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Anarchy Rocks ECW |
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ECW the music, "Volume Two, Anarchy… Rules?" Is that what they're telling me in the opening introduction from… who's this guy? Got one of their personalities doing some garbled opening rant and since I don't follow this stuff, don't know who the Hell it is. But I was impressed with their first project-had some pretty happening bands/artists participating and I expect this will be an equally intense listening experience. I'm floored moments in with a really impressive cover of Accept's "Balls to the Wall" by this Chimaira thing that I've never heard of but for a new band, they do alright-they don't fuck it up with any pointless sampling or scratches and crap like that. Okay, I can get into this ECW stuff I think… the front cover ain't too hard on the eyes either-I meant the back cover actually but then again if the ECW logo that saturates the front cover causes sight difficulty then something's definitely wrong bud. After Chimaira comes an impressive list of late Heavy Rock talents-that's what this is all about incidentally, bludgeoning ya over the head repeatedly-a "Musical chair" of sorts I suppose or just insert whatever anomaly with wrestling moves you might think of… Static-X begins the string with what is typically their sound, heavy industrial rumblings, blurted verses and enough distortion to make you numb at the extremities… Coal Chamber, Rob Zombie, Linkin Park, PMFK, all head the list of some of the latest and most popular Hard Rock heavyweights doing mainly previously released material or remixed versions that generally fall in with the self-described quips of the respective wrestling personalities featured herein-for instance Elektra "knows you want her" and so why try to fight it? Speaking of which, I'd love to be on the receiving end… Well anyway, wrestling and Heavy Metal, for anyone shy of thirty, have both evolved nearly synonymously as the aggressive weapon of choice for today's disenfranchised youth and so might we call this a "match" made south of Heaven? Their first installment was damned impressive and featured tunes by the likes of Motorhead, Scorpions, Megadeth and some of the more seasoned veterans of the scene… Whoa, what's this, a Metal soundtrack without Megadeth and Motorhead? What's going on here? Escape from the sleeper hold of bloated, dated and wuss-based corporate Rock and get with the real deal-ECW's "Anarchy Rocks," will slam you, bang you and bend you out of shape faster than you can say "Sinister Minister." Released by V2 Records Review by Vinnie Apicella
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