It's the subtle things that distinguish Downset from its many rap-metal peers: the fact that hardcore punk plays a greater role in the band's music than heavy metal, that the bandmembers are better riff writers and arrangers than some of the genre's more popular groups, or that Rey Oropeza writes ambitious lyrics, which come across like a less dogmatic Rage Against the Machine. The band's third album, Check Your People, isn't much of a departure from its previous work, but the CD continues to showcase all ...   [ read more ]

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Combining rapping and singing isn't anything new for metal bands; Anthrax and the Red Hot Chili Peppers were doing it in the mid-'80s (a time that also found Run-D.M.C., the Beastie Boys, and other trailblazing MCs rhyming to metal guitars). But the practice became even more common in the 1990s, when a lot of young headbangers were quick to point out that hip-hop and rock played equally important roles in their lives -- if Metallica and Suicidal Tendencies weren't in their CD players, {$t...   [ read more ]

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