Category: Review

Easily the best hardcore/metal tape I have. Hardcore has a bad reputation of spewing forth a lot of garbagy (performance-wise and sound-wise) tapes. But you can just forget about that here. The guitars of Brian McLaughlin and Dan Bires not only possess bite, they have the muscle to rip out some mighty big chunks of flesh and bone. Dan Bires' vocals are featured prominently, and his performance, his core-growl and metal-ish waver realizes true perfection at many points throughout this tape. This is one tape where the engineers deserve special notice, especially when it comes to the drums. Joe Mellon's drum playing is frenetic and and at the mark, while employing the limits of the whole set. Excellent, excellent drum work which the very well thought-out arrangements demand-- and get, with a lot of something to spare. I'm sorry if I appear to be bandwagoning here, but this tape deserves some attention!! -- Bryan Baker