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| ASSJACK CD REVIEW |
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, ASSJACK HAS BEEN A
COUNTRY/PUNK/DEATH METAL FUSED LIVE ACT THAT HANK 3 USUALLY ALLOWS TO
CLOSE HIS LIVE SHOWS.OH, AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, HANK 3 IS THE
GRANDSON OF COUNTRY LEGEND HANK WILLIAMS.HANK 3 ALSO PLAYS IN SOME
OTHER MORE UNDERGROUND ACTS.HE PLAYED BASS IN THE PHIL ANSELMO BAND,
SUPERJOINT RITUAL,AND ROCKED THE DRUM KIT IN ARSON ANTHEM,WHICH ALSO
FEATURES ANSELMO ALONG WITH VOCALIST,MIKE WILLIAMS,FROM
EYEHATEGOD.CREDENTIALS SUCH AS THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR LITTLE SURPRISE AT
HOW SICK AND BRUTAL THIS CD IS.
STILL, EXPECTING BRUTAL RESULTS OR NOT, DOES NO JUSTICE TO THE
MUSICAL BLUDGEONING YOUR SKULL WILL RECEIVE FROM THE OPENING SONG ALL
THE WAY TO THE VERY END OF THIS WHISKEY SOAKED POWER HOUSE SONIC
BLOODBATH.
ASSJACK HAS HOSTED A REVOLVING DOOR OF PLAYERS FOR THE LIVE
SHOWS,BUT THIS PROPER LABEL DEBUT (FOLLOWING A SERIES OF SHOW AVAILABLE
BOOTLEGS THAT ARE NOW ALL OUT OF PRINT) , WAS ALL MASSACRED,STEWED
UP,DRIED UP,AND HACKED UP FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION ALL BY
MR. 3'S LONESOME SELF.
DON'T LET THE FACT THAT THIS IS A ONE MAN SHOW FOOL YOU.THE
GRANDSON OF THE ORIGINAL "ANGEL OF DEATH" HIMSELF HAS COOKED UP A
FUCKING BRUTAL AND PULVERIZING MASTERPEACE OF A RECORD THAT WILL
LITERALLY RIP OFF YOUR HEAD AND SHIT DOWN YOUR NECK,POUR WHISKEY ALL
OVER YOUR TORSO,SET IT ON FIRE,AND THEN SMOKE THE ASHES AFTER YOUR
WORTHLESS CORPSE HAS BURNT TO A CRISP.
THIS ALBUM HAS IT ALL.SPEED,HATE,BRUTAL BREAKDOWNS,SLAMMING
DOUBLEBASS DRUMS,TORTURED MOANS OF AGONY,GUTTERAL VOCALS THAT SOUND
LIKE THEY CAME ROARING STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOWELS OF HELL,AND A BASS
HEAVY THUD THAT WILL LAND IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH AND RIP ITS WAY FROM
YOUR INTESTINES AND GRAB YOU BY THE THROAT.
IMAGINE THE HEAVIEST PANTERA RIFF'S MIXED WITH INSANELY GROOVY,ALMOST
S.O.D. LIKE BREAKDOWNS AND SLAYER LEADS, RAPING GARTH BROOKS SO THAT HE
CRIES OUT IN AGONY AND HELLFIRE AS HIS COUNTRY ASSHOLE IS FORKED BY A
BEAST WITH A DEVIL THROAT RAGING FIRE AND BRIMSTONE VOCALS.ALL THE WHILE
BEING POUNDED IN THE SKULL BY DRUMS THAT COULD MAKE DEAD BODIES SHOOT
STRAIGHT UP OUT OF THEIR COFFINS LIKE COUNTRY FRIED JACK RABBITS.DOWN
ALL OF THAT WITH A TEQUILA SOAKED TINGE OF HILLBILLY BADNESS AND YOU HAVE
ONE OF THE MOST FEROCIOUS RELEASES OF THIS YEAR OR ANY OTHER.
SEX,VIOLENCE,DRUGS.ALL TOLD OUTLAW STYLE IN 10 SONGS THAT BARELY
CRACK THE HALF HOUR MARK,KEEPING IT SHORT AND SWEET.THAT IS AS SWEET AS
THINGS GET HERE,FOLKS.SONG TITLES LIKE "CHOKING GESTURE,""GRAVEL PIT,"AND
"CUTTHROAT" JUST KEEP THE BRUTALITY COMING.THERE IS A RIP ROARING
HILLBILLY RIFFED TUNE CALLED "REDNECK RIDE" AND AN ODE TO COCAINE THAT
WOULD MAKE ERIC CLAPTON DO SOME GG ACTION IN HIS BRITCHES.
I AM NOT SO SURE ABOUT SUGGESTING THIS TO COUNTRY FANS,DEPSITE MR. 3'S
LEGACY.BUT IF YOU LIKE IT BRUTAL AND SICK, YOU ARE IN FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR
LIFE.THIS CD WOULD PROVIDE THE PERFECT SOUNDTRACK TO GUZZLING
WHISKEY,SNORTIN' SOME METH,AND GOING NEXT DOOR TO KILL THAT NEIGHBOR
THAT IS ALWAYS POUNDING ON THE WALL FOR YOU TO TURN IT DOWN.IN SHORT,
IT'S A DAMN GOOD TIME FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
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