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Title: I am the Law!
Artiste: Anthrax
Genre: Heavy Metal
Taken from: Among the Living, 1987
Familiarity: I know some Anthrax, sure. I used to own Fistful of Metal...
Suggested by: The Batlord

Expectations: Hoping to like this one.

Good heavy rockin' guitar gets us underway, trundling along nicely. Good vocal from Belladonna. Like the lyric ”You're just a man, he is the Law!” Why wasn't this on either of the Dredd movies? Huh? Huh? Speeds up around 3:35 and gets into a real shredfest. Nice. I've heard better though, the aforementioned debut album being a case in point. Good fun though.

Conclusion: Decent song, but if it was the first time I'd heard Anthrax I would probably wonder what all the fuss was about, and how they were considered one of the Big Four of Thrash?

So, Love or Hate? As Batty said, it's about Dredd though, so it could be nothing else than a Love, could it really?

Chances of looking into the album: 40%


Title: Loose
Artiste: The Stooges
Genre: Hard rock/Punk
Taken from: Fun House, 1970
Familiarity: Zero
Suggested by: The Batlord

Expectations: I doubt I'll like this. I've seen Iggy perform “I want to be your dog” and thought little of it.

Hard guitar to get it started and a very Bowiesque sound (not surprising as they were friends, although he would really only have been getting started at this stage). Vocal's good. Not as chaotic as I expected. Good guitar solo. Great feel of being onstage somehow from this; you can't really picture them in the studio, headphones on, watching a mixing desk and smoking cigarettes.

Conclusion: A lot better than I had expected really.

So, Love or Hate? Give this a Love. Two for two, Batty!

Chances of looking into the album: 50%


Title: Terrorbird
Artiste: Author & Punisher
Genre: Industrial Doom Metal?
Taken from: Ursus Americanus, 2012
Familiarity: Zero; think I read an article about him once, may have been in one of Batty's journals?
Suggested by: The Batlord

Expectations: No idea

Okay, well that's just industrial noise to begin with, then a voice saying something over and over again. Decent drumbeat comes in but it's essentially the same for about a minute or so, then some growly vocals and more drumming, some heavy guitar but this is not engaging me at all. Just pretty much the same all through so far and we're halfway through the song. Meh.

Conclusion: Pretty boring and annoying. And thanks for the nasty video Batty!

So, Love or Hate? That's a definite Hate.

Chances of looking into the album: 0%

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