Witticus Insightful Dwelling into Albums + Reviews

[Witticus]

Finally got around to reading the reviews, Witt. Your writing style and prose are awesome for this. Both of these albums I've listened to previously (hell, I grew up listening to the Toadies, but unfortunately only really got familiar with JEW for Bleed American, and Futures) but your take on them makes them "fresh" again. So, thanks.

It was honestly a tough call between Clarity and Bleed American. Bleed American is much more well known, but Clarity has better quality songs as a whole. I love Bleed American and Futures. Futures was the first JEW album I ever owned and ended up buying them backwards to Clarity. I eventually decided that Clarity just had more to say as Bleed American is more popish.

I'm glad you liked the reviews. I wanted to put something a bit deeper and closer to heart than a simple crappy first impression thread.

Oh I see it now.

I see you tend to like alternative, if I gave you an album that wasn't alternative (i.e. electronic, metal), how fairly do you think you could rate it?

I'd do my best, but truth be told alternative, electronic, and indie is where I'm able to put my knowledge. Metal to some extent is good for me too. Country would probably be a disaster.

[instantdeath999]

I haven't even read more than the opening paragraph, and I can tell this is gonna be way awesomer than the Cipher's opinion thread. Looking forward to reading this one in a bit when i get home and the JEW post when that comes up.

Cipher got an opinion thread? That people visit willingly? Damn, I leave and everyone goes crazy.

[Witticus]

Cipher got an opinion thread? That people visit willingly? Damn, I leave and everyone goes crazy.

It was always more of, "how can I compare this unrelated metal band to Dragonforce" or mislabeling something then claiming that genre is his opinion. You didn't miss much. Also Bach started it.

[GandWuser]

I'd do my best, but truth be told alternative, electronic, and indie is where I'm able to put my knowledge. Metal to some extent is good for me too. Country would probably be a disaster.

Alright. Well in this case I'm going to give you one of my favorite albums, Silent Shout by The Knife. Unfortunately I can't get a full-album link anywhere, but I'm sure you can find it fine. I don't know if you've ever listened to it before, but it's pretty good.

(Be thankful I'm not giving you Nightwish.)

[BachiG]

It was always more of, "how can I compare this unrelated metal band to Dragonforce" or mislabeling something then claiming that genre is his opinion. You didn't miss much. Also Bach started it.

Yeah... I started it cause I was amused at 1) how little knowledge he had about music and artists - in the sense of just being n the dark about anything that wasn't in RB - and 2) how his opinions on said music/artists was so grating on most people's nerves. It was a fun generic read, but nothing like your reviews.

[jibjqrkl]

I got an album suggestion =)

Set the world on fire by Annihilator. A canadian thrash metal band, although this album is a bit easier to listen to than your average thrash metal.

not sure if all these links will work in the US, but i'm sure you can find m yourself otherwise :3

Set the World On Fire
No Zone
Bats in the Belfry
Snake In The Grass
Phoenix Rising
Knight Jumps Queen
Sounds Good To Me
The Edge
Don't Bother Me
Brain Dance (you actually already heard this one in TT once, and i remember you saying you loved how weird it was )

also, fun fact: the drummer for this album (on most songs) is Mike Mangini, the current drummer for Dream Theater

[Witticus]

Alright. Well in this case I'm going to give you one of my favorite albums, Silent Shout by The Knife. Unfortunately I can't get a full-album link anywhere, but I'm sure you can find it fine. I don't know if you've ever listened to it before, but it's pretty good.

(Be thankful I'm not giving you Nightwish.)

I found it on Spotify and see if there's anything I can think of for it, I'll try and do t some justice. I've actually got several Nightwish albums and I've been mulling over whether I want to do a review on Once later on.

Also here's a production note. I'm currently working on a review that's a little different than any review you've ever read. It's called "Does it Fit?" mostly because I love innuendoes. It's a review that takes both a movie and an obscure album to see if they compliment or hamper each other. It goes with my real world art style to compare issues in my art. For instance here is me comparing my hate for Dead Sea merchants with Silence of the Lambs.

Stay tuned guys, I'm really excited for this one.

[Witticus]

Welcome all to a new type of review I’m going to try called…

“Does it fit?”

