LABEL:Hammerheart Records
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 7/29/2022
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1995
VARIANT: Black Vinyl LP

We like what Trouble have done with this album, Plastic Green Head. The music sounds fairly dissimilar to the completely doom-laden, crushing riffs present on the earlier material, but what Trouble do here sounds every bit authentic. Not to mislead you, this definitely still sounds like Trouble, but they seem to have adopted a more laidback, stoner metal approach; sacrificing sinister atmospheres for more upbeat ones. The first few tracks are completely awesome offerings of vintage Trouble. The playful, thrashy riff of the title track, which opens the album, is a great introduction to the music at hand and Eric Wagners distinctive vocals sound powerful overtop. Plastic Green Head, The Eye, Flowers, these are all what you would expect from Trouble, huge churning riffs, 80 bpm drumbeats, Eric Wagners nasal yet powerful voice. They are simple, they are catchy, and they are just plain good. The Porpoise Song is a cover of a song by The Monkees, and strangely enough its very good. Big wall of guitar noise, and Eric singing in a less nasal and more melodic voice. Opium Eater sounds like it could easily be an Alice in Chains song. On this album there is silly plenty of Sabbath worship, but also more of an upbeat, hard rock feel. We would even say that a little grunge has crept into their sound (to be fair, its probably the other way around, Trouble influence crept into grunge.) If youre looking for a nice dose of stoner metal, youll find just that right here. Theres plenty of memorable riffs which provide good replay value, and although you wont find as much doom as you might expect from Trouble, its still there if you look for it.