S.O.D.'s Speak English or Die was an important record in the fusion of hardcore punk with thrash and speed metal, making even more explicit the connections that Anthrax's music implied. The tone of the music is crushingly loud, fast, and aggressive, but not at all serious -- the record is filled with goofy, macho humor, some of which holds up well (i.e., the three-second "Anti-Procrastination Song," an ode to "Milk") and some of which is quite racist and sexist. However, the music blasts by ...   [ read more ]

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Fourteen years later, S.O.D. finally returns with its second studio album, and they're still as subtle as a sledgehammer both musically and lyrically, which is good news for Speak English or Die devotees. Bigger Than the Devil keeps the group's power-drill sonic attack going full speed ahead, mosh-worthy riffs slamming into an occasional nod to (or, more often, parody of) death metal. Although much of the metal world has caught up to S.O.D.'s innovations -- fusing hardcore and metal was somethi...   [ read more ]

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The re-recorded version of THE LOCUST's massive "Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle," followed by remix interpretations from electronic stormtroopers CHRISTOPH DE BABALON, I AM SPOONBENDER, KID 606, BASTARD NOISE, SLEEPING BODY, and WIZARDS OF WAR (members of PSYCHICS).

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