REVIEW: Pissing Razors, Pissing Razors (F.A.D. Records)
- Paul Hanson
Known for aggressive music, Texas makes another stab at being declared a hostile state. From Pantera to Skatenigs, from Miss Universe to Sufferance, from Frognot to Helen's Ready, Texas is one moshing musical state. The latest mosh pit entrant is Pissing Razors.
In the same vein as Pantera and Sufferance, P.R. explode into "Dodging Bullets." Vocalist Joe Rodriquez is confrontational and in your face as he explains, "Made it thru the day, I didn't kill myself/ My gun was loaded, I'll point it at someone else/ I'll pull the trigger cause I'm not really sane/ I'm a mortal man, gotta stake my claim."
And what a claim it is! Ferocious guitar and double bass interplay extract images of a damn good metal band cutting loose the shackles of a Slayer mosh pit. Add their recent European tour with Pro-Pain and you get the makings of a soon-to-be veteran band. As song titles like "Tortured," "Life of a Lunatic," and "World of Deceit" imply, P.R. is a band peeved at the world. Thankfully, that aggressiveness and hostility has been translated into excellent heavy metal.
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