Helmet - Meantime (1992)

Helmet's second album is by far my favorite. It has there best single to date "Unsung" in it and it's an influential alternative metal album. They had a lot of hype around them at the time because there debut album Strap it On was really good and had major labels flying deals to get them for the second record (Meantime). You might of notice that a lot of the albums I review come from certain years and are clustered into the early nineties. The fact is in the music industry every hard rock and heavy metal bands were putting out good material because the labels knew there were money there and thus they put money up front for the recording process which is leaps and bounds of what labels will do for a lot of up and coming bands. They gave them a broader stance musically and now it seems since records sales are going down they can only produce stuff that's radio friendly. I don't like the fact that Indie Rock has taken the spot of heavy metal just because it's light and in the minds of sixty year old business executives saying no one would like to hear that trash. I understand it's a business but, I always felt like there shooting themselves in the feet by not helping artists funding and expenses since it's seen as a risk to do any metal record that's not already a establish name. If Helmet recorded Meantime I'd be willing to bet they would've never made that Gold record even though it's better than any Jon Bon Jovi album he's ever done. Songs to check out "Unsung", "In the Meantime" and "Turned Out".


1. "In the Meantime" – 3:08
2. "Iron Head" – 3:22
3. "Give It" – 4:17
4. "Unsung" – 3:57
5. "Turned Out" – 4:14
6. "He Feels Bad" – 4:03
7. "Better" – 3:10
8. "You Borrowed" – 3:45
9. "FBLA II" – 3:22
10. "Role Model" – 3:35