Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Sacred Reich - "Ignorance"
I recently read that Sacred Reich is finally reissuing all their records but only in Europe. I guess there's still a hassle with the US label regarding their earliest records so for right now it's going to be an import and therefore expensive. That sucks for them as their not able to really ride the recent resurgence of all things thrash. It also sucks for newbie thrash fans as Ignorance is, along with Pantera's "Cowboys From Hell", probably the best debut record by any thrash band from back in the day. They basically erupted onto the scene with a fully realized formula that was aggressive, well written and well played. There's just a ton of monster grooves, fast double bass and tasty solos. Basically everything that makes a perfect thrash record. Personally I think they never topped this record as they started to slow things down more and this may be why they never really got mentioned in the same breath with all the thrash greats, each of who had a number of fantastic records. Still, "Ignorance" is definitely a genre classic and deserves to be heard by younger fans so let's hope they settle their differences and get this thing back in print!"Death Squad"
"Ignorance"
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Saturday, June 9, 2007
(Young) Pioneers - "Free The (Young) Pioneers Now!"
(Young) Pioneers were, at least in my opinion, one of the original folk/country punk hybrids, pre-dating current stars Against Me! and Lucero by many years. Their style was definitely more abrasive than either of those two bands, especially on their earlier material. I'm not as big of a fan of the early stuff as it's a little too sludgy, a little less folk and doesn’t have quite the energy of the work they would do later. Which brings us to "Free The (Young) Pioneers Now!", their final and best album. On this record they finally managed to synthesize their two competing styles into a very compelling whole, mainly through far more use of traditional folk instruments like the harmonica and acoustic guitars along with a lot of twang to the electric guitars. They also kept the distorted vocals but bumped them up in the mix and made them sound a bit less processed. So there you have it. One of the first and still best folk punk records around."Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition!"
"Talkin' Johnny Law Blues"
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