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Pissing Razors - Pissing Razors

Pantera meets Fear Factory! - 80%

overkill67, December 14th, 2004

This is one decent sounding album in comparison to the rest of their monotonous catalogue. As described in the title, this album is basically a hybrid of Vulgar display of power and Demanufacture. Not necessarily a bad thing. This album is also the bands most consistent in terms of sheer catchiness from song to song. There are definately many monstrous riffs that are absolute ear candy, as well as some of the incredible drumming that stems mostly from the double bass department. The vocals can be somewhat overbearing at times, but in all actuality they're no worse than Burton Bell's or Phil Anselmo's last few years in Pantera.
Lyrically, the songs themselves are derived from many cool topics, including; media, injustice, drug abuse, violence and hatred. Basically your run of the mill metal topics. There some humors moments as well like in the song Silent Hatred("sittin' in my room starin' at the wall, drunk off the brew...wired off the 8 ball"). The production value is very good. This album packs as much of a punch as did Machine Head's Burn My Eyes, and even though many people condemn Machine Head, one simply cannot deny the production value of their first effort. I suppose the only real letdown with this album is the fact that there are no guitar solos. Make no mistake though, this is nothing close to being nu-mental, which I know is famous for exluding guitar solos, based on the fact that most of the players in that genre are incapable of soloing. I think that this album is simply more geared toward the groove aspect of things and the overall "crunch" of the songs.
This album also has the best ensemble of players that Pissing Razors has ever had working together simultaneously.
Very decent album, gets spun at least 3 or 4 times a year.