A Lethal Dose of American Hatr
Reviews
Orges Beqiri
Reviewed 2003-10-08
Reviewed 2003-10-08
Superjoint Ritual – A Lethal Dose of American Hatred (Sanctuary Records)
Phil Anselmo’s continued nod to the old school with even more crusty punk/metal/hardcore. Think Carnivore, Discharge, Cryptic Slaughter, Hirax, Cro Mags, and Agnostic Front, but very metal and with very crunchy guitars. The riffs are good, but a little same-y after a while, and nothing really sticks in your mind, even though the songs as a whole are by far catchier than the ones on the last CD. Also, many start to sound like Pantera left-overs. The drumming is awesome, and the bass is competent enough, I guess. The song constructions are pretty basic, nothing groundbreaking. The lyrics, on the other hand break new ground with their utter, sheer idiocy. I respect Phil Anselmo a whole lot, and everything he touches turns to gold, but he can’t write decent lyrics to save his life. It doesn’t matter, though, because I can’t imagine anyone singing along to any of these songs anyway. This is a CD to put your head down to and tear a bloody path through a moshpit, nothing else, nothing more. Brutal, irreverent, noisy, mean and nasty with one hell of an attitude.
Recommended Tracks:
1) Nice riff to start things off with. Builds up a few times and it’s pretty brutal.
2) The “hit single”, awesome short ditty that’s just brutal, but FCC at –0:23 (fuck).
9) Short, starts out really fast, and then slows down and becomes very sludgy and doomy.
11) Mid-tempo, dark, with staccato riffs that’ll be the joy of pits everywhere.
FCC:: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13 ::FCC
Phil Anselmo’s continued nod to the old school with even more crusty punk/metal/hardcore. Think Carnivore, Discharge, Cryptic Slaughter, Hirax, Cro Mags, and Agnostic Front, but very metal and with very crunchy guitars. The riffs are good, but a little same-y after a while, and nothing really sticks in your mind, even though the songs as a whole are by far catchier than the ones on the last CD. Also, many start to sound like Pantera left-overs. The drumming is awesome, and the bass is competent enough, I guess. The song constructions are pretty basic, nothing groundbreaking. The lyrics, on the other hand break new ground with their utter, sheer idiocy. I respect Phil Anselmo a whole lot, and everything he touches turns to gold, but he can’t write decent lyrics to save his life. It doesn’t matter, though, because I can’t imagine anyone singing along to any of these songs anyway. This is a CD to put your head down to and tear a bloody path through a moshpit, nothing else, nothing more. Brutal, irreverent, noisy, mean and nasty with one hell of an attitude.
Recommended Tracks:
1) Nice riff to start things off with. Builds up a few times and it’s pretty brutal.
2) The “hit single”, awesome short ditty that’s just brutal, but FCC at –0:23 (fuck).
9) Short, starts out really fast, and then slows down and becomes very sludgy and doomy.
11) Mid-tempo, dark, with staccato riffs that’ll be the joy of pits everywhere.
FCC:: 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13 ::FCC
Recent airplay
Permanently
Scatterbrain Radio — Mar 24, 2007
Dress Like a Target
Les Chevaux De Frise — Jul 15, 2004
The Knife Rises
The Human Condition — Nov 27, 2003
Sickness
The Human Condition - Under Immense Pressure — Nov 06, 2003
Stealing a Page or Two From
The Human Condition — Oct 30, 2003
The Knife Rises
The Human Condition -- With Guests! — Oct 23, 2003
Charting
2003-10-06 — 2003-12-08
Loud
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Nov 30 | 1 |
| Nov 9 | 1 |
| Nov 2 | 1 |
| Oct 26 | 1 |
| Oct 19 | 1 |
| Oct 12 | 2 |
Track listing
| 1. | Sickness | ||
| 2. | Waiting for the Turning Poin | ||
| 3. | Dress Like a Target | ||
| 4. | The Destruction of a Person | ||
| 5. | Personal Insult | ||
| 6. | Never to Sit or Stand Again | ||
| 7. | Death Threat | ||
| 8. | Permanently | ||
| 9. | Stealing a Page or Two From | ||
| 10. | Symbol of Nevermore | ||
| 11. | The Knife Rises | ||
| 12. | The Horror | ||
| 13. | Absorbed |