CD Review - Fifty Caliber Kiss
Fifty Caliber Kiss - Puckers Up and Plants One on Their Debut Album
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Fifty Caliber Kiss - Puckers Up And Plants One On Their Debut Album. The Reading PA act's first outing entitled Armor Class Invincible, relies on Old School tactics.
CD Review – Fifty Caliber Kiss
Armor Class Invincible
Universal Warning Records/MVD Audio
By E.S. Day
Right off the top, the listener is thrust into a chair from any scene in Hostel and away we go. Lead single “Hide the Razor” could turn a PETA volunteer into a self-mutilating professional cookie-cutting machine. Brutal honesty in the lyrical dept., coupled with fireball chord progressions that shatter the spinal cord with an evil grin.
Hailing from Reading PA, this quartet relies heavily on a the NY Hardcore scene either that or they’re as stone’s throw from the Relapse Records office located in the same state.
Still, as the liner note bares the third track “High Is The New Low” we have set the tone for a rip ride through 8 tracks of pure adrenaline, resulting in the release that The Bronx should have put out. Short and sweet (not Angry Samoans - type short, but) to the point,. track 4 entitled ‘The Moment You realized You’ve Made a Mistake” will hit home for new school grindcore fans, mind you _ amount of background harmonies balance things out . Still with “young’ sounding influences pouring in on the upper deck – this is by far, no sinking ship. Engineered & Mixed by Chris Seyler, the album will definitely appeal to the old school metal heads with it’s inveterate NWOBHM feel. Sure, there is a game of musical chairs being played (not a bad thing), jumping from Pantera (according to every other journalist, who seems to copy PR sheets instead of listening to the full album) and landing on Pig Destroyer.
Beyond that (and the realms of death), some shit tight drumming feels like I’m spooning into a double kick drum Blizzard from Dairy Queen, which should satisfy the crunch factor
Track Listing for Armor Class Invincible
This Wire Cuts Easily Through Meat And Bone
Hide The Razor
High Is The New Lo
The Moment You Realize You've Made A Terrible Mistake
Protection From The Sky
Epicness Of Saganess
Magnets Are For Lovers
Sink / Burn
BONUS VIDEO FOOTAGE
© 2007 E.S. Day