In this section we take an experimental rock or artistically strange album and decide whether this album fits with my chosen film. Art Rock, Space Rock, or Noise on its own can be really hard to grade especially since more often than not it feels like it should be done as a background task. Many of you may be aware of this type of pairing from the popular Dark Side of the Rainbow phenomenon where Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon is played along side The Wizard of Oz for a synchronization effect. It’s like that, but we’re trying to see if my crazy idea actually works. However I will not be reviewing any Floyd tonight, instead we’ve got something much weirder planned.

What we’re grading on here:
Does it synchronize or sputter? Does it go hand in hand with events? Does it change the story? (Note the volume of the movie will be turned off just so I can concentrate on the music)

So lets dive into tonight’s review…

Ween’s “The Mollusk” as presented by V For Vendetta

Artist: Ween
Album: The Mollusk
Year: 1996
Genre: Experimental

Film to Accompany: V For Vendetta
Release Year: 2006

Musical Note:
Ween is possibly the strangest band in the history of music. They are possibly some of the most talented musicians to ever form a band as their entire discography can be described as “The best song (insert artist name) never wrote” For instance the two songs we have in Rock Band.

“Gabrielle” can be described as the best song Thin Lizzy never wrote.
“It’s Gonna Be a Long Night” is the best song Motorhead never wrote.

Ween has done everything from writing the shoe tying song from Spongebob to actually being part of Songs For the Death album by Queens of the Stone Age. The only problem is that Ween is not exactly high art. They screw around so much and their songs are quite humorous, which is sad in the sense that they could be so much more. But even after the novelty humor wears off, they're actually fun to listen to. Sorry Weird Al.

The Mollusk is a loose concept album in the sense that most of the songs relate to the sea, while V for Vendetta is the heartfelt story of a masked hero trying to save England from Fascism. Problem is V for Vendetta is a long ass movie at around 2 hours and 11 minutes while “The Mollusk” is roughly 44 minutes. So where the Mollusk stops is where the movie ends, no exceptions. Will the story hold true? Who the hell knows, lets have some fun!!!

Dancing in the Show Tonight

We’re starting V for Vendetta about 2 minutes in at this part where the TV broadcaster is talking. The first minutes are just title sequences and such so we cut to the funny stuff. It’s weird how strange this song correlates. The two main characters are getting ready for their evenings events which I’m guessing involves a show for their local amateur playhouse theater. They’re getting dressed to a pretty appropriate song, its nice, this movie is going to be so lighthearted and warm.

Rating: 10/10
The opening track is setting the mood for a great family film. They also end almost perfectly. Weirdness is when their both putting on shoes during the part of the song about feet. Will they do well at the play? I hope so!

The Mollusk

Our female lead is now walking the streets and as luck would have it so are the school bullies. They seem to be questioning her about some figure called “The Mollusk.” Soon the guy in the mask shows up and beats up the bullies to save the girl. He must be the Mollusk everyone is talking about. He even has his own mission statement that he says in the middle of the fight.

“You see there are three things that spur the mollusk from the sand
the waking of all creatures that live on the land”

After the fight though there is an extended playing of pan flutes as the girl looks horrified as they both stare at one another silently.

Rating: 9/10
The fight scene and confrontation are near perfect timing. And the statement in spoken word in the middle of the song happened at a good albeit could have been better spot. The fight scene ends with the bullies beat up, but the two people on their way to the play just kind of stare at each other awkwardly after the fight ends.

Polka Dot Tail

The characters are now talking as the Mollusk is now asking the girl if she’s ever done a series of very weird things. Like if she’s ever tried to “sink like an ice cube in the sink.” I think the Mollusk may be just a little bit crazy, but he fights like a champ and now for some odd reason they end up on a rooftop. This must be where the show is taking place. The Mollusk is now dancing strangely to the beat of the music and waving his arms about like he’s conducting an orchestra.

Rating: 8/10
The Mollusk and all his masked heroics are cool, but he seems to be a bit crazy. He may not be the hero that this town wants, but goddammit he’s the hero this town needs!!!

Johnny on the Spot

This song plays after the slow tempo of Polka Dot Tail, but strangely it’s fitting. After it plays, the girl looks over the railing of their building stage. Everyone else in the town seems to have noticed this new harder bit playing and has come out to see the show. But oh no!!! The city hall has blown up and the next part cuts to the government discussion how horribly the play went. I’m guessing Johnny on the Spot is the name of the giant face on the screen in front of them. What will they do about this?

