, marathi/hindi one liners, and one tight monster riff after another (they literally go insane). Its the most fun track in the album. Tasty bits are all the lyrics that was sung by Vishwesh. He should consider dubbing for cartoons with all these awesome voices!
Dont Say is a slow instrumental...again kinda irritating. It stops the flow and all the fun (strictly my opinion).
Judge Bread has a nice dirty riff providing background to a court hearing. It soon breaks into a groovy section before giving in to some nice meaty rhythm sections. Its a catchy song with nice grooves. A nice way to end the album.
The album starts with a slow instrumental called Seeds but then it gives way to this monstrous opening to RSVP. Vishwesh wastes no time in getting in with his crazy vocals. Each song on this album has some really tasty bits thrown in between; this one has it briefly at 0:50 and then again at 2:34 and 3:24. You have to control yourself from jumping around listening to 'em.
After RSVP comes the uniquely titled - I love you Pav Bhaji. Talk about fun song titles. This one is a rollercoaster. It has insane tight rhythm sections. The riff at 0:46 would get stuck in your head till eternity. The tasty bits are at 1:32 when Vishwesh starts chattering away on how to make Pav Bhaji. Ohh man..its soo awesome and soo damn funny esp. when he ends it with "Butter. Nimbu. Kanda. La!" The riff immediately after that, till the end with the chorus would surely make the crowds go insane!
Up next is Street Archana and Vice Versha, which for me, is the best song in the album. When I heard the insane opening riff, I couldn't help myself humming the tune for the next week. And everyone around was like - "what the f*ck are you humming!?" The chorus is a nice melodic section with very nice clean vocals. The tasty bits are right at the beginning at 0:00. That riff has soo much .. (uhh..how do I put it) ...cha-pow!! (I swear that's all I could come up with after thinking on it for 5 minutes). Oohh and did I mention it has lyrics from Street Fighter? Vishwesh throws in Hadoken and Shoryuken! in between the verses. These guys are crazy!
M Power begins where Street Archana left off. It has these awesome stop start sections, and the song structure is soo beautiful. It has nice mix of melodic as well as these face melting heavy riffs. The tasty bits are at 1:48 where the band goes insane and at 3:03 continuing till the end. Awesome guitars and kick ass drumming.
Up next is a fun, friendly Dum hai toh aage aa! The song is fast and the chorus is fun with the ta-ta-tada in the background! Most of the song is sung with clean vocals...pretty rock and roll! The tasty bit is at 1:28 when the solo starts. Awesome stuff. It also has a nice music video.
After a brief instrumental (which I found irritating) comes the title track Mark of Teja - the Andaz Apna Apna influenced instrumental! I swear when I heard that bit from Andaz Apna Apna (one of my fav movies) at 0:32, I was laughing my as* off! And suddenly the album title made sense to me. Remember those epic lines? - "Main Teja hoon...mark idhar hai!" Ohh man...anyways, this is one of the best instrumentals ever - very heavy, with an awesome, awesome structure (yes...2 awesomes!). It has a million riffs one after the other laced intricately to provide a nice, kind of a progressive "djent" sound. This is again my fav song on the album (what?...a guy cant have 2 favourite songs in an album??!). There are tons of tasty bits starting from the intro at 0:00 to the Andaz Apna Apna tune at 0:32. Further the tastiest bit is at 2:33 and its THE best part. There's another one at 3:03 where they do the extended Andaz Apna Apna thing. Awesome song!
Up next is DemonPra (the song names..I tell you!..I am smiling as I am writing this). Another neck snapping song with almost(?) rap style vocals. Vishwesh's talent of voices comes alive at 1:50. The tasty bit is the riff at 0:38. I just love that riff right there. It would make you jump whenever you listen to it.
Kamla's back starts off slowly before the heavy rhythm section takes over. This song is pretty melodic and has these quiet clean sections thrown in.
"Gunda banneke liye, danger dikhna mangta!"...I swear, thats how the next song, Dracula 1234 starts. I mean, who would not sit up and take notice with that opener. Dracula has all the elements of a Scribe song elevated to the next level...growls, clean bits, quirky voices, marathi/hindi one liners, and one tight monster riff after another (they literally go insane). Its the most fun track in the album. Tasty bits are all the lyrics that was sung by Vishwesh. He should consider dubbing for cartoons with all these awesome voices!
Dont Say is a slow instrumental...again kinda irritating. It stops the flow and all the fun (strictly my opinion).
Judge Bread has a nice dirty riff providing background to a court hearing. It soon breaks into a groovy section before giving in to some nice meaty rhythm sections. Its a catchy song with nice grooves. A nice way to end the album.
Whew! Mark of Teja has to be one of the best album I heard this year. I cant wait for their next one. It would be a tough task to top this one..that's for sure!
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