Origin:	San Diego, California, USA
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DISBANDED

Last update/review:	April 4, 2020

Brick Bath

Brick Bath originally went by the name Epitaph, and released an album under that name in 1996, only to see the label collapse soon afterward. They rebounded a few years later with the new name Brick Bath and a new album, I Won't Live The Lie, in 2001, followed up by 2003's Rebuilt, the album reviewed here. Musically, Cowboys-era Pantera seems to be the main influence, with Eric Meyer's flashy yet heavy guitar work gaining the band some points. Cody Hubbard's vocals, though, tend to dumb down the songs a bit -- his scratchy, monotonic semi-hardcore growl is too one-dimensional, thus relegating a lot of the songs to sounds-the-same status. Rebuilt has moments, but this band is probably capable of better. They managed one more album two years later before folding.