Rating 5/10
It works well for half the song, but the conversation gets weird when the giant face just keeps telling everyone he’ll be their Johnny on the Spot. I guess you gotta set up character somehow.

Mutilated Lips

During this segment there seems to be a poem going on about characters in the story. We’re introduced to Mutilated Lips who seems to be an advisor or Johnny on the Spot. We also find out the girl in the previous scenes is named Sassafrassy Lassy and she seems to be embarrassed as everyone is talking about how terribly her and The Mollusk’s play was last night. So much in fact that Sassafrassy Lassy is at the TV studio bribing them to say the blowing up was a planned demolition on the news. However Mutilated Lips is holding photos of The Mollusk which means he knows their dark secret. Mutilated lips brakes into Sassafrassy Lassy’s apartment and discovers where she works.

Rating 3/10
It gave me great material for names of the characters, but still fit terribly in this section. Oh well there’s still 30 minutes to go.

The Blarney Stone

Mutilated lips is driving to Sassafrassy Lassy’s work having inappropriate conversation with his partner.

“that girl, that pretty young thing
after I f*** her she'll get up and sing”

Mutilated Lips is really turning into the villain of all this. He has his police friends blocking in her work as Sassafrassy Lassy is trying to escape Mutilated Lips. Meanwhile we hear Mutilated Lips chasing her while talking about his past girls. Meanwhile The Mollusk seems to be at the TV station too, can he save Sassafrassy Lassy?

Rating 8/10
It really did look like a drunken search for a girl. However the scenes could have correlated much better. But it definitely has suspense.

It’s Gonna Be

The Mollusk is now on television and he is capturing the town’s attention. He seems to be issuing an apology for leaving Sassafrassy Lassy alone to deal with their failed play. All of the town is won over by The Mollusks heartfelt apology. Except for Mutilated Lips his officers break in and see The Mollusk come from the smoke filled room and shoot him.

Rating 9/10
This was beautiful and moving and ended right with The Mollusk getting shot. Perfect timing and the reactions of the people watching the television looked like they were listening to him.

The Golden Eel

The police have just realized that they shot the wrong man as everyone is now dressed like The Mollusk. From what I can tell in the smoky room, The Mollusk is trying to hide the words of The Golden Eel. Who this is and what they’re relevance to the story is only time will tell. All we know is that The Mollusk fights his way out of the police officers only to almost be shot by Mutilated Lip’s partner. However Sassafrassy Lassy saves him at the right moment and the scene and song end nearly around the same time.

Rating: 1/10
This did not match up very well at all. And when it did have feint resemblance, it was kind of grasping for straws. Really sad follow up to how well It’s Gonna Be worked.

Cold Blows The Wind

Sassafrassy Lassy has woken up in a place that isn’t her apartment. But from the looks of it she’s woken up in mourning. She keeps talking about losing her true love and going to his grave. The place she’s woken up in actually kind of looks like a memorial to something. I think something happened and Sassafrassy Lassy is going crazy because she looks like she’s talking to The Mollusk. Did the mollusk die, is she talking to a ghost… Was he a ghost the whole time? But how did he beat up all those people? Wait a second its going to a scene of The Mollusk making breakfast… Ghosts don’t make breakfast and why of all things is he wearing a flower apron? Maybe Sassafrassy Lassy is the one who has been dead… Makes sense she was last seen lying on the ground at the end of the Golden Eel!!!

Rating: 7/10
It really kind of works the story seems to be taking a turn for the absolute weird. It looks somber and pretty much how I’d imagine a crazy person in mourning to act. The Mollusk may be my new favorite character ever.

Pink Eye (On My Leg)

Pink Eye is an instrumental and plays like a montage of a crazy man talking to a ghost. He makes the ghost breakfast, you hear a dog bark, he sets a place at the table, you hear a dog keep barking. Seriously what the hell is happening to you The Mollusk. It then cuts to the television broadcaster shown before in the shower. Not sure where you’re going with this movie, but the crazy seems to be ramping.

Rating: 4/10
The instrumental is weird, never really did like the song by itself and still doesn’t work well for this movie. It’s only funnier when you make up your own story for it.

