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Tracklist
1. Holy Roller
2. Day Of The Dog
3. S.C.U.M.
4. Americana
5. Weight Of The World
6. Cancer
7. Hellbent (On War)
8. No Love
9. Venom & Tears
10. I'll Never Die A Poisoned Death
11. I, Suicide
12. Godspeed
13. Leave A Message
14. Propaganda
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When Dave Peters took over the vocalist position for Throwdown in 2002, some people thought that it became a different band. The straight-edge hardcore band formed in 1997 amid the Orange County California scene. Though it technically has no original members, all of its current members are damn good musicians.
'Venom and Tears,' the bands latest release, is a fast paced, angry thrash album. The title track has one of the catchiest choruses on the album though most of the songs, like 'I, Suicide', focus more on pounding rhythms and guitar licks then memorable hooks. The song 'Weight of the world' opens with Dimebag worthy guitar shredding and then pounds you in the face with the shouted lyrics. The song 'Americana' is a more punk influenced song with the fast, bouncy rhythm section running along with the crunchy guitars. The song 'Cancer' takes a somber tone as what you might consider the ballad on the album. It is a guitar instrumental with no accompanying drums.
The whole album is reminiscent of Pantera's 'Vulgar Display of Power' era sound. Maybe it's just because Peter's voice sounds so similar to Phil Anselmo its scary, or maybe it's that guitar shredding in perfect time with the heavy downbeat (think 'Fucking Hostile').
Throwdown has released more of a thrash-metal album here than a hardcore album but the results are definitely worth a listen since there hasn't been a decent trash metal album out in years.
Review by: Colette Claire
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