Herbert

Despite possessing a plausible skill in executing musical coherence, Herbert lack the soul that it required to pull-off a memorable heavy-riff-rock record. Instead, Steppin' Off To Eden sounds like a hundred variations of the same chord structure, and hurriedly recorded in a single day for that matter. Their B-side Monster Magnet influence is obvious and one might notice a Blind-era Corrosion of Conformity aura over the entire disc (minus the intense drama, of course). There is something that exists with this band that is promising. Perhaps the next album will be more appealing, but not without first filling up the reservoir of creativity instead of the one of synthetic confidence and negligent misuse of energy that they drew from for this disc.