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I love the way [bassist] Dan Lilker can drudge through some dreary and deep buzzed bass lines then suddenly he's all sprightly and Thrashy. The guy is amazing and always was in my opinion the defining element of Brutal Truth. After a decade without an album the truth remains brutal as ever, unrelenting and original. Nobody can do Brutal Truth like Brutal Truth.
Over and over again they hit you from different angles, nothing's as expected and it all happens seamlessly. I remember bands like Puya and Candiria receiving accolades for throwing a little Salsa or Jazz in their Metal, but the problem was, and no one seemed to want to admit it, it wasn't that good and didn't really fit. Now the fellows from Brutal Truth aren't busting out some Al Jolson, but take a tune like "SugarDaddy," which begins like some sort of weird Swedish Death Metal groove and ends with an old school head banging Thrash riff. By the time the song's over you don't know what happened, but it was real fucking good. And there's songs galore on here that take you the same way, over and over again.
Brutal Truth are legends, certainly in the New York area, and hopefully this disc will re-acquaint the world with what's great about New York Hardcore/Metal/Grind. When it's done well, there's nothing better.
| Tracklist |
| 1. Sugardaddy |
| 2. Turmoil |
| 3. Daydreamer |
| 4. On The Hunt |
| 5. Fist In Mouth |
| 6. Get A Therapist Spare The World |
| 7. War Is Good |
| 8. Evolution Through Revolution |
| 9. Powder Burn |
| 10. Attack Dog |
| 11. Branded |
| 12. Detached |
| 13. Global Good Guy |
| 14. Humpty Finance |
| 15. Semi-Automatic Carnation |
| 16. Itch |
| 17. Afterworld |
| 18. Lifer |
| 19. Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs [The Minutemen cover] |
| 20. Grind Fidelity |
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