Rio Grande Blood

General | May 2006

Reviews

Ragnar of Ravensfjord
Reviewed 2006-08-16
Loud as fuck, industrial/metal of with machine-like precision A lot of this works like modern speed metal just stripped down of all the b.s. and totally focused on riffs, beats & pure spite. Such spite that’s aimed at GW Bush & his cronies. Not a tremendous change from anything they’ve done in recent years but still mostly worth listening.
(((((1))))) FCC “asshole” spoken by GW once and sung once. Otherwise a great thrasher right out of the gate.
((((((2)))))) Gallop riff mania! Guitar-wise not too different from Slayer or the Haunted but with mostly distant yet shouted vocals.
(((3))) FCC loaded – skip it. (Though it’s a funny parody of the “Mail Call” Marine.
((((4)))) FCC loaded – skip it. (Sad to say ‘cause this kick ass).
(((5))) Driving, riff with a kinda dodgy breakdown & chorus. 9/11 conspiracies samples/lyrics, (FCCs “shit” sung twice, “fucking” sung once)
(((((6)))))) A great sample from “Stanford Graduate” Condi Rice then great, straight-up, wailin’ rockin’ nitro-fuel burnin’ metal.
((7)) Meh * They fell asleep here. Running the motions with thumping techno beats & melodic silliness.
(((8))) Shitty click-beat, good guitars, pinch harmonics (WTF?), nice chorus. Overall a mixed bag.
((((9)))) Great intro by Jello (Biafra, duh) then a BIG-ASS RIFF and all together chargin’ metallic, simplistic near-perfection ‘ala Motorhead.
((((10)))) Middle-eastern/Central Asian-like vocal wails, really nice & hugely layered guitars. Sorta like Neurosis or Grotus.

Recent airplay

The Great Satan
Sensor Peligro
On The WarpathFeb 02, 2008
The Great Satan
Scatterbrain RadioMar 24, 2007
Gangreen
Sensor Peligro
Too Heavy For TitaniumOct 21, 2006

Charting

2006-08-20 — 2006-10-22 Loud
Week EndingAirplays
Oct 22 1
Oct 15 1
Oct 1 1
Sep 24 2
Sep 17 2
Sep 10 3
Sep 3 2
Aug 27 3

Track listing

1. Rio Grande Blood
2. Sensor Peligro
3. Gangreen
4. Fear (Is Big Business)
5. Lieslieslies
6. The Great Satan
7. Yellow Cake
8. Palestina
9. Ass Clown
10. Khyber Pass