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BORN/DEAD The Final Collapse CD (Prank) Born/Dead are as always delivering a solid release - solid in quality and solid in sound. Ten tracks of half thrashy, half crusty hardcore tunes with a full, yet somewhat crispy raw, sound. Actually it's eight tracks plus outro that is "The Final Collapse", with one extra track originally on their split 7" with Peligro Social. Adding an extra track or two is common practise when it comes to the CD releases of this band and I personally think that's great. I'm a vinyl person myself so I already had the track, but those who prefer CDs aren't missing out on anything. And you don't want to miss out on anything when it comes to Born/Dead. The music isn't very fast but has a real good drive to it and it sort of forces itself forward where the dual vocal deliveries that more or less never ease up are a big part of this forward bulldozing. When I think about it I guess it could be described as quite fast as it's all but slow, but it's a matter or personal opinion and depends on what you compare it with really. Either way they put forth good strong material on here, whatever speed, just as on their previous outputs. When it comes to describing the style of Born/Dead in detail I find it a bit difficult to narrow it down and say they play or sound this or that way. I don't think you can say they're influenced too much by a certain style or period in time; they just play their hardcore punk like that want to - charging and powerful. I've compared them to Behind Enemy Lines earlier, and I still think this is a valid comparison, only Born/Dead are somewhat more aggressive and thrashy. Worth mentioning is that they cover the Cress song "Sirens" which might not be the most expected choice of bands to cover, but still a damn good one. [Krogh - February 24, 2008] Born/Dead, P.O. Box 22285, Oakland, CA 94623, USA | nooptions00@yahoo.com Prank Records, P.O. Box 410892, San Francisco, CA 94141-0892, USA www.prankrecords.com Related reviews: |
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