Bolt Thrower - ...for Victory
Well, it’s probably too late to find one, but the copy I have has a neato live CD, along with the …for Victory disc. That makes it a real deal. The music is nothing that they haven’t done before, which is fine with me. Some bands change so much from album to album that you would even know it was the same guys. Not so here, let me assure you. If you want heavy riffs, drumming, and vocals, then this is the Death Metal for you. This is maybe even a little more memorable than previous efforts. I’m actually more excited about their new line up (which happened after this album was done), featuring Martin Van Drunen on vocals, and a new drummer who’s name escapes me (sorry, pal). I can hardly wait to hear Martin sing this stuff.
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Body Count - Born Dead
This certainly has its moments, like the title track, their cover of “Hey Joe,” “Masters of Revenge,” and the album starter, “Body Motherfuckin’ Count.” But the rest varies from okay to dull. It’s not as stable as their first album, although it is clearly heavier. Perhaps they can refine their sound to use only the heaviest, best parts and dump the weak shit.
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Bloody Mess & The Skabs - Live
Each side of this 7-inch has two songs from a different show, and tucked away safely on side 2 is my favorite BM&TS song, “Cigarette on the Clit,” which is unfortunately a little distorted. Bloody even steals the closing comment of “Fuck you very much” from Nuclear Winter for the end of side one. In my opinion, this band is maybe the best Punk Rock band currently recording, and you should certainly check this out immediately.
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Bloody Mess & The Skabs - Hung Over and Stoned
Bloody Mess clearly has balls the size of the moon. The title track is a Skab-ified Country number, and that’s a fuckin’ nervy move if you ask me. It’s actually really funny, though, and I think it works pretty well. Check out my review of the Bloody and The Country Trash Punks 7-inch for more on Bloody’s Country fetish. Now then, the remaining songs are the insane Punk freakout that one normally expects from the twisted genius of Mr. Mess and company. “Sex Junkie” and the interviews take this completely over the top. Clearly this belongs in the short list of classic Punk albums, and really just all records in general. Long live the new flesh!
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Blood Ritual - Cruciform Antithesis
More or less standard Death Metal, with gory, anti-god lyrics. Not bad, but nothing I haven’t heard before.
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Blood from the Soul - To Spite the Gland That Breeds
Shane (Napalm Death) Embury’s vision of Industrial music combined, possibly for the first time ever, with the clearly Hardcore vocals of Sick of It All’s Lou Koller makes for a very interesting combination. I think it works very well for them and I hope they decide to record again.
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Blood - Mental Conflicts
As always, this band delivers the extreme heaviness you would expect. Every now and then, they even manage to throw in a little surprise. Very cool.
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Juggernaut - Black Pagoda
Have you heard Kyuss and Soundgarden? Put ‘em in a pot and boil for 6 hours. I guess this would be the result. Not really bad, in fact some enjoyable stuff is occasionally going on, but nothing I haven’t heard on MTV until it sickens me.
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Jello Biafra - Beyond the Valley of the Gift Police
The 4th of Jello’s spoken word albums. The 3 LP version has one entire side not found on the 2 CD set. If you like Mr. Biafra, then you’ve already got this, and if you don’t like him, then you’ll not get it anyway. But wait, do I hear the voice of some stranger to Jello? Okay, for you, then, unenlightened one: Jello Biafra was the singer for the Punk band Dead Kennedys, and now, in addition to teaming up with everyone from Sepultura to Mojo Nixon, he travels the country, spreading the message of a corrupt government, and all the other problems of our society. It’s generally pretty sobering to listen to his monologues, and I think it’s also very entertaining.
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