Waving My Dick in the Wind

We are now watching a naked man in a towel lie scared on the floor as “I’m waving my dick in the wind!” is sung with The Mollusk standing over him. This may have been absolute best transition in history!!! We then cut to Mutilated Lips on the phone where somebody is telling him “you should have seen old Jimmy Wilson dance” Then we cut to them standing over the previous naked broadcaster on the floor as the 2 detectives keep telling him to dance. The broadcaster’s name must be Jimmy Wilson, so Jimmy keeps saying he’s doing the best he can as he just lies there. The Mollusk is then scene at home as a solo plays as he fights an inanimate suit of armor until Sassafrassy Lassy’s ghost arrives.

Rating 10/10
This could not have been at a more perfect part of the movie. This level of timing perfection was only scene at the beginning.

Buckingham Green

It looks like The Mollusk and the ghost of Sassafrassy Lassy are hanging out watching a movie. A news report telling them that Jimmy Wilson has died. I’m guessing the Mollusk killed Jimmy Wilson in an act of revenge for his involvement in the death of Sassafrassy Lassy? She tells him to “summon the queen?” OK, The Mollusk, you need to accept she’s dead.

Rating: 3/10
I love this song so much, just not used in this location. But it definitely improved how crazy The Mollusk is.

Ocean Man

The scene starts with Mutilated Lips and his partner talking to an elderly gentleman. He must be Ocean Man!!! Mutilated Lips is asking him to take him by the hand and take him to the land the he understands. It then cuts to The Mollusk and Sassafrassy Lassy talking about the Ocean Man. I think this man killed her brother or something. All we see as she explains is violent images and a scared girl.

Rating: 2/10
Yet another song I love that really does not match up. I’m sorry for dragging you through this mismatched disaster. Can the final song save it?

She Wanted to Leave

We see Sassafrassy Lassy as a young girl while I’m guessing the Mollusk explains how long he’s loved her… She looked pretty young in that montage dude!!! We then later see Ocean Man as a reprisal of Dancing in the Show Tonight plays musically without lyrics. As the reprisal goes we see Ocean Man feeling up Sassafrassy Lassy while The Mollusk runs away on the rooftop. So The Mollusk must now be a man that pimps ghosts… Perfect ending!

Rating: 8/10
The ending stops at just the right time. But too much dead space in between the bonus track leads to parts you know could have had a gem or two.

Overall: 6/10
Some great ones that match up and ends on at a pretty awesome part as well. However some of the best songs on the album sadly do not work well. These kind of things are going to require a bit of imagination anyway.

Best segments:
Dancing in the Show Tonight, Waving My Dick in the Wind, and She Wanted to Leave.

Best songs of the true album:
Waving My Dick in the Wind, Buckingham Green, and Ocean Man

Tell me how you liked my mashup and I might do another. Thank you for enjoying Vendetta of The Mollusk.

[GandWuser]

I laughed, but you should probably do a straight review of the album too because I don't actually know what YOU think of the album, only how well it lines up with V for Vendetta.

[Witticus]

Tonight’s album is my first request. Jibs requested that I do an Annihilator album and sure why not, lets go for a change of pace.

Set The World On Fire by Annihilator

Release Year: 1993
Genre: Thrash Metal

I’ve been listening to this over the past few days and finding it… Well you’ll see my thoughts in the review.

Set The World on Fire

First off I’d like to start this album by letting you know exactly what a dumb song consists of. Like any dumb song, there is a concrete idea without the use of a metaphor. Such as this gem of a stupid line…

“Now that it's over and all is said and done
You've turned the sky to black, no sign of the sun”

A dumb song does not seek to tell an interesting story, it does not seek enlighten, it exists to rock, which is the AC/DC mentality of music. However if you want to write a dumb song, at least mask it with a cool singer or take the death metal vocals way out. When your music is spoken in barely singing voice we can all recognize, it becomes kind of apparent. When your song is poorly written, it becomes the main focus.

“I'll set the world on fire
It's your time to retire
Because sooner or later
You're going to meet your maker”

Lastly the musical delivery is just horribly generic, there are some bits of fun guitar thrown in, but everyone else in the band just sounds like they don’t honestly give a damn.

Rating: 3/10
You’re supposed to entice me into this album. A mission statement, a whimsical instrumental, something! Other than a few good guitar solo bits, this is nothing worth noting. Its forgettable, its dumb, and worst of all it reminds me that there are still 9 songs I have to listen to.

No Zone

Word of advice aspiring metalists, your hook of a title should not sound like something your sexual harassment counselor would refer to. Surprise me, my friend, prove you are much more.

“I've been living here a billion years and more
You're ready to burn me up, so get set for war”

OK… So the album is keeping up with the setting the world on fire theme, good it’s a consistent thought. It's also good seeing the planet fighting back!!! But seriously, what the hell is the no zone? Is it a play on ozone? Whatever at least the music is distracting enough to take away from dumb lyrics this time.

“Can't you hear me crying?
I'm trying to send a message out to you
It's time to put out the fire
Get ready for the no zone”

Wait… Is the no zone the early 90s slang for saying “no”? Like if someone were to say “give me 5 dollars.” Would I respond, “I’ll take you to the no zone.” I don’t understand this.

Rating: 5/10
Much better instrumentation and musical intention, however the theme of this album seems to be Annihilator trying to copy a much better thrash metal bands style. The first track had the dumb pizazz only Anthrax can offer, while this feels more Megadeth like a Tornado of Souls vibe. I’ve listened to your Alice in Hell album, you’re better than this plagiarism Annihilator.

Bats in the Belfry

Ever wonder where the term “batty” comes from. A belfry is a church tower where a bell is held. Think of your head as a church bell, if you’ve got bats in it, its like saying other thoughts are messing with your sound mind. I sense Annihilator is really trying to capitalize on the smart metal lyrics and titles usually seen by Iron Maiden. What is it about this album that makes me want to listen to other bands, its counterproductive?

Rating: 6/10
Nothing exceedingly stupid to note here, just really it’s not that great. You’ve heard this formula done better by many, many other bands so why not listen to them instead?

Snake in the Grass

OK… So here we are with a Whitesnake vibe. Every metal band wants to write their own power ballad. Whitesnake has Here I Go Again, Guns N’ Roses has November Rain, and Night Ranger has Sister Christian. This has the progression of slow to the hope of a Stairway to Heaven style payoff. Which does eventually happen, but instead of having a great chorus to ring out at the karaoke bar, you get lyrics that sound like a teenager mad at his dad for borrowing 5 bucks from his wallet without asking.

“You were the world to me, I thought that I would always be there for you
I was too blind to see, I would have climbed the highest mountain for you”

My god is that generic and lacks any real progression… And that’s the freaking opening statement…

Rating: 1/10
The song isn’t catchy, the music doesn’t really fit and it doesn’t really express much of a mood or statement that a four year old couldn’t already tell you when you make them eat vegetables.

Phoenix Rising

Maybe Tenacious D just ruined this song when they released their own "Rize of the Fenix" album, which the cover proves was a penis. Actually looking back a lot of the songs sound like some sort of ballad to a penis or its misadventures. Snake in the Grass, I could put my bats in her belfry hehe… No zone, no zone!!!

“Then you'll rise right before my eyes
On wings that fill the sky
Like a phoenix rising”

Hahahaha!!!! No Witticus, you’re being bad, focus, no zone!!! They’re trying this whole soft ballad again about their phoenix which is supposed to represent a memory. But seriously this sounds like a ballad from a man who lost his dick.

“Day by day, watching you disappear
Wishing that you were still here beside me”

8/10 for phallic understanding, on a serious note, 4/10.
This may be dumb, but the out of context factor alone makes this great. You know what, I’m gonna go let my phoenix tear into the night too.

Knight Jumps Queen

What is it like in a mosh!? Oh wait wrong song… Well this is awkward. Here we have them trying their hand at writing something intelligent. When somebody doesn’t know what smart people do, they assume chess, which leads us to this.

“Good evening and welcome to a test of the minds
This match begins as our thoughts begin to grind
I send a pawn towards you, a subtle piece of my attack”

I hate to say it, but this is song is going to get dumb in 3, 2, ~

"Knight jumps queen, if you know what I mean
Anticipation of the final scene"

For the love of God… You didn’t win chess by jumping the queen… F*** it, I’m putting more thought into this than Annihilator apparently did.

Rating: 1/10
Starts of like and Anthrax song, but delivers upon nothing except the over looming promise of a really dumb poorly executed idea.

Sounds Good To Me

"Come live in a daydream, this is your wonderland
Let's swim in the deep sea, so jump in and take my hand
Dream away don't wait for the night"

Huh… You know if you’re having a daydream… They don’t take place in the night, it’s kind of specified in the “day” part of daydream. But really the more troubling issue is why in the hell dose he want to get this person to sleep so bad.

Dream away, everything's alright
I hope it sounds good to you, sounds good to me

Have a goddamn message in your song. Vague allusions such as “sounds good to me” sound like “I don’t have the balls to say no you, so don’t crush my hopes and dreams, because I might start crying.” Make a damn statement, stand for something. these vaguely stupid songs can only carry you so far.

Rating: 1/10
It doesn’t sound good to me, this song pisses me off in the sense it doesn’t stand for a damn thing. At least setting the world on fire means something. This sounds like a damn conversation of a husband and wife deciding which leftovers they want for dinner.

The Edge

Before listening to this song, I was hoping it would be about U2’s guitarist, because this was too early to expect a song written about Alec Baldwin’s 1997 film. But my gut tells me this song will be about a literal edge, something about teetering to doom.

“The edge, I'm walking a fine line”

Called it!!! The predictability of this album is starting to mess with me, I think I’m developing psychic powers. Let me guess, there will be a dumb rhyme...

“If you can't take it,
you can't make it”

Now its gonna be something vaguely edgy to appeal to the adolescent appeal for writing of this song.

“Too young to be waiting at stop signs
I'm on fire and I can't cool down
And I'm ready to roll right out of this town”

Sigh…

Rating: 3/10
It’s short, there’s a cool little solo, but I keep having this feeling like there is a major fight going on between the lyric writing and the musical composition. Nothing flows right. The tempo of the music is going faster than the singer is singing and they just don’t mesh well.

Don’t Bother Me

OK, almost to Brain Dance, we can do this. Huh, this isn’t sounding half bad, it actually sounds like a thrash metal album. And then…

“I slept through my wake up call
Forgot to feed the cat
There's only one thing wrong
I don't know where I'm at
Excuse, no use, it doesn't work for me
You've had your chances, don't bother me”

So the narrator is now stuck in in some strange place with a starving animal and doesn’t want help. I really can’t feel sympathetic or really attached to this guy. Also I need to note that they’re really trying to be Megadeth again. Just the vocal style alone with singing and then the emotion changing growly voice is warranting a Dave Mustaine lawsuit, but who are we kidding? Megadeth is too concerned with Metallica to give half a crap about this.

Rating: 2/10
I like how they’re trying to be Megadeth, except Megadeth actually knows how to make singing and music go hand in hand. This is the type of Brownsville Station level song that makes you cringe, because it’s trying to be bad. The I’m so drunk I don’t care that I have no job now mentality. I feel they’re trying to portray a message, but when 4 letter words are your maximum rhyming capability, the audience you’re trying to gear it toward just isn’t there.

Brain Dance

This song offers a very good lesson for the band. When you know you lack lyrical creativity, at least shout something fun. That is the point of a dumb rock record!!! When you know you’re never going to write those cryptic lyrics that will baffle people for years to come and make them think its something genius, just shout a random combination of 2 awesome words.

When that wonderful line in Snake in the Grass came about on your lyric book…

"You're just a big disgrace
Turn around, get out of my face"

Instead, erase them, and put…

BRAIN DANCE!!!

Hey look you just improved your song!

Rating 8/10
The chaos of the music and lyric section not wanting to listen to each other just got solved by making the song about insanity and brain dancing. It’s dumb fun and their horrible lyrics don’t even matter, because its CRAZY!!!

Overall Score: 3/10
In the overall scheme of things for thrash metal this album just gets lost especially for the time period. Megadeth just released their Countdown To Extinction album a few months prior and Rust in Peace a couple years before that. Slayer was still touring from their acclaimed Season in the Abyss album. Metallica was trying to follow in Spinal Taps footsteps by releasing their self titled black album. And even Anthrax was creating the genre breaking “Bring the Noise” with Public Enemy just a couple years earlier.

Annihilator suffered from a very turbulent time with horrible member retention in this time. Hell their next album a year later King of the Kill, only has Water returning as the only permanent member. These member shakeups killed this album as they didn’t feel like a tight high-speed machine, which is what a thrash band should be. Instead we get a confused introspective on trying to do what other bands already did much better. But as I said, John Waters is the only good part of this and luckily he’s the only permanent member.

My advice:
Brain Dance is fun, but Annihilator has so much better material. This plays as the beginners guide to thrash and as a metal fan, this album is just a No Zone!!!