yeah, aftertaste is not all that (although i see it has it's fans, talking about norma j here), i still like it, spotty for sure, but some amazing songs in there. afterwards, i've heard really awful songs from their "reunion" albums, although live they didn't seem out of place and as heavy as the vintage shit.
i seriously recommend that if you see helmet playing near you, go check them out, page knows how to replace musicians with people in the same league as the originals.
the one i've been rocking the most lately is born annoying, fucking brilliant, i consider it their first album, although it covers ground until meantime really. still, the one teeny disappointment of the show was that they didn't play "born annoying", but they compensated on something else...
and page is a brilliant, brilliant guitarist, can play note perfect or noisy and chaotic without sounding fake or forced in either one.